Alice Bertram

Dr. Alice Bertram is a Research Associate and Lecturer at the Institute of Sustainability Governance (INSUGO) of Leuphana University Lüneburg, where she joined as a postdoctoral researcher in November 2024. She contributes to the interdisciplinary research project “Integrative Mapping and Prioritization of Atlantic Protected Areas” (IMAPP) under the Junior Professorship of Public Law and European Law with Focus on Sustainability, focusing on marine protected areas within the BBNJ agreement framework.

Her educational background includes:

• Second state law examination (2023)
• Doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin, summa cum laude (2023)
• First state law examination (2017)
• Semester abroad at Columbia Law School (2015)

Dr. Bertram's research centers on Sustainability Law and Environmental Law, with foundational work in Constitutional Law, Sociology of Law, and Philosophy of Law. Her dissertation “Time as a Resource in Law” (2024) establishes a framework for “temporal subsistence minimum” to address justice in autonomy and social participation through legal time allocation mechanisms. Current work in the IMAPP project advances marine conservation governance by integrating legal theory with spatial prioritization methodologies for transboundary ocean protection.

She has taught “Introduction to Law and the Sustainability Transformation” at Leuphana University, “Introduction to Public Law” at Technische Universität Ilmenau, and specialized courses on Resource Allocation in Law and Fundamental Rights at Freie Universität Berlin, demonstrating commitment to interdisciplinary legal education through student research groups and method courses.

As part of INSUGO's research ecosystem, she collaborates within the IMAPP project team led by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Valentin Schatz, contributing legal expertise to sustainability governance challenges while maintaining active engagement with German and international policy institutions.