Dr Agnes Rydberg
School of Law
Lecturer in International Law
Deputy Director of the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law
Deputy Director of Internationalisation ( (Year Abroad/Exchanges/Partnerships)
+44 114 222 6717
Full contact details
School of Law
AF22B
Bartolomé House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND
- Profile
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Agnes holds a PhD in Public International Law from Queen Mary University of London, where she also completed an LLM. She also has a BSc in International Law from Orebro University in Sweden. Her future research plans include exploring the international law implications of climate change, and in particular the challenge of rising sea levels for small island developing states. She has several publications, including with Kluwer and Oxford University Press, as well as in the International Community Law Review and the Yearbook of International Disaster Law. She is an assistant editor of a book series on Principles of International Environmental Law. Her teaching experience in teaching contract law at Queen Mary and serving as a visiting tutor in public international law at Royal Holloway. Agnes has previously worked with UN Women and the International Bar Association.
- Qualifications
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- PhD (predicted)
- LLM
- BSc
- Research interests
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- Public International Law
- Law of Treaties
- International Environmental Law
- Maritime Dispute Settlement
- Publications
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Books
- The Duty to Safeguard the Object and Purpose of Pending Treaties: A Closer Examination of Article 18 Vclt. Queen Mary Studies in Internat.
Journal articles
- Using international law to address the effects of climate change. Yearbook of International Disaster Law Online, 4(1), 281-305.
- Climate Change Litigation: General Perspectives and Emerging Trends. International Community Law Review.
Chapters
- Research group
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Sheffield Centre for International and European Law (SCIEL)
- Teaching interests
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- International Law
- Law of Treaties
- Law of the Sea
- International Environmental Law
- Maritime Dispute Settlement
- Teaching activities
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Undergraduate
- Foundations of International Law
- Advanced Issues in International Law
Postgraduate
- International Institutional Law
- International Environmental Law