Environmental Peacebuilding in Context: Law, Knowledge, and Interdisciplinary Approaches

Date & Time
Jun 18, 2026 | 11.00 - 12.30

Participants
Chair: Britta Sjöstedt, Lund University (Sweden)
Daniëlla Dam-de Jong, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Anne Dienelt, University of Hamburg (Germany)
Stavros Pantazopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)
Andrea Nardi, Lund University (Sweden/Argentina)
Pinar Dinc, Lund University (Sweden/Turkey)
Karen Hulme, University of Essex (United Kingdom)
Doug Weir, Conflict and Environment Observatory (United Kingdom)
Barbara Magalhães Teixeira, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sweden)

This roundtable aims to explore how international law, human geography, environmental justice, and democracy can connect to deepen our understanding of environmental peacebuilding. Particular attention is given to the role of legal norms in addressing environmental harm during and after armed conflict, as well as to the ethical and governance challenges that arise when legal frameworks interact with local ecological knowledge, lived experience, citizen science, and political realities.

The roundtable seeks to identify both the opportunities and the limits of international law in supporting environmental peacebuilding. It also aims to reflect on how interdisciplinary collaboration can generate new research agendas, enhance policy relevance, and contribute to more effective responses to the environmental dimensions of conflict.