Christian Prip

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am a Senior Policy Analyst with a law background. My core area of research is international environmental governance and law with a specific emphasis on biodiversity, protection of the marine environment and law of the sea and the Arctic. Before entering academia, I have 20 years of experience as a lead negotiator in international environmental negotiations for my native country Denmark and for the EU during Danish EU presidencies. From 2005 to 2007 I was Chairman of the Subsidiary Body on Technical, Technological and Scientific Advice (SBSTTA) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Academic background

Master of Law, Copenhagen University (1983).

Professional experience

Senior Research Fellow Fridtjof Nansen Institute (since 2022)
Senior Policy Analyst, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2013-2022)
Affiliated as researcher with The K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, University of Tromsø, Norway. (2016 – 2020).
Self-employed consultant (2013)
Senior International Adviser, Ministry of Environment, Denmark (1993 – 2013, with temporary assignments in between).
Research Fellow at the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Yokohama, Japan (2008 – 2010).
Associate Professor in International Environmental Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. (2006 – 2008).
Deputy Head of Secretariat, Danish State Railways, Denmark (1991 – 1992).
Head of Section, Ministry of Environment, Denmark (1983 – 1991).

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Christian Prip

PROJECTS

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

Global Biodiversity Governance: What Needs to Be Transformed?

Identifying and Describing Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas (EBSAs): A Key Tool for the Protection of Ocean Biodiversity in Dispute

Farmers’ Rights and Digital Sequence Information: Crisis or Opportunity to Reclaim Stewardship Over Agrobiodiversity?

Integrating climate change in the governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction

Arktisk råd i spennet mellom forskning, forvaltning og politikk ('The Arctic Council between science, management and policy')

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Naturen trenger en Paris-avtale (Nature needs a Paris agreement)

Naturaktører: Danmarks indsats for biodiversitet skal handle om hele samfundet

Global governance of health and nature in the wake of COVID-19. Attentive to the role of China and to poverty perspectives.

Virtual progress towards a new global treaty on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

Regeringen bør hæve ambitionerne for natur- og biodiversitetspakken (The Danish government should raise the ambitions for the nature and biodiversity package)

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RELATED RESEARCH AREA(S)

NEWS

IN MEDIA