Profile of Invited Expert “Pantazopoulos”

Full Name: Dr. Stavros Evdokimos Pantazopoulos
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Organization: School of Law, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
URL: https://www.athenspil.law.uoa.gr/stavros_evdokimos_pantazopoulos
Biography: Dr. Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos is a Teaching Fellow at the NKUA School of Law and a visiting researcher with the Erik Castrén Institute, University of Helsinki. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) and an Associate Fellow at the T.M.C. Asser Institute. He is a founding member of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association and a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law. Previously, Stavros was a postdoctoral researcher with the Toxic Crimes Project at the University of Helsinki, and a researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute. He has also served as Legal and Policy Analyst of the Conflict and Environment Observatory, a UK-based NGO raising awareness of the environmental impacts of armed conflict. His research focuses on the legal aspects of environmental protection during and after armed conflict. He has published in the fields of international humanitarian law, international environmental law, international cultural heritage law, and autonomous weapons systems.

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