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Professor Margaret A. Young is an ARC Future Fellow at the University of Melbourne's Melbourne Law School, specializing in public international law, climate change law, environmental law, and regime interaction. She leads projects on international adjudication funded by the Australian Research Council and advises the World Bank's Blue Economy Program. Her research focuses on law of the sea, climate displacement, marine plastic pollution, and trade agreements' environmental impacts. She has held visiting roles at institutions like Columbia Law School and University of St Gallen.
- Educations: PhD and LLM (First Class) from University of Cambridge; BA/LLB (Hons) from University of Melbourne
Her research explores systemic integration of legal regimes, particularly in climate change mitigation, biodiversity protection, and ocean governance. Notable works include Trading Fish, Saving Fish (2011) and Impact of Climate Change Mitigation on Indigenous Communities (2017), which won the American Society of International Law's Certificate of Merit. She also examines legal frameworks for addressing IUU fishing and renewable energy policies in trade law.
Awards include the IUCN Junior Scholar Prize, Woodward Medal, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. She contributes to the Global Pact for the Environment and serves on the British Year Book of International Law editorial board.
Currently supervises doctoral students on climate finance, comparative coal regulation, and decolonization impacts on maritime law. Previously worked as a solicitor and judicial associate to Australia's Federal Court Chief Justice.
