Mathilde Morel
Job description
I hold a master's degree (LLM) in Law and an LLM in International Law of the Sea from UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Currently, I am a PhD Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law and the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) at UiT. I have previous work experience from, among other things, law practice where I have worked within a number of corporate law fields, work in a student-run legal aid office, as well as from work in the public administration sector.
My doctoral research (which you can read about under "research") is an integral part of the interdisciplinary project conducted by the research group for seafood science at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT, titled 'Secure - Novel Marine Resources for Food Security and Food Safety.' For more details about the overall project, go to: https://en.uit.no/project/secure.
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Research interests
In my PhD thesis, I investigate the current and potential role of law in facilitating a sustainable transition, also known as "the green shift", within the Norwegian aquaculture sector as a food production system. From a critical perspective, I explore the opportunities, foundations and premises for the green shift to promote a bioeconomy based on sustainable and equitable blue food systems.
The thesis focuses on the use of nature-based solutions for exploitation of nature's processes for safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystems in aquaculture practices. The focal point of my two case studies revolves around assessing existing and potential regulations related to regenerative aquaculture, with a particular focus on low-trophic marine species such as seaweed, kelp and mussels, as well as the development of sustainable value chains in fish feed production. Through various research, these are examples highlighted as possible pathways towards a bioeconomy and important premise suppliers for a green shift in the aquaculture sector.
The aim is to assess the extent to which current legislation (at international, EU/EEA and national law levels) contribute to and explore the potential of regulations and legal incentives as tools to promote the establishment of sustainable blue food systems in the Norwegian aquaculture industry.
My PhD thesis has an interdisciplinary approach that extends beyond doctrinal legal research, incorporating diverse methodological perspectives such as critical legal theory, sociology of law, and regulatory governance theory. In addition, the thesis delves into different sectors and legal disciplines, and studies areas of law relevant to, among other things, the development of sustainable food systems, environmental planning, climate change, ocean management and sustainability transitions.
