Project Team
Professor Margaret Young
Professor Margaret Young is Director of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH) at Melbourne Law School. She currently holds an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship on ‘The Blue Economy and International Law’. In 2023, she completed an ARC project on ‘The Potential and Limitations of International Adjudication’ with Professor Hilary Charlesworth (now Judge of the International Court of Justice).
Rohan Nanthakumar
Rohan Nanthakumar is a public and international lawyer. He is consulting counsel at Blue Ocean Law and served as a member of Vanuatu’s counsel team for the climate change advisory proceedings in the International Court of Justice. He was also instructed in the climate advisory proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. In addition to his role as Research Associate in the project on ‘The Blue Economy and International Law’, Rohan is an Honorary Associate with the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies.
Dr Dan Parker
Dr Dan Parker is a postdoctoral researcher focused on ecological design and biodiversity. He has co-designed habitat-creation projects for birds, mammals, and insects in Italy, Australia, and England. His PhD from the University of Melbourne was awarded the Chancellor’s Prize in 2025. Dan is combining his role as Research Associate on the project with studies for a Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques at the University of Oxford. Specialising in computer-aided design, Dan has taught at university level, worked in architectural practice, and held positions in digital fabrication labs. With experience as a ranger and wildlife surveyor, Dan has worked in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Partners
This project benefits from collaboration and engagement with:
- Institute for International Law and the Humanities
- Melbourne Centre for Law and the Environment - Oceans Theme
- Melbourne Climate Futures Oceans and climate
- Laureate Program on Global Corporate Climate Accountability
- Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law – Oceans and International Environmental Law Interest Group
- International Law Association - Australian Branch
- One Ocean Hub (University of Strathclyde)
- PROBLUE Ocean Governance Capacity Building Training Programme
- The World Bank, Environment and International Law Unit of the Legal Vice Presidency
- Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique, University of Nantes
- International Seabed Authority
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Legal Office
