Michael Mehling

SCELG Staff Member

Michael Mehling is a Professor of Practice at the University of Strathclyde School of Law. He holds a simultaneous appointment as the Deputy Director of the Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Previously, he was founding President of the Ecologic Institute in Washington DC, an environmental think tank with partner offices in Berlin and Brussels. In these roles, he has coordinated research and advisory projects for international organizations, government agencies, and civil society organizations in North America, Europe, and the developing world.

He currently serves as a non-executive director with Ecologic Institute in Berlin, a Manager of the Konrad-von-Moltke Fund in Berlin, a Member of Climate Strategies in London, and a founding board member of Ecologic Institute in Washington DC, the Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI) in London, and the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST) in Brussels. He is also an Associate Researcher with the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at the University of Cambridge, an Associate with Vivid Economics in London, and Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly Carbon & Climate Law Review (CCLR).

Areas of expertise:

  • Climate and Energy
  • Economic Law and Governance