Louisa Parks
University of Trento
Italy

Louisa Parks is an Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Trento’s School of International Studies and Department of Sociology and Social Research. She is a Research Fellow on the BENELEX project on fair and equitable benefit-sharing (2013-2018), focusing on local community experiences of international environmental law, including case studies in Argentina, Greece, Malaysia, Namibia and South Africa. She has also published research on social movement campaign impacts in the EU.

Mika Schröder
University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom

Mika Schröder is a PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance. Her current research explores the normative dimensions of international biodiversity law, focusing on participatory processes involving local stakeholders (including indigenous peoples and local communities, women and youth) within international law-making and other legal forums.