Biography

As a Max Weber Fellow, Claire Debucquois intends to study the impact of the European Union climate policies across its borders, especially through the prism of green finance in Latin America. She hopes to advance her research in the collegial setting of the EUI and to hone her scholarly skills in dialogue with colleagues from all over the world.

Claire is a fellow with the Belgian fund for scientific research (FNRS). She recently participated in the Re:Constitution programme and is a member of the Climate Social Science Network. Claire holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in law, economics, and philosophy, and advanced masters in comparative and international law. In her doctoral dissertation, completed at Columbia Law School, she analysed contemporary land transactions in Brazil and situated them within the country’s legal history and political economy of land ownership.

Claire’s scholarship is informed by her experiences as a research intern at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Columbia Center for Sustainable Investment, and as a legal adviser in several organisations in the fields of social and climate justice. She also assisted the Columbia Law School Immigrants’ Rights Clinic and Human Rights Institute for over five years with legal cases and international advocacy projects. In addition, Claire has taught courses at various levels, including as a teaching assistant for first-year law students, a tutor, and an invited lecturer.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

• Environmental challenges and climate change governance

Mentor

• Loïc Azoulai