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Dr Aurelie Mendoza Spinola

MRU - Senior Lecturer in Law

Aurelie Mendoza Spinola
  • School Mauritius - Business and Law

  • Department Mauritius - Law and Social Sciences

  • Location Mauritius

Research activities

- Public Law and Constitutional Law (France, Mauritius and comparative public law)

- Environmental Law and Sustainable Development

- Climate Change Law, Climate Justice and Environmental Governance in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

- Administrative Law, Administrative Justice and Judicial Review in Environmental and Climate Matters

- Climate Governance and Environmental Policy in the Indian Ocean and Africa (including Mauritius)

- Urban Planning, Waste Management and Ecological Transition in Island Territories

- Renewable Energy Law, including Marine and Ocean Energy Regulation


Current Teaching

Public Law

EU Law

Legal Research Skills

English and International Commercial Law


Biography

Aurélie Mendoza Spinola is Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University Mauritius, specialising in Public Law and Environmental Law. Her research engages with the relationships between constitutional and administrative law, environmental protection and climate governance, and she has published on climate justice, environmental democracy, waste management and the domestic implementation of international climate commitments in Mauritius and the wider Indian Ocean region. She holds a PhD in Public Law from Université Paris 13 (Sorbonne Paris Cité), where her doctoral work examined environmental interest and the emergence of environmental fundamental rights. Aurélie peer reviews for different environmental and public law journals and teaches Public Law, EU Law, International Commercial Law and Legal Research Skills, drawing on experience in dissertation supervision and student-centred pedagogy to support future research collaboration.

Qualifications

Title: Ph.D, Public Law

Notes: The Environmental Interest. Contribution to the Rise of Environmental Fundamental Rights.

Date: 26 Jun 2018

Institution: Université de Paris 13 Sorbonne Paris Cité


Title: Master 2, Environmental Law and Sustainable Development,

Date: 01 Jun 2012

Institution: Université de Nantes


Title: Master 1, Public Law

Date: 01 Jun 2011

Institution: Université de La Réunion,


External activities

  • Associate Publishing Director,, Revue Internationale sur l’Eau et le Développement Durable, 2025
  • Co-editor,, Revue Internationale Environnementale Semestrielle, 2024
  • Pro-bono consultancy, Diverse NGO in the Indian Ocean,
  • Publications