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Gor Samvel is a MSCA postdoctoral researcher at the UiT-Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law. His postdoctoral research project examines whether radical environmental movements have evolved into a normative framework within international law enforcement.

He holds a PhD in international law and political science from the Geneva Graduate Institute, master’s degree in law from Ghent University and Yerevan State University. In 2018-2019 he was a visiting scholar at Duke University School of Law.

 At the core of his research are the issues of compliance with and implementation of multilateral environmental treaties, and the role of non-state actors in the regime processes. 

He has led and participated in research projects, funded by the Research Council of Armenia and Norwegian Research Council on the role of local institutions in environmental management, climate suitable and integrated seed systems.

Along his academic work Gor has been involved as a legal expert in multiple development projects in Armenia and elsewhere concerning the climate change, biodiversity conservation, waste management. He is also a member of UNECE Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Protocol Compliance Committee.

 

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