Speaker Bio

Professor Maria Gavouneli LL.M. (Cantab), Ph.D. (Cantab) (Guggenheim Prize);Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law & Deputy Director, Athens Public International Law Center – Athens PIL;Director, Refugee & Migration Studies Hub – RMS Hub, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens;Fulbright Scholar – Greece at the University of California Berkeley (2018-2019);Global President, International Law Association;visiting professor and lecturer in several universities and research institutions around the world;published extensively on the law of the sea, energy and environmental law as well as migration issues. Director General, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy – ELIAMEP;President of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights.