Dr Antonio Cardesa-Salzmann
Lecturer
Law
Personal statement
I am a Lecturer in EU Environmental Law. Since July 2022, I am also Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance (SCELG) and Programme Leader of the LLM in Global Environmental Law and Governance.
Before joining the Law School in October 2016, I was a researcher and teacher of international and EU environmental law in Spain, at the University of Barcelona (2002-2010) and the University Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, 2010-2016). As a researcher, I am particularly interested in assessing how legal systems, from a global perspective, interact and contribute to (or indeed hinder) more sustainable patterns of social reproduction. ‘Global’ law is therefore an increasingly important perspective to my teaching and research.
I have also published on the compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements. As a member of SCELG, I also engage in research and knowledge exchange activities. These have focused recently on the implications of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on environmental law and governance in Scotland, as well as the sentencing of environmental crimes in Scotland. I have also collaborated with the UN Environment Programme for the development of CPD materials on the international legal framework for the protection of the ozone layer.
Prize And Awards
- Juan de la Cierva Fellowship
- Recipient
- 31/10/2013
Qualifications
PhD, University of Barcelona
LLM, University of Barcelona
Diplôme des Hautes Études Européenes et Internationales, Institut Européen des Hautes Études Internationales (Nice, France)
LLB, University of Barcelona
Publications
- Reflections on international environmental adjudication : international adjudication vs. compliance mechanisms in multilateral environmental agreements
- Cardesa-Salzmann Antonio
- The Environment Through the Lens of International Courts and Tribunals (2022) (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-507-2_19
- Multispecies lawscapes in the anthropocene : priorities for a critical, constitutional turn in climate change and biodiversity law
- Offor Iyan, Cardesa-Salzmann Antonio
- Research Handbook on Climate Change and Biodiversity Law (2022) (2022)
- Analysis : "programmes and projects leading to only temporary and short-term deteriorations of the status of surface waters must meet exemption criteria: Association France Nature Environnement (C-525/20)"
- Cardesa-Salzmann Antonio
- (2022)
- Brexit, the 'unwritten' constitution and the populist policy agenda of the elective dictatorship
- Kenny Mel, Cardesa-Salzmann Antonio
- El Brexit y sus Consecuencias (2022) (2022)
- Compliance mechanisms in MEA, International Courts, and the "best-available-science" standard : discussing the pros and cons against the backdrop of the Paris Agreement
- Cardesa-Salzmann Antonio
- PluriCourts Research Conference on Compliance Mechanisms (2021)
- Architectures of Earth System Governance in context : revisiting Marine Spatial Planning in the EU's regional seas in light of the Anthropocene
- Cardesa-Salzmann Antonio, Ntona Mara
- Earth System Governance in turbulent times
(2021)
Teaching
At PGT level, I teach the following subjects within the LLM in Global Environmental Law and Governance:
- Global Environmental Law
- International Environmental Law
- EU Environmental Law
At undergraduate level, I lead the 'Environmental Law (Hons)' module. I have designed and will lead the new 2nd and 3rd year elective 'An Introduction to Environmental Law'. In the past few years, I have also lectured Public International Law and led tutorials in Public Law.
Research Interests
Global law, Earth System law, societal constitutionalism, global justice, Anthropocene
Rights of nature
Regime interactions, compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental treaties, transnational environmental crime
EU environmental law, external environmental policy of the EU
Brexit and environmental law and governance in Scotland
Professional Activities
- Sustainable Development and Sustainability in International Law and Global Governance
- Invited speaker
- 1/12/2023
- V International PhD in Law Conference
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 19/10/2023
- XI Strathclyde Postgraduate Colloquium of Environmental Law & Governance
- Organiser
- 15/6/2023
- La obligación de prevenir el deterioro del estado de las aguas superficiales: excepciones y derogaciones en la Directiva Marco
- Invited speaker
- 27/3/2023
- Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2/2023
- Global Environmental Change (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 10/2022
Projects
- The International Legal System for Sustainable Tourism Governance
- Huici Sancho, Laura (Principal Investigator) Álvarez Verdugo, Milagros (Principal Investigator) Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Development of an online intermediate level course on the International Legal Framework on Ozone Depletion
- Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio (Principal Investigator) McEntee, Iona (Researcher) Hall, Catherine (Researcher) Shetye, Aditi (Researcher) McAdam, Robbie (Researcher)
- The project concerns the development of an online intermediate level course on the International Legal Framework on Ozone Depletion: the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer for the InforMEA online learning platform. The course will have to be designed as an e-learning resource adapted for self-paced learner-centered learning with engaging and interactive content.
- 20-Jan-2021 - 28-Jan-2022
- Development of an online intermediate level course on the International Legal Framework on Ozone Depletion for the Ozone Secretariat at UNEP (InfoMEA Phase III Project - amendment)
- Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio (Principal Investigator)
- 20-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- SRSS Strathclyde Excellence Award PGR Studentship
- Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio (Principal Investigator) McCorkindale, Christopher (Co-investigator) McEntee, Iona (Post Grad Student)
- National courts and North-South legal ecumenism. Exploring the role of transnational inter-judicial dialogue between the Global North and the Global South for the promotion of climate justice. PGR Student: Iona McEntee
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2024
- UKRI CoA Covid Extension
- Garvey, Brian (Principal Investigator) Portes Virginio, Francis Vinicius (Researcher) Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio (Researcher)
- UKRI sponsored extension of projects affected by Covid-19
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
- Literature Review for the Scottish Sentencing Council: Environmental and Wildlife Offences in Scotland and other jurisdictions
- Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio (Principal Investigator) Campbell, Donald (Co-investigator)
- This literature review, which has been commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council, will summarise existing academic, legal and statistical work on the sentencing of environmental and wildlife offences. It aims to inform and support the work of the Scottish Sentencing Council, particularly its commitment to drafting a guideline on the sentencing of environmental and wildlife offences.
Amount: £ 9,609.60 - 11-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2018
Contact
Dr
Antonio
Cardesa-Salzmann
Lecturer
Law
Email: antonio.cardesa-salzmann@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3330