Academic background

• Honorary Professor, University of Leicester (2017).
• Full Professor competence (2008).
• Doctor of Law (LL.D: International Law), University of Zagreb Faculty of Law (1995).
• Master of Law (LL.M: Law of the Sea), University of Split - Specialist master study on "The Law of the Sea" (1987).
• Diploma in Law (cand. juris, LL.B: Law), Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb (1983).

Professional experience

Key postions held at scholarly institutions

• Honorary Visiting Professor, University of Leicester – School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, United Kingdom (2017-present).
• Research Professor at FNI (2008-present), previously Senior Research Fellow (1995-2008).
• Director, Law of the Sea and Marine Affairs Programme, FNI (2003-2019).
• Co-director, "Law of the Sea" international postgraduate course, Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, Croatia (1997-2002).
• Director, Polar Regions Programme, FNI (1995-2000 and 2002).
• Member of the Department of International Law, University of Zagreb – Faculty of Law, Croatia (1984-1992).

Other selected professional experience

• Chair of the International Committee on 'International Law and Sea Level Rise' at the International Law Association, ILA, London (2012-present).
• Member of the Anthropocene Working Group of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (2009-present).
• Founding Editor-in-Chief (with Don Rothwell), Brill Research Perspectives in the Law of the Sea (Brill: Boston and Leiden) (2017-present).
• Founding Editor-in-Chief (with Ante Zuzul), Anthropocene - book series (Skolska knjiga: Zagreb), (2017-present).
• Member of the Editorial Boards of: The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, (Brill: since 2012), The Anthropocene Review (SAGE: since 2013), Climate Law (Brill: since 2012).
• Member of the ILA International Committee on 'Baselines under the International Law of the Sea', Norwegian ILA branch representative (2012-2018).
• Member of the International Advisory Board of the Law of the Sea Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (2004-2018).
• Counsel to the Government of Croatia, Arbitration on resolving the land and maritime boundary dispute between Croatia and Slovenia, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague (2011-2015).
• Member/adviser of Norwegian governmental delegations to international conferences and organisations, including: the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings (1992-2002); the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (2001-2002); the FAO Committee on Fisheries (2003); the International Maritime Organization (2004-2006).
• Co-chair of the IUCN Group of legal experts on the Mediterranean Sea (2006-2010).
• External expert/consultant to international organisations, including: UNEP (on marine plastics, 2017; on polar environmental policy, 2000); OECD (on IUU fishing, 2004).