Gehring, Markus Cluster Member

Current position(s), Institution
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Fields of expertise
  • European Union Law
  • International Trade Law and Policy
  • Sustainable Development Law and Policy
  • Comparative Federalism
  • Public International Law
Projects relevant to the cluster
  • Public Policy and International Investment Agreements (SSHRC project) since 2008
  • Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, European Commission, CIS/University of Cambridge (2005)
  • Jean Monnet Seminar: Sustainable Impact Assessment (2007)
  • European Commission, CIS/University of Cambridge Concerted Action on Trade and Environment in Europe (2002)
  • European Commission, University of Hamburg Sustainable Development in World Investment Law (2008)
  • UK Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Publications related to European/EU Studies

Books:

  • MW Gehring, Nachhaltigkeit durch Verfahren im Welthandelsrecht - Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsprüfungen und die WTO, Diss. Hamburg 2005 (Berlin: Dunker & Humblot, 2007)

Book chapters:

  • “Strategic Use of Litigation to Influence Negotiations: The WTO, the EU, and the UN” in A Narlikar, Breaking the Deadlock (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2009)
  • “Sustainable Development in World Trade Law - A Short History” in H. C. Brugge & C. Voigt (eds.) Sustainable Development in National and International Law (Groningen: Europa Law Publishing 2008).
  • “Sustainable Development Impact Assessments of Trade Liberalization” in WTO Secretariat, 2006 WTO Public Forum – What WTO for the XXIst Century (Geneva: WTO Secretariat 2007) p. 197 pp.
  • “The ‘Singapore Issues’, Competition and Sustainable Development” in Sustainable Development in World Trade Law, M. Gehring & M.C. Cordonier Segger, eds. (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2005).
  • “Technischen Handelsbarrieren” (“Technical barriers to trade”) with H Jessen, in WTO-Recht – Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft, (WTO Law – The Legal Order of the World Economy) M. Hilf & S. Oeter (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005) p. 347-362.
  • „Sanitäre und Phytosanitäre Maßnahmen” (“Sanitary and Phytosantitary measures”) with H Jessen, in WTO-Recht – Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft (WTO Law – The Legal Order of the World Economy) M. Hilf & S. Oeter (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005) p. 363-374.
  • „Mechanismus zur Überprüfung der Handelspolitik (TPRM)” (“Trade policy review mechanism”) in WTO-Recht – Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft (WTO Law – The Legal Order of the World Economy) M. Hilf & S. Oeter (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2005) p.567-576.
  • “Implementing the Kyoto Protocol in Canada and the UK: A Discussion of the Economic Instruments Employed” with K. Price in British and Canadian Perspectives on International Law, C. P. M. Waters, ed. (Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 2006) 255 - 274.
  • “Environmental Protection” in The Judicial Construction of Europe, with A. Stone Sweet (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2004) pp. 199 - 233.

Articles:

  • “Export Credits and Foreign Investment Insurances for Sustainable Development?” Yearbook of European Environmental Law, Oxford: OUP, 2008 p. .
  • “Competition for Sustainability – Sustainable Development concerns in national and EC competition law” Review of European Community and International Environmental Law (RECIEL) 15 (2) 2006, p. 172 - 185.
  • “Le changement climatique, le droit et la subsidiarité : Les avantages et les obstacles juridiques pour le mis-en-œuvre des accords contre le changement climatique dans les systèmes fédéraux“ McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, 2009 under review.
Outreach Experience
  • Public round table “Green Economy after the Finical Crisis” Ottawa TV Nov 2008
  • “Financing the Climate Crisis – How the financial crisis impacts on climate change and sustainable development” Op-ed
Open to media contact
YES
Address
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, 57, rue Louis-Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5
Office Phone Number
(613) 562-5800 x3086
Department Phone Number
(613) 562-5800 x3738
E-mail
Education and professional achievements
  • Associate Professor, Civil Law Section June 2008 – present (Sustainable Development Law, European Law & IUCN Academy) University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Ottawa, Canada
  • Member, Research Committee of the IUCN Academy, Ottawa, Canada Oct 2008 - present
  • Associated Lecturer in European and International Law Oct 2005 – present (Academic Director of the MPhil in European Studies; Member of Admissions Committee, Degree Committee and Teaching & Learning Committee) Centre of International Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Fellow in Law of Robinson College, Oct 2005 – present (Tutor and College Councillor, Director of Studies, LL.M.) University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Lead Counsel, Sustainable Trade, Investment and Competition Law, Feb 2000 – present Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, based at McGill University Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada
  • Member, Committee International Law on Sustainable Development, Oct 2004 - present International Law Association, London, United Kingdom
  • Visiting Professor, Sustainable Development Law July 2008 – August 2008 University of Victoria, Faculty of Law, Victoria, Canada
  • Visiting Professor, Sustainable & Trade Law, CERIUM, July 2006, 2007, 2009 Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
  • Member, Concerted Action for Trade and Environment in Europe April 2002 – April 2006 funded by the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
  • Tutor, University College & Oxford University Foreign Service Programme, Oct 2004 – June 2005 University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, Oxford, United Kingdom
Courses taught
  • Law and Sustainability (Master & undergraduate)
  • European Law (Master & undergraduate)
  • Law of Obligations(National programme)
  • EU External relations law (Master)
  • International Trade Law (Master)
Fluent spoken languages
English, German, French, Spanish
Fluent written languages
English, German, French, Spanish
Dr. Markus W. Gehring is Lead Counsel for Trade, Investment and Competition Law with the Centre of International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). Dr Gehring has published on various aspects of trade and European and climate change law. His other legal research interests focus on the constitutional dimensions of European and international trade law, and sustainable development law at the intersection of international economic, environmental and social development law. Media Experience: Dr. Gehring has media outreach experience and invites media requests for commentary.
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