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Dr Daria Shapovalova

Dr Daria Shapovalova
Dr Daria Shapovalova
Dr Daria Shapovalova

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

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Email Address
dshapovalova@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272430
Office Address

Room D48, School of Law, Taylor Building, Old Aberdeen, AB24 3UB

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Biography

Daria joined the School of Law in 2017 and is a senior lecturer in energy law. She is the director of the Centre for Energy Law and coordinator of the Just Transitions Lab. With research interests in energy and environmental law, Daria is working on interdisciplinary approaches to climate, energy, and just transition regulation. She leads and collaborates on a number of funded projects including ‘A Just Transition for Workers and Communities in the North East of Scotland’ (Uplift, 2022-2024), ‘Just Transition Communities Project’ (Scottish Government Just Transition Fund (2022-2025), and  TRANSECTS (TRANSitions In Energy For Coastal Communities Over Time And Space) (UKRI and DEFRA 2024-20228). Critical approaches to the role of law in facilitating sustainability transformations, stakeholder and community engagement, as well as the use of mixed methods for legal research are at the core of Daria’s work as she is currently preparing a manuscript on fossil fuels phase-out and just transition.

Daria holds an LLB (National Law Academy of Ukraine, 2012) and an LLM in Public International Law (University of Groningen, 2013),  and a PhD in Law (University of Aberdeen, 2017). She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the UK Environmental Law Association, the World Commission of Environmental Law, and the International Law Association. Daria is the Chair of the Scottish Arctic Network (2023-2025) bringing together over 200 Arctic researchers and practitioners. With strong connections to the North East of Scotland, Daria is on the boards of the Ukrainian Hub Aberdeen and the North East Climate Action Network Hub, in addition to her role as the University's representative on Sustainable City and Community Empowerment groups at the Aberdeen City Council.

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law

Coordinator Just Transition Lab

Energy theme LLM coordinator

External Memberships

Chair of the Scottish Arctic Network

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

External Examiner -  University of Stirling, University of Glasgow

Member of the International Law Association, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law, UK Environmental Law Association

Member of the Advisory Board of the Yaroslav the Wise Law Academy of Ukraine

Board member North East Climate Action Network Hub

Latest Publications

  • Constituent Norms of the Enhanced Transparency Framework

    Shapovalova, D.
    Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreement. Zahar, A. (ed.). 1 edition. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 262-278
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Climate Change and Oil and Gas

    Shapovalova, D.
    Elgar Encyclopedia in Oil and Gas Law. Soliman Hunter, T., Nordtveit, E., Dobb, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Environmental Protection in Oil and Gas Activities

    Shapovalova, D.
    Elgar Encyclopedia in Oil and Gas Law. Soliman Hunter, T., Nordtveit, E., Dobb, A. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Climate Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy: A Global Best Practice Review

    Potts, T., Dargie, P., Mitchell, M., Shapovalova, D., Bone, J.
    Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 40 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Oil firms forced to consider full climate effects of new drilling, following landmark Norwegian court ruling

    Shapovalova, D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

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Prizes and Awards

2024 Principal's Excellence Award Winner - Best Overall Course

Research

Research Overview

Daria leads and collaborates on a number of funded projects including ‘A Just Transition for Workers and Communities in the North East of Scotland’ (Uplift, 2022-2024), ‘Just Transition Communities Project’ (Scottish Government Just Transition Fund (2022-2025), and  TRANSECTS (TRANSitions In Energy For Coastal Communities Over Time And Space) (UKRI and DEFRA 2024-20228). Critical approaches to the role of law in facilitating sustainability transformations, stakeholder and community engagement, as well as the use of mixed methods for legal research are at the core of Daria’s work as she is currently preparing a manuscript on fossil fuels phase-out and just transition.

 

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Law.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Funding and Grants

Ongoing:

1) Co-I, 'TRANSECTS: TRANSitions in Energy for Coastal Communities Over Time and Space' (2024-2028) UKRI and DEFRA, £2,259,133

2) Co-I, 'Nuclear Decommissioning and Just Transition in Dounreay' (2024) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and National Decommissioning Centre, £44, 448

3) Co-I 'Advancing Community Climate Deliberative Participatory Democracy within the North East Scotland/Just Transition Communities Project' (2022-2205) Scottish Government Just Transition Fund, £127, 250

 

Past:

1) PI, 'A Just Transition for Workers and Communities in the North East of Scotland' (2022-2024) Uplift, £100,000

2) Co-I, 'Transitions in an Energy City: The role of Civil Society in Securing a Just Transition in Aberdeen' (2022) Pump Prime, £9,500

3) PI, ‘Just Energy Transition in Scotland and the Arctic: Managing Environmental and Social Impacts of Low-Carbon Energy Projects’ (2021) Scottish Government Arctic Connections Fund, £7,070

4) Co-I, '(Un)earthing New Pathways for a Justice Transition: Cultivating Hope and Food on Contested Terrains in Scotland, Amazon, and the Arctic' (2021) SUUI, £13,500

 

Teaching

Programmes

Courses

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Daria supervises research students in international, environmental, energy, and climate law.

Currently she supervises PhD students:

Alina Holzhausen, Human Rights-Based Climate Change Litigation (first supervisor)

Liliyana Kalinova, On the Provision of Environmental Law for Mars (second supervisor)

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