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The Workshop of Indigenous Law and Methodology will
bring together leading scholars, lawyers, and graduate
students to explore and raise awareness of critical
questions and challenges in Indigenous law and
methodologies, including issues related to resource
management, environment, and gender.
YoungCASPROJECT ABSTRACT
CAS is Norway’s premier institute for excellence in
interdisciplinary fundamental research.
CAS’ primary objective is to strengthen fundamental
research by providing outstanding scholars the
opportunity to collaborate on projects across disciplinary
and national boundaries.
CAS INFOCENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY
Dr. Poto is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the
K. G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea (JCLOS) at
the University of Tromsø.
Her current research interests include the role of the
Arctic Council as an international actor to protect and
promote marine biodiversity, as well as other projects
related to environmental protection, food and health
law, and indigenous law and governance processes.
Dr. Poto previously completed her Ph.D. in Public Law
at the University of Pavia.
PROJECT LEADERDR. MARGHERITA PAOLA POTO
9.15-10.15
Opening Remarks from
Scientific Director of CAS
Prof. Vigdis Broch-Due
10.15-11.00
Workshop on
Indigenous Law and
Methodologies
13.00-16.00
Group Discussion and
Reflection
PROGRAMMEMONDAY
9.00-11.00
Workshop on
Indigenous Law and
Methodologies
13.00-16.00
Group Discussion and
Reflection
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
9.00-9.40
Governance for Environmental
and Indigenous Protection
9.40-10.20
Bridging European Food
Governance and Indigenous
Food Security
10.20-11.00
Empowering Indigenous through
Public Procurement
13.00-14.00
Embracing an Intersectional
Lens in Research and on Gender
in the Arctic
14.00-15.00
Indigenous Consultation in
Mining Projects in Canada
15.00-16.00
Discussion and reflection
THURSDAY FRIDAY
9.00-11.00
Workshop on
Indigenous Law and
Methodologies
13.00-16.00
Group Discussion and
Reflection
9.00-10.00
Customary Laws: an Alternative
Justice System for Kenya
10.00-11.00
‘Terras tradicionalmente
ocupadas’ in the Age of Forced
Displacement
13.00-14.00
Shubu Hiwea – Living School
of the Huni Kuin People from
Jordan River in Brazil
14.00-14.30
Closing Remarks from
YoungCAS Group Leader
Dr. Margherita Paola Poto
YoungCASPARTICIPANTS
Giulia ParolaProfessor of Environmental Law and a Post Doctoral Research Scholar at the Universdade Federal Fluminense. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Law from the University of Paris V, and an LLM in International Environmental Law from the University of Iceland.
Lara FornabaioPh.D. from the University of Ferrara in European Union Law, with a special focus on Food Safety Law.Her research interests include food and environmental governance, marine spatial planning, participatory mechanisms for indigenous peoples within the decision-making process, and alternatives to dominant food narratives.
Rebecca JohnsonProfessor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria.Her research interests are markedly interdisciplinary, and include judicial dissent, cinema as a site of inter-cultural legal encounter, the economic imaginary, Indigenous legal methodolo-gies, and sexuality.
Tahnee PriorPh.D. Candidate in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo.Her doctoral work examines the role of legal systems in maintaining or preventing our ability to adapt to rapid- ly changing and complex environments, like the Arctic.
Arianna PorroneEarly state researcher with an MA in European Legal Studies from the University of Torino.Her research interests include indigenous and minorities’ rights, refugee law, women’s rights in agriculture and gender equality, and food security in rural areas.
Logan TurnerGraduate student in Global Health at McMaster University.His research interests include Indige- nous participation in governance pro- cesses, natural resource development, Indigenous health, and food security issues in Northern Canada.
Jane MurungiLecturer at the School of Law at the University of Nairobi.Her research interests include business law, international environmental law, and project finance.
Carol CraveroPh.D. Candidate at the University of Turin and the University of Paris Nanterre.Her research interests include social and green dimensions of public procurement law.
Val NapoleonLaw Foundation Chair of Aboriginal Justice and Governance and the Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit at the University of Victoria.Her current research focuses on Indig-enous legal traditions, legal theories, feminisms, citizenship, self-determi-nation, and governance. She is from Saulteau First Nation (BC Treaty 8) and is an adopted member of the House of Luuxhon, Ganada, from Gitanyow (northern Gitskan).