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Patricia Galvao-Ferreira

Patricia Galvao-Ferreira

Associate Professor of Law

20162022

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Dr. Patrícia Galvão Ferreira is an Associate Professor with the Marine & Environmental Law Institute at Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. She is the co-editor of the 4th edition of the Canadian Environmental Law and Policy Coursebook, published by Emond and author of publications addressing a variety of topics, including international law, international environmental law, climate justice, climate finance, environmental justice, law and development, global governance and human rights. She received her SJD from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, together with an interdisciplinary doctoral degree in dynamics of global change from the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. She holds an LLM in international human rights law from the Faculty of Law at Notre Dame University and an LLB from the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil.

Dr. Galvão Ferreira previously served as assistant professor and academic director of the Transnational Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor, where she was cross appointed to the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research/GLIER. At GLIER she worked alongside scientists on the environment and policy interface. At Windsor Law she was also the co-leader of the Cities and Climate Forum, and board member of the Transnational Law and Racial Justice Network and the Center for Cities. Dr. Galvão Ferreira was a Law Foundation of Ontario Scholar in 2018, and a Postdoctoral Fellow researching international climate law and observing international climate negotiations at the Center for International Governance Innovation/CIGI from 2015 to 2017. She has also been a visiting scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford University and at the FGV Law School in São Paulo. Dr. Galvao Ferreira’s research and teaching are informed by her previous 20-year work in non-governmental organizations in the areas of human rights and economic justice, with focus in Latin America (particularly Brazil) and Southern Africa. She currently serves as the chairperson of the Brazil advisory board for the Center for Justice and International Law/CEJIL, where she worked as a human rights lawyer for 5 years.

Education/Academic qualification

BA: Law, Universidade Federal da Bahia

LLM, University of Notre Dame

PhD, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

Research Interests

  • Global Regulation and Governance
  • Climate Litigation
  • Human Rights Advocacy
  • Rule of Law
  • Transnational Law
  • Climate Justice
  • Climate Finance Law
  • Indigenous Rights

Disciplines

  • Law
  • Environmental Law
  • International Law
  • Litigation

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  3. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  4. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  5. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  6. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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