Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law
The Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law (SCIEL) is a leading hub for innovative and critical research on international public law, private law, and transnational governance. Bringing together experts working across international, environmental, climate, business, commercial, technological, and space-related legal fields, the centre advances interdisciplinary scholarship on some of the most pressing global challenges of the twenty-first century.
SCIEL's Research
- International public law
- International private law
- Environmental law
- Climate change law and governance
- Waste and circular economy law
- International economic and trade law
- Business and human rights
- Energy law and policy
- Space law and Earth–space governance
- Technology, AI, and digital governance
- Human rights and environmental justice
- Corporate governance and ESG regulation
- Transnational regulatory governance
- Critical infrastructure and security governance
- Biodiversity and natural resource governance
Comparative and interdisciplinary legal studies
The Centre is particularly committed to developing critical, forward-looking, and interdisciplinary approaches to emerging global governance challenges in an increasingly interconnected and technologically complex world.
