Dr Giulia Claudia Leonelli
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Overview
Overview
Biography
Dr Giulia Claudia Leonelli is Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Research Fellow at the Transnational Law Institute, School of Law, King’s College London.
She was awarded a PhD in Law by King’s College London, where she was also Postdoctoral Fellow. Her PhD thesis won the Elsevier Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Work, year 2018. It has been published as a monograph in 2021 (Transnational Narratives and Regulation of GMO Risks, Hart Publishing, 2021). Dr Leonelli holds an LLM (Distinction) from King’s College London and a Laurea Magistrale from the University of Bologna.
Her current research projects lie at the intersection of trade and environmental law, with a particular focus on climate change law aspects. In the past years, she has published extensively on EU and US risk regulation, governance of biotechnologies, chemicals and pesticides, judicial review of risk regulation, and access to justice in environmental and public health matters.
Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including the World Trade Review, the Journal of World Trade, Legal Studies, the Journal of Environmental Law, the Common Market Law Review, the Yearbook of European Law, and the European Law Review. Dr Leonelli has contributed written evidence to inquiries of the House of Commons International Trade Committee and the House of Lords International Agreements Committee and is a Member of the TaPP Network.
Highlights
Qualifications
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Transnational Law Institute, School of Law, King's College London
- PhD in Law, School of Law, King's College London
- LLM in Public Law and Global Governance (Distinction), School of Law, King's College London
- Laurea Magistrale, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Web profiles
Administrative responsibilities
- Director LLM General
Professional memberships
Fellow of Advance HE
Member of the TaPP Network (Environment, Food and Agriculture, Health and Impact Assessment policy areas)
Member of Trade Experettes
Member of the Society of Legal Scholars
Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
Honours and awards
- Elsevier Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Work, year 2018, Elsevier,
- School of Law Prize for Best Student on the LLM in Public Law and Global Governance, year 2012, King's College London,
ORCID
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Research
Research
Research interests
- EU and US environmental law and climate change law
- Trade and environment
- EU and US risk regulation
- Judicial review of risk regulation
- Access to justice in environmental and public health matters
- WTO law
- Legal theory and transnational legal theory
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
Teaching
Teaching modules
- Law Masters Research Project (LALA004S7)
- MPhil/PhD Research Methods (LALA228Z7)
- Environmental Law (Level 5, 15 credits) (LALW025H5)
- Tackling Climate Change: Legal Responses (LALW037S7)
- Environmental Law and Justice (intensive) (LALW044S7)
- Critical Methods in Law & Society Research (LALW065S7)
- European Union Law (GDL) (LALW118H6)
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Export rebates and the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: WTO law and environmental objections. Journal of World Trade 46 (6), pp. 963-984. ISSN 1011-6702.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) The Glyphosate saga continues: ‘Dissenting’ member states and the European way forward. Transnational Environmental Law ISSN 2047-1025.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Transatlantic divergencies in the regulation of uncertain risks: co-production, normative frames and ideal evidence-based and socially acceptable risk approaches. German Law Journal 23 (5), pp. 769-799. ISSN 2071-8322.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Carbon border measures, environmental effectiveness and WTO law compatibility: is there a way forward for the steel and aluminium climate club?. World Trade Review ISSN 1474-7456.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Practical obstacles and structural legal constraints in the adoption of ‘defensive’ policies: comparing the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the US Proposal for a Border Carbon Adjustment. Legal Studies ISSN 0261-3875.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2021) Access to the EU courts in environmental and public health cases and the reform of the Aarhus Regulation: systemic vision, pragmatism, and a happy ending. Yearbook of European Law 40, pp. 230-264. ISSN 0263-3264.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2021) Balancing public health and environmental protection and economic stakes? Bayer CropScience and the court’s defence of the EU Socially Acceptable Risk Approach. Common Market Law Review 58 (6), pp. 1845-1874. ISSN 0165-0750.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2021) From extra-territorial leverage and transnational environmental protection to distortions of competition: the level playing field in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. Journal of Environmental Law 33 (3), pp. 611-637. ISSN 0952-8873.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2021) Judicial review of compliance with the precautionary principle from Paraquat to Blaise: “Quantitative Thresholds,” risk assessment, and the gap between regulation and regulatory implementation. German Law Journal 22 (2), pp. 184-215. ISSN 2071-8322.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2020) Acknowledging the centrality of the precautionary principle in judicial review of EU risk regulation: why it matters. Common Market Law Review 57 (6), pp. 1773-1818. ISSN 0165-0750.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2020) CETA and the external autonomy of The EU legal order: risk regulation as a test. Legal Issues of Economic Integration 47 (1), pp. 43-70. ISSN 1566-6573.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2020) A threefold blow to environmental public interest litigation. European Law Review 45 (3), pp. 324-347. ISSN 0307-5400.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2019) GMO authorisations and The Aarhus Regulation: paving the way for precautionary GMO governance?. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 26 (4), pp. 505-523. ISSN 1023-263X.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2018) The glyphosate saga and the fading democratic legitimacy of European Union risk regulation. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 25 (5), pp. 582-606. ISSN 1023-263X.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2018) The fine line between procedural and substantive review in cases involving complex technical-scientific evaluations: Bilbaína. Common Market Law Review 55 (4), pp. 1217-1250. ISSN 0165-0750.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2018) GMO risks, food security, climate change and the entrenchment of Neo-Liberal legal narratives. Transnational Legal Theory 9 (3-4), pp. 302-315. ISSN 2041-4005.
Book
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2021) Transnational narratives and regulation of GMO risks. Hart Publishing. ISBN 9781509937387.
Book Section
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2021) The Post-Modern normative anxiety of Transnational Legal Studies. In: Zumbansen, P. (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Transnational Law. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780197547410. (In Press)
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2020) The perfect storm: GMO governance and The EU technocratic turn. In: Eliantonio, M. and Peeters, M. (eds.) Research Handbook on EU Environmental Law. Edward Elgar. ISBN 9781788970662. (In Press)
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2020) GMO risks, food security, climate change and the entrenchment of Neo-Liberal legal narratives. In: Webster, E. and Gupta, A. and Ambros, R. (eds.) Transnational Food Security. Routledge. ISBN 9780367465643.
Other
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) After Elmau: input to the policy debate on climate clubs. Social Science Research Network.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Border tax adjustments and the WTO Law compatibility of ETS/CBAM export rebates: Aut Simul Stabunt, Aut Simul Cadent. SSRN: Elsevier.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Guest post: full carbon pricing, average carbon intensity and the Global Steel and Aluminium Arrangement: in conversation with Bixuan Xu and Aaron Cosbey. International Economic Law and Policy Blog.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Submission to the House of Commons International Trade Committee, Trade and the Environment Inquiry. London, UK: House of Commons International Trade Committee.
- Leonelli, Giulia Claudia (2022) Submission to the House of Lords International Agreements Committee, UK – Australia Trade Negotiations. London, UK: House of Lords International Agreements Committee.