About
Siva Thambisetty is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics, where she teaches and researches on the legal protection of inventions, innovation in emerging technologies, cultural property and the use and circulation of genetic resources. Among others, she has previously held grants from the EPSRC for a project on synthetic biology at Imperial College and an EU Horizon 2020 grant for a study on marine genetic resources under the Nagoya Protocol. Dr Thambisetty attended intergovernmental negotiations on the BBNJ Treaty, first as an advisor to the Pacific Small Island Developing States (IGC2, IGC3) and second, as an expert on the G77 Chair’s Team in 2022 (IGC5) and 2023 (Resumed IGC5).
From 2019 to 2023 her work and publications on the Treaty negotiations was funded by LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact. She currently leads a project on a KEI funded Oceans Biodiversity Collective, engaging in policy conversations on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty.
For more about her work on the Treaty, read further details or see this video.
View a recent public event ‘The Oceans Treaty as a Win for Multilateralism: What Comes Next’
Administrative support: Law.Reception@lse.ac.uk
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