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Feja Lesniewska is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Transitions and Environmental Law at the Surrey Law School and a member of the Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law at the University of Surrey. She holds a PhD, MSc, MA (Hons), Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), and a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Her work focuses on the intersection of environmental law, policy innovation, and sustainability transitions.
Research interests include circular economy legal frameworks, climate change governance, international forest policies, and the governance of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT). She has contributed to high-profile policy briefs on post-Brexit UK-EU relations and cybersecurity challenges in UK ports. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges legal analysis with socio-ecological systems, emphasizing justice and equity considerations in environmental policy.
Key research trends in her publications include critiquing the limitations of existing legal frameworks for circular economies, analyzing behavioral dimensions of sustainability transitions, and advocating for more inclusive policy design. She has also explored the legal implications of REDD+ mechanisms for forest governance and community land rights in Africa. Though no awards are explicitly listed, her contributions to environmental law scholarship are widely recognized in academic and policy circles.
Her work on plastics management and IoT cybersecurity highlights innovative approaches to addressing contemporary challenges at the intersection of law and technology. While no grants or advising roles are documented in the provided text, her affiliations with Surrey’s environmental law center suggest active participation in collaborative research networks.
Feja Lesniewska’s research extends to global forest governance, particularly in developing countries, with a focus on equitable resource distribution and poverty reduction through sustainable forest management practices.
