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Rinata Kazak is a Lecturer at Linköping University's Department of Thematic Studies (Environmental Change unit). Her research focuses on environmental protection legal frameworks, particularly analyzing how legal norms evolve in response to climate change and geopolitical conflicts like the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She actively contributes to international climate policy discourse, representing LiU at global summits such as the 2024 UN Climate Summit in Azerbaijan.
Education background includes prior work as an Associate Professor in Kharkiv, Ukraine, before relocating to Sweden post-2022 invasion. Her interdisciplinary work bridges law, environmental science, and conflict resolution, emphasizing ecocide legislation and post-war ecological reconstruction. She co-leads projects like 'Reshaping of Ecocide in International Law,' aiming to establish accountability mechanisms for large-scale environmental destruction.
Her recent publications address Ukrainian ecosystem protection, antimicrobial resistance regulation under martial law, and the role of climate summits in global North-South dialogue. She serves as a core member of Linköping's Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR) and the Maathai research group (MMAATH). Key achievements include developing methodologies to track climate policy shifts through delegate surveys at COP summits since 2007.
