Christina Eckes
Professor of European law at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG)Christina Eckes is professor of European law at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG). Since 2024, her main research project, funded by the European Research Council, investigates the direct and indirect consequences of climate litigation in Europe (www.climatelitigation.uva.nl). She focuses on climate science in court, democratic justifications of public interest litigation, European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights in climate litigation, the role of scientific advisory bodies in developing climate policies, how to assess ‘fair shares’, climate dissensus, and the nexus of sustainability and trade in the EU. Previously, she led the NORFACE project Separation of powers for 21st century Europe (2020-2024). Her publications include EU Powers under External Pressure – How the EU’s External Actions Alter its Internal Structures (OUP, 2019) and EU Counter-Terrorist Policies and Fundamental Rights – The Case of Individual Sanctions (OUP, 2009).