JUDr. Eva Balounová, Ph.D., LL.M.

Research field

Environmental Law, European Union Law, Climate Law

Education

Faculty of Law of the Charles University - master, University of Iceland - LLM, Faculty of Law of the Charles University - PhD

Dissertation thesis "Legal regulation of climate protection following the adoption of the Paris Agreement" was awarded first prize in the dissertation theses category of the Josef Vavroušek public competition of student and research theses (2020)

Projects

• 2022-2026 Project "Climate Change Law in Europe" funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and coordinated by Hasselt University – member of the research team
• 2020-2023 Project SOLSTICE: „Socially Just and Politically Robust Decarbonisation: A Knowledge Base and Toolkit for Policymakers“ (JustDecarb) – member of the research team
• 2020-2024 Project "Climate Law"  (within the ‘Lumina quaeruntur’ award of the Czech Academy of Sciences) – member of the research team

Other work in academic sphere

Seminars in Parliamentary Institute
Member of the Czech Environmental Law Society
Reporter of Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School)

Activities in the field of scientific popularization

2020 Online lecture "Paris Agreement and Climate Orotection in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic" as part of the "Science at home" series of the Czech Academy of Sciences
2021 TedX Lecture National "Climate Lawsuits"
2021 Lecture for RebelTalk, Extinction Rebellion CR
2021 interview for Ecomaniacs podcast
2021 Participation in the panel discussion "Climate Change Action"
Articles on the blog and on ekolist.cz
Member of the College of Popularizers and PR Workers of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Offer to give a speech on the topic of climate litigation (presented at the website of the Czech Academy of Sciences "Jedu vědu")

Other important activities related to scientific work

Grant from the Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland for the thesis "The scramble for the Arctic - protection of the marine mammals"