Tim Lindgren

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Tim Lindgren is a PhD Candidate at Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Institute for International Law and the Humanities (IILAH). In 2022, he is also a visiting researcher at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge.


He researches and teaches in international law, and is located within the broader field of law and the humanities. He is particularly concerned with the environment and international law, peoples’ tribunals, colonialism and the performance of law in informal spaces, including histories of development and international law. His doctoral project examines the International Rights of Nature Tribunal, and the relationship between the Tribunal and international law.


He has taught and given lectures in areas of international law, international human rights law, international environmental law, international trade law and cultural legal studies at Melbourne Law School, the University of Oxford, The New School in New York, Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Adelaide Law School and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. He has been a returning faculty member for the Oxford Consortium for Human Rights in Oxford and New York (2018 and 2019), and a Teaching Fellow at Melbourne Law School (2020 and 2021).


Tim is an Assistant Editor for the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment. He has published articles, book chapters and essays with the Griffith Law Review, the Journal of Postcolonial Studies, the International Journal of Human Rights, Critical Legal Thinking, the Journal of World Systems Research and Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, amongst others. In 2019, Tim also contributed to Friends of the Earth Australia’s economic justice collective legal team. Prior to entering academia, Tim competed in the World Cup and European Cup for the Swedish Alpine National Team for several years.


He holds a BA in Global Studies (Summa Cum Laude) from Westminster College, and a Master in International Law (Distinction) from the School of Oriental Studies (SOAS), where he was awarded Best Overall Course Performance for Master in International Law.
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