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Michael Hennessy Picard holds an LLB in Law from the University of Strasbourg and a PhD in Law from the University of Quebec in Montreal. He has been involved in various academic roles, including research fellow positions at McGill Law Faculty and the Institute for Global Law & Policy at Harvard Law School. At the University of Edinburgh, he teaches International Environmental Law, focusing on key issues such as transnational regulation of global waste, plastic pollution, and the management of space debris. Michael's research interests encompass the complexities of regulatory frameworks needed to transform waste into wealth, examining the legalities of discards in the context of a transition to a net-zero circular economy. He collaborates with colleagues across disciplines to develop global standards for sustainability in space activities and has contributed to collective creative projects addressing pressing issues of waste in today's world. Michael welcomes proposals for postgraduate research in areas related to transnational waste law and international environmental law.
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