I am a postdoctoral researcher in climate law at the Lisbon Public Law Research Centre, University of Lisbon, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). 

My current research project focuses on the international protection of persons in the context of sea-level rise. It is funded by the Postdoc.Mobility Grant of the SNSF. 

I am also a research fellow at the World Trade Institute (WTI), and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR) of the University of Bern. I am a fully qualified member of the Istanbul Bar.

I hold a Ph.D. in Law (WTI, University of Bern, 2022), an LL.B. eq. (University of Istanbul, 2016), an LL.M. (University of Toronto, 2014), and an LL.B. Hons. (LSE, 2013).  This background equips me to conduct research across diverse legal systems, including civil law and common law jurisdictions.

My areas of expertise include

climate law, 

sustainability & ESG law,

international environmental law,

international human rights law,

international migration & refugee law, and

general public international law.

I have conducted legal research using

primary research methods (field research, in-depth expert interviews, empirical legal research including database search), 

secondary research methods (doctrinal search, desk review), and

case studies (EU, Pacific Island States, Portuguese-speaking African States).

You can contact me from:

aylin.yildiz@wti.org 

Postdoctoral Researcher

Project: Shifting Seas, Shifting People: Studying Sea-level Rise as an Obligation Towards All

Duration: June 2023 - May 2025

Where: Lisbon Public Law Research Centre (LPL), University of Lisbon, Portugal

Grant: Postdoc.Mobility Grant, The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

Climate/ESG Law Consultant

Projects: Sustainability services to companies, financial institutions, IOs and NGOs

Duration: August 2022 - May 2023

Where: Deloitte Zürich, Switzerland

Research Fellow

Project: Sustainability in International Law

Duration: December 2021 - August 2022

Where: World Trade Institute (WTI) and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), University of Bern, Switzerland

Ph.D. in Law Candidate

Project: Framing Environmental Degradation, Human Mobility and Human Development as a Matter of Common Concern

Duration: September 2017 - December 2021

Where: World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern, Switzerland

Grant: Ph.D. fully funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) 

Field research: Fiji and Samoa,  June - September 2019, research stay at the University of the South Pacific (USP) 

Institutional Responsibility: Gender Officer at the Gender Committee of the WTI, University of Bern

Book

Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move: Providing Protection under International Law (Brill, 2022), available here

Article

'The Follow-up and Review Mechanisms of the Global Compacts: What Room Is There for Human Mobility in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change?' [2022] Laws, available here

SNSF Postdoc.Mobility Grant (CHF 103,200)

For my two-year research project on sea-level rise and the international protection of persons, which includes a case study of the Portuguese-speaking African countries

Promotion of Young Researchers Fund (CHF 5,000) 

Awarded by the University of Bern to cover the costs of a workshop on climate change, sustainability and digitalisation

International Law Association (ILA) Scholarship

For participating in the 79th ILA Biennial Conference, Kyoto, Japan 

'Best Negotiation' and 'Best Written Advice' 

For the group performance in the moot court competition of the Hague Academy of International Law 

Policy writing and presentation training

For the successful submission to the Policy Writing Competition organised by Foraus

University of Toronto Fellowship (CAD 12,500) 

Awarded by the University of Toronto for my academic achievements, and provided funding for my LL.M. degree

Lecturer of the online course titled ‘Foundations of International Climate Law & ESG Law’, offered by the Knowledge Hub of Fructify Network, Switzerland, 2023

Guest lecturer on international climate law at the course titled ‘Geopolitics: Bodies, Borders and Bombs’ taught by Dr. Devran Koray Öcal, Geography Institute, University of Bern, 2022

Guest lecturer at the course titled ‘Environment, Disasters and Human Mobility’ taught by Prof. Chhaya Bhardwaj, O.P. Jindal Global University Law School, India (online), 2022

Teaching assistant at the eAcademy of the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore (NUS), 2020 and 2021

'When Balance Sheets Pollute: Analyzing the Climate Change-Related Human Rights Impacts of Financial Institutions', Melbourne Climate Futures (MCF), University of Melbourne, Australia (online), 2024, available here 

‘Reflections on COP26 and the Future of Climate Change Law’, O.P. Jindal Global Law School, India (online), 2022, available here 

‘Rising Sea Levels: Promoting Climate Justice Through International Law’, British Institute for International Law (BIICL), UK (online), 2021, available here

Co-organiser, 'Asian and African Perspectives on Law and Sea-level Rise', Lisbon Public Law Research Centre (LPL), University of Lisbon, October 2024, call for abstracts available here

Co-organiser, 'Linking Climate Change, Digitalisation and Sustainability: Turning Foresights into Action in Times of Crisis', World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern, May 2022, programme available here

My book, Climate Change, Disasters and People on the Move: Providing Protection under International Law, has been included in the bibliography of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). See ICJ Bibliography No. 62 (15 December 2023), page 159, available here

Review Editor, Frontiers in Human Dynamics, available here

Creator of the YouTube channel titled 'Pop-up Law', available here

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