Francesca Leucci

Francesca Leucci is a Lecturer in Environmental Law at the Law Group of Wageningen University & Research. She holds a European Doctorate in Law and Economics from Bologna, Rotterdam, and Hamburg Universities, with a dissertation titled Law and Economics of Environmental Damage Assessment. Her first legal degree was obtained in Italy, followed by an LL.M. in Economic Analysis of EU Law from the College of Europe in Bruges.

Her research focuses on environmental law and economic analysis of environmental liability laws, emphasizing remedies for biodiversity loss and sustainable societal frameworks. Methodologies include law and economics, comparative studies, and empirical approaches. She teaches EU environmental law, policy, and competition law while maintaining professional experience as a lawyer and judge assistant.

Francesca is affiliated with the Legal Working Group of the Society of Ecological Restoration (led by An Cliquet) and the Conservation Litigation Network. She served as a temporary expert for Eklipse on biodiversity impact assessments (no net loss) and participated in the Ecosystem Services Partnership’s Task Force on Integrated Ecosystem Services Assessment, led by Dolf de Groot and Evangelia Drakou.

No academic awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text, but her work bridges legal frameworks with ecological restoration and economic incentives for sustainability.