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 public law, private law, and transnational governance.
SCIEL's Research
SCIEL's research brings 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.
- 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.
