Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli is a Philomathia Post-doctoral Research Associate in international energy law at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG). She holds a Master’s degree in international relations/political science from Sciences Po Paris and one in public law from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). Her doctoral dissertation, written at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, offers a comprehensive assessment of the prevention principle in international environmental law. At the Graduate Institute, Leslie-Anne was a teaching assistant within the LL.M. programme and gave tutorials in general public international law and international environmental law. Prior to her doctoral studies, Leslie-Anne worked in various think tanks and research centres focusing on maritime and naval affairs, East Asian politics and conflict studies.

Leslie-Anne is currently working with Professor Viñuales on a three-year project entitled ‘The Law of Energy Transitions’ which investigates the legal consequences of the on-going transition to a low-carbon economy. Her other research interests lie in the legal framework relative to the protection of the marine environment and in the human rights approach to environmental damage.