It is with great pleasure that I invite you to join the Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management and become part of our thriving multi-cultural international community of graduate students, researchers and academics.

Mission

Our mission is: to promote excellence in postgraduate research, teaching and training in the field of natural resources law and policy and to enhance the learner’s experience by creating the best environment for academic and professional development; to influence policy through research and education; to build a new generation of local leaders with the unique skills to tackle the complex challenges that face us all.

Overview

Our approach to natural resource regulation (law and policy) is to locate it within the broad conceptual framework provided by the notion of sustainable development. In this way, the School seeks to examine the challenges between the use of natural resources for macro-economic development on the one hand, and the urgent demands of climate change and security in energy and water supply and demand on the other. We recognise that collaboration and cooperation is essential both in meeting the policy challenges and in carrying out research into the problems at international, regional and national levels. We are particularly interested in the challenges for law, policy and resource management that are presented by new technologies such as those associated with renewable energy, This is an outward-looking, forward-thinking and problem-solving approach which informs our teaching as much as our research. 

Students interested in natural resources law, policy and management will find the University of Dundee, Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management a stimulating and welcoming environment committed to building and nurturing a community of discourse where students are encouraged: to formulate appropriate strategies for achieving workable solutions to real-world problems; to discuss, debate and critique their recommendations; to recognise and resolve ethical dilemmas; to be involved in persuasive oral communication through in-class simulations on settling disputes through mediation and multi-party negotiation; to be proactive in providing leadership to address some of the world’s most challenging issues.

Graduates from the School go on to pursue a variety of distinguished careers in the international Energy and Natural Resources sector. Our alumni currently hold important positions as executive leaders, expert advisers and international mediation advocates at all levels of government, international organisations, corporations and consultancy firms of all sizes, law firms of the highest standing, and national environmental agencies.

Academic staff of the School are involved at the forefront of natural resources law and policy issues across the globe, advising on global policy and setting international agendas in this field. The School is supported by an extensive global faculty of the world’s leading natural resources law and policy experts who provide our students with unique access to experts from the World Bank, the United Nations, and private and public sector organisations.

School Structure

The Graduate School of Natural Resources Law, Policy and Management brings together three Centres that interact closely with each other, and with other specialist disciplines at the University of Dundee in the fields of law, physical geography, engineering, health, environment and science, along with a number of external partners to deliver world-class research, consultancy, postgraduate programmes and advanced executive programmes for aspiring and current leaders in the natural resources sector. 

The three Centres are: 

Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy

UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science

The Enterprise Gym  

W Ian Ball
Dean of School