Haomiao du

Background

About Haomiao du

Haomiao is an assistant professor at the Department of International and European Law at Utrecht University. She served as the legal expert in an interdisciplinary research group working on climate adaptation and sustainability in delta regions (2019-2021). In addition to this role, she is active in the field of climate change law and policy, both mitigation and adaptation. Her current research includes the legal implications for climate neutrality and interdisciplinary research into the integration of legal knowledge and scholars into climate scenarios and assessments. She was a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Governance & Technology for Sustainability, the School of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS) of the University of Twente. Her research focused on the responsible research and development of drone technology. She holds a PhD degree from the University of Amsterdam on the topic of the international legal framework for geoengineering. During her PhD time, she completed an internship with the department of Legal Affairs at the secretariat of the Prior to her PhD programme, she majored in Environmental and Resource Protection Law in Master, and her Master thesis focuses on the legal framework for carbon capture and storage (CCS). Her research interest mainly includes international and comparative environmental law (EU, China and Vietnam), climate change policies, and laws and regulations associated with novel (and risky) technologies in response to climate change.