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Dean of the Law School in the Durham Law School

Biography

Biography
Volker Roeben is Professor of International Law and Dean at Durham Law School. He is also a visiting professor at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, a docent at the University of Turku, and an associate at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy of the University of Dundee. Formerly, Volker previously was senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative law and Public International Law, and a professor at Swansea University and the University of Dundee. He has held visiting posts at the universities of Chicago, Minnesota and West Virginia, and served as legal adviser at the Energy Charter Secretariat. He holds degrees from the universities of Kiel, Heidelberg, and Berkeley and from the College of Europe Bruges.

Current Research

Prof Roeben is the author or editor of eight books and over fifty articles. His research is in the areas of international law and EU law, with a focus on the law and policy of energy, as well as comparative public law. He frequently advises governments and international organisations.

  • International Energy Law and Sustainable DevelopmentIn 2018, Volker published Towards the European Energy Union – European strategy in international law with Cambridge University Press. He is general editor of the Hart publication series ‘Global Energy Law and Policy’. 
  • International lawVolker has published on international law in its breadth, ranging from the law of the sea to international economic law to the UN Charter to general international law. He is curently working on 'Solidarity in international law' under contract with CUP.
  • EU lawVolker has published particularly on judicial protection and EU citizenship. He is currently working with P, Minnerop, R Schütze and J Snell of an a volume on EU Citizenship as an independent status under contract with OUP.
  • Comparative LawHe has explored new concepts and approaches to comparative law in multi-level governance. An example is ‘A concept of shared principles and the constitutional homogeneity in Europe. The case of subsidiarity’, published in (2021) 5 Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law.

 

Research Groups

Durham Law School

  • Centre for Chinese Law and Policy
  • Durham European Law Institute

Research interests

  • Comparative Public Law
  • Energy Law
  • European Union law
  • International Law
  • Theory of Global Law

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