About
Thesis title
Futurity narratives in international climate change law: Deciphering the rights of 'future generations'
Supervisors
Professor Alain Pottage (Sciences Po, main supervisor); Professor Stephen Humphreys (LSE, exchange supervisor)
Research interests/areas
Public International Law, International Environmental and Climate Change Law, Queer Legal Theory, Rights of Nature, International Law in the Anthropocene, Feminist Legal Theory, International Human Rights Law
Christos Zois is a Exchange PhD Researcher from the Sciences Po School of Law in Paris, where he works under the supervision of Professor Alain Pottage. His research tries to unravel the role of narratives of temporality, and especially futurity, in international climate change law by focusing on the legal foundations of the rights of future generations. By discussing the -traditionally invisible- role of time as international law device, his research explores how the future generations’ discourse perpetuates oppressive legalities while excluding other alternative/marginalised legal approaches.
Christos holds a Master in International Law from the Geneva Graduate Institute (2024), a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International and European Legal Studies with a concentration on Public International Law from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (summa cum laude, 2022) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2020).
He has been a Legal Assistant to the International Law Commission since 2023 focusing on sea-level rise in international law and state succession in international responsibility and and was the main researcher of the Jean Monnet Project EURIS of the Kalliopi Koufa Foundation for the Promotion of International and Human Rights Law, focusing on the responsibility of the European Union under various areas of international law.
Awards / Scholarships
Konstantinos Oikonomidis Award for the Best Master Thesis in International Law and International Relations (2022-2024) by the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations
Affiliations / Memberships
Primary affiliation: Sciences Po School of Law/Sciences Po School of Research
IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law International Law Association - Hellenic Branch Swiss Society of International Law/ Société suisse de droit international