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Accepting PhD Students
Professor Gitanjali Nain Gill (Gita Gill) is a tenured full professor of environmental law at the Northumbria School of Law, Northumbria University, UK. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Her research interest and published work in leading peer-reviewed journals forms a coherent body reflecting the thematic issues including access to environmental justice, climate change, biodiversity, land rights, SDGs and sustainability with a focus on India.
Professor Gill is a receipient of prestigious research grants including Responsible AI UK Keystone Project (2024-2028), AHRC BRAID Scoping to Embed AI in Context (2023), British Academy Grants (2013-16; 2020-2023); and NERC Grant on climate change and UK's Decarbonisation Agenda (2022)
She has acted as an expert academic advisor to prestigious international organisations including the Sabin Centre Peer Review Network on Climate Change Litigation (National Rapporteur on India's Climate Change Litigation), Columbia Law School, New York. She has provided intellectual and disciplinary expertise by identifying and contributing specialised environmental courts and tribunals best practices, these being particularly instructive for the global south, to the United Nations Environment Programme (2016 and 2022)and the United Nations Expert Consultation Group OHCHR Accountability and Remedy Project 11.
Through awareness and capacity-building empowerment programmes, Gita's action research helps build coalitions, trust and confidence between Indian NGOs and marginalised communities to support victims of environmental degradation.
Presently, her research is focusing on menstrual waste, law and sustainability in India.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Law, PhD
1 Sept 1999 → 31 Dec 2099
Award Date: 1 Sept 1999
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Gill, G. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Gill, G. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Gill, G. (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Gill, G. (Participant)
Activity: Other
Gill, G. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Gill, G. (PI)
1/02/21 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
Gill, G. (PI)
15/06/14 → 14/11/15
Project: Research
Gill, G. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other distinction
Gill, G. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other distinction
Gill, G. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Other distinction
Gill, G. (Recipient), Jul 2024
Prize: Other distinction
Gill, G. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other distinction