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Andrea Leiter serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public International Law at the University of Amsterdam's Faculty of Law. She concurrently holds the position of Director of Research at the Sovereign Nature Initiative (SNI), a nonprofit organization pioneering blockchain-based solutions for ecological conservation financing.
Her research integrates public international law with decentralized technologies, focusing on how blockchain and cryptocurrency can redefine nature valuation and governance. Dr. Leiter develops frameworks that transcend traditional carbon credit systems and donation models, emphasizing sustainable financial mechanisms for ecological stewardship through innovations like the Decentralised Ecological Economics Protocol (DEEP). Her work critically examines socio-economic implications and ethical dimensions of merging financial systems with environmental objectives.
As Director of Research for SNI, she leads the development of DEEP—a protocol converting real-world ecological data into dynamic digital assets (e.g., NFTs) that directly fund conservation. This system eliminates intermediaries to create transparent, community-driven ecological finance. Her contributions have been featured in high-impact platforms including The Blockchain Socialist podcast (July 2024) and Smart Forests Atlas radio (May 2023), where she analyzed blockchain's potential to drive systemic change in environmental protection beyond carbon markets.
