Monday, November 23, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) has bestowed graduate scholarships to five outstanding SJD students at the Faculty of Law researching areas of international Law.

The awards are valued at $24,000 at the SJD level, and include a period of residency at the Waterloo-based CIGI campus to exchange ideas and pursue research at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.

The Faculty of Law congratulates: Ashley Barnes, Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, Daniela Chimisso Dos Santos, Francesco Ducci and Aman Gebru on these doctoral awards.

“We are very proud of the students who received the CIGI graduate scholarship,” said Mariana Mota Prado, associate dean of the graduate program. “This is an achievement that speaks to the high caliber of our master and doctoral candidates, and to the quality of our academic programs. We are also very grateful to CIGI for providing our students with the opportunity to have an enriching and unique intellectual experience. CIGI is a first-class think tank and it will be invaluable to our students to be affiliated with it and participate in its rich scholarly community.”

The International Law Research Program at CIGI is a 10-year initiative, jointly funded by CIGI and Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. With the goal of better global governance, the CIGI law program leverages academic, business and governmental perspectives to improve international law.

 

Research interests (updated as information is submitted):

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé is evaluating the ongoing transformations in the way international law functions amidst global efforts to prevent dangerous climate change. He will analyse how international law is created and applied during the 21s Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris. His doctoral supervisor is Prof. Jutta Brunnée.

 

 



Francesco Ducci

Francesco Ducci

Francesco Ducci is researching how competition law and policy should be adapted when applied to two-sided markets. Examples of two-sided markets include online search engines, operating systems, advertising-supported media and payment card networks. The economics of these markets differ from the traditional teachings of industrial organization, and this has significant implications for competition law and policy. Solving these issues is particularly important because many two-sided platforms operate in the digital economy and are a spur of innovation.

 

 

Aman Gebru

Aman Gebru

Aman Gebru’s doctoral research investigates intellectual property issues involved in the use of traditional medicinal knowledge in modern drug discovery (bioprospecting). His research attempts to craft a framework through which traditional medicinal knowledge could be used to develop drugs more quickly and efficiently while at the same time meeting the needs and expectations of communities that provide such knowledge. Aman’s general research interests are on intellectual properties, collaborative innovation and development. You can follow Aman on Twitter at: @GebruAman