About

Asmaa Khadim is a postdoctoral researcher in Institutions for Conflict Resolution, a research project implemented as part of the Dutch national sector plan for law at Leiden Law School. Her research centres around environmental constitutionalism, with a primary focus on comparative constitutional law, environmental and Indigenous rights, natural resource conflicts, cumulative impact management, and government accountability. Her regional focus is on socio-environmental conflicts in the Americas, particularly Canada, Argentina, Chile and Costa Rica. Asmaa previously held academic positions as a lecturer in Queensland, Australia, teaching courses in international environmental law, public international law, the law of international organisations, Canadian constitutional law and Canadian criminal law, at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Asmaa holds a BSc in psychology and international development studies from McGill University, and an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, specialising in international, comparative and transnational law. She completed her doctorate at the Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland. Prior to entering academia, she worked in private practice as a Barrister and Solicitor in Ontario and was admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales.

Research Interests

Civil Society, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Constitutions, Democracy, Environmental Policy, Federalism, Governance, Human Rights, Institutions, Social Justice, Courts, Climate Change, Comparative Perspective, Decision Making, Energy Policy

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Standing Groups and Research Networks

• Energy Politics, Policy, and Governance
• Environmental Politics
• Participation and Mobilisation
• Law and Courts
• Federalism and Regionalism