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Melina Malafry is an Associate Professor of Environmental Law at Uppsala University's Department of Law, where she also holds a Senior Lecturer position. She teaches environmental law at the Department of Law, Ångströms, and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), serving as course director for the Environmental Law course (7.5 credits) at the Land Surveying Program.
Her research focuses on critical legal intersections between environmental sustainability, energy transitions, and cultural heritage preservation. Key areas include:
- Legal frameworks for balancing renewable energy development with biodiversity protection
- Cultural heritage conservation in energy efficiency retrofits and solar infrastructure projects
- Public participation rights of environmental organizations in planning processes
- Legal trade-offs in landscape planning for climate change adaptation
Her 12 most recent publications (2016-2025) reveal consistent thematic evolution toward resolving conflicts between sustainability mandates—particularly analyzing solar energy integration in agricultural landscapes, cultural heritage conflicts in building retrofits, and biodiversity impacts of renewable projects. Geographical focus centers on Swedish and EU regulatory contexts with strong interdisciplinary collaboration.
Malafry actively secures major research funding through two interdisciplinary projects:
- APEEL: "Legal Perspectives on Landscape Planning for a Sustainable Climate Change Transition" (Formas-funded, 2021-2026)
- REKO: "The right, sustainable energy use and the preservation of cultural values" (Swedish Energy Agency-funded, 2019-2023)
She maintains robust collaborative networks with researchers including Anna Christiernsson, Mia Geijer, and Tor Broström across law, environmental science, and urban planning disciplines to address complex sustainability challenges through integrated legal analysis.
