Dr Giedre Jokubauskaite

  • Senior Lecturer (School of Law)

Biography

Giedre joined the School of Law at the University of Glasgow in September 2018. Prior to this, she was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate on the AHRC-funded project 'Constructing Authority in International Law' at Durham Law School. She completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh in 2016. Before joining academia in the UK, she worked as a civil society advocate in Lithuania, Ukraine, Cameroon and Germany. In 2019 Giedre was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Rosario (Botoga, Colombia), and a visiting Teaching Fellow at the University of KIMEP (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Her current research focuses on the link between bottom-up resistance, international law and sustainable development.  Since 2020, she is a Principle Investigator on the AHRC/DFG-funded research project 'The Law of Protracted Conflict: Understanding Humanitarian-Development Divide' (Endless Conflicts).

 

Research interests

Giedre’s most recent research has been on the concept of ‘affected people’ and how this new paradigm of global governance is used by financial institutions and grassroot organisations in the context of development interventions. 

Starting February 2020, Giedre is a Principal Investigator on the AHRC/DFG-funded research project 'The Law of Protracted Conflict: Understanding Humanitarian-Development Divide' (Endless Conflicts), together with Asli Olcay (Co-I) (Glasgow), conducted in partnership with FU Berlin. Giedre will focus on the issues of accountability that arise at the intersction of development and humanitarian legal regimes, conducting research and knowledge exchange activities in Colombia, DRC, and the UN Headquarters in Geneva.

Giedre also has ongoing research projects on:

- a possibility of stakeholder engagement in development projects through mediation (with Catherine Turner, University of Durham)

- a role of law in grassroots resistance to development projects in Latin America (with Johanna Cortes Nieto, Unversity of Rosario)

- a link between land rights and environmental impact assessment (with Justine Bendel, University of Exeter).

From a theoretical perspective, Giedre is interested in the topics related to global distributive justice, alternative epistomologies, private ordering and responsibility; and normativity (particularly the distinction between legal and other normative orders). 

Publications

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2024

Stewart, C., MacNeil, I. , Jokubauskaite, G., Pavlou, V. , Williams, R. , Droubi, S., Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna, K. and Shapovalova, D. (2024) Situating Just Transition as a distinct legal concept. SSRN,

2023

Stewart, C., Jokubauskaite, G., MacNeil, I. , Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna, K. and Pavlou, V. (2023) Legal Challenges To Just Transitions: Summary Report. Other. University of Glasgow.

Jokubauskaite, G. (2023) Who benefits from mobilising private sector investment for climate transition? [Website]

Ferrando, T. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2023) Debt and green transition: an introduction. [Website]

2022

Robbie, J. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2022) Carbon Markets, Public Interest and Landownership in Scotland. Discussion Paper. Scottish Land Commission.

Jokubauskaite, G. and Turner, C. (2022) Mediation and Development-related Conflict. Discussion Paper. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London.

Jokubauskaite, G. and Rossati, D. (2022) A tragedy of juridification in international development finance. Canadian Journal of Development Studies = Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 43(1), pp. 39-58. (doi: 10.1080/02255189.2021.1895090)

Ferrando, T., Jokubauskaite, G., Rossati, D. and De Feyter, K. (2022) The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) as a Sustainable Development Actor. University of Antwerp. ISBN 9789057287404 (Accepted for Publication)

2021

del Pilar Cortes-Nieto, J. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2021) A counter-hegemonic rule of law? International Journal of Law in Context, 17(SI 1), pp. 128-135. (doi: 10.1017/S1744552321000070)

Jokubauskaite, G. (2021) Resistance. In: de Feyter, K., Erdem Turkelli, G. and de Moerloose, S. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Law and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781788117968 (Accepted for Publication)

2020

Jokubauskaite, G. (2020) The concept of affectedness in international development. World Development, 126, 104700. (doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104700)

2019

Jokubauskaite, G. (2019) The World Bank Environmental and Social Framework in a wider realm of public international law. Leiden Journal of International Law, 32(3), pp. 457-463. (doi: 10.1017/S092215651900027X)

Davitti, D., Tan, C., Bhatt, K., de Moerloose, S., Türkelli, G. E. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2019) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development: Consultation on Good Practices, Challenges and Areas for Improvement on the Implementation of the Right to Development (RTD) in the area of Financing for Development (FFD). Documentation. New Frontiers in International Development Finance (NeF DeF) Project.

2018

Jokubauskaite, G. (2018) Tied affectedness? Grassroots resistance and the World Bank. Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 3(5-6), pp. 703-724. (doi: 10.1080/23802014.2018.1595125)

Jokubauskaite, G. (2018) The legal nature of the World Bank safeguards. Verfassung in Recht und Übersee, 51(1), pp. 78-102. (doi: 10.5771/0506-7286-2018-1-78)

2017

Jokubauskaite, G. (2017) Susan Park, Jonathan R. Strand (eds.), Global Economic Governance and the Development Practices of the Multilateral Development Banks, Routledge, New York 2016, 223 pages, hardcover, $ 129, ISBN 978-1-138-82712-7. Verfassung in Recht und Übersee, 50(2), pp. 188-194. (doi: 10.5771/0506-7286-2017-2-188)[Book Review]

2016

Cotula, L. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2016) Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from West Africa. Documentation. IIED.

2015

Cotula, L., Jokubauskaite, G. and Sutz, P. (2015) Legal frameworks at the interface between industrial agriculture and ape conservation. In: Rainer, H., White, A. and Lanjouw, A. (eds.) Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation (State of the Apes). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 105-134. ISBN 9781316488959 (doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316488959.008)

2014

Jokubauskaite, G. (2014) Philipp Dann. The Law of Development Cooperation: A Comparative Analysis of the World Bank, the EU and Germany. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. 604. $130. ISBN: 9781107020290. [First published in German by Mohr Siebeck in 2012.]. European Journal of International Law, 25(2), pp. 610-616. (doi: 10.1093/ejil/chu040)[Book Review]

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Number of items: 19.

Articles

Stewart, C., MacNeil, I. , Jokubauskaite, G., Pavlou, V. , Williams, R. , Droubi, S., Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna, K. and Shapovalova, D. (2024) Situating Just Transition as a distinct legal concept. SSRN,

Jokubauskaite, G. and Rossati, D. (2022) A tragedy of juridification in international development finance. Canadian Journal of Development Studies = Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 43(1), pp. 39-58. (doi: 10.1080/02255189.2021.1895090)

del Pilar Cortes-Nieto, J. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2021) A counter-hegemonic rule of law? International Journal of Law in Context, 17(SI 1), pp. 128-135. (doi: 10.1017/S1744552321000070)

Jokubauskaite, G. (2020) The concept of affectedness in international development. World Development, 126, 104700. (doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104700)

Jokubauskaite, G. (2019) The World Bank Environmental and Social Framework in a wider realm of public international law. Leiden Journal of International Law, 32(3), pp. 457-463. (doi: 10.1017/S092215651900027X)

Jokubauskaite, G. (2018) Tied affectedness? Grassroots resistance and the World Bank. Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 3(5-6), pp. 703-724. (doi: 10.1080/23802014.2018.1595125)

Jokubauskaite, G. (2018) The legal nature of the World Bank safeguards. Verfassung in Recht und Übersee, 51(1), pp. 78-102. (doi: 10.5771/0506-7286-2018-1-78)

Books

Ferrando, T., Jokubauskaite, G., Rossati, D. and De Feyter, K. (2022) The Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO) as a Sustainable Development Actor. University of Antwerp. ISBN 9789057287404 (Accepted for Publication)

Book Sections

Jokubauskaite, G. (2021) Resistance. In: de Feyter, K., Erdem Turkelli, G. and de Moerloose, S. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Law and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781788117968 (Accepted for Publication)

Cotula, L., Jokubauskaite, G. and Sutz, P. (2015) Legal frameworks at the interface between industrial agriculture and ape conservation. In: Rainer, H., White, A. and Lanjouw, A. (eds.) Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation (State of the Apes). Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 105-134. ISBN 9781316488959 (doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316488959.008)

Book Reviews

Jokubauskaite, G. (2017) Susan Park, Jonathan R. Strand (eds.), Global Economic Governance and the Development Practices of the Multilateral Development Banks, Routledge, New York 2016, 223 pages, hardcover, $ 129, ISBN 978-1-138-82712-7. Verfassung in Recht und Übersee, 50(2), pp. 188-194. (doi: 10.5771/0506-7286-2017-2-188)[Book Review]

Jokubauskaite, G. (2014) Philipp Dann. The Law of Development Cooperation: A Comparative Analysis of the World Bank, the EU and Germany. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Pp. 604. $130. ISBN: 9781107020290. [First published in German by Mohr Siebeck in 2012.]. European Journal of International Law, 25(2), pp. 610-616. (doi: 10.1093/ejil/chu040)[Book Review]

Research Reports or Papers

Stewart, C., Jokubauskaite, G., MacNeil, I. , Chalaczkiewicz-Ladna, K. and Pavlou, V. (2023) Legal Challenges To Just Transitions: Summary Report. Other. University of Glasgow.

Robbie, J. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2022) Carbon Markets, Public Interest and Landownership in Scotland. Discussion Paper. Scottish Land Commission.

Jokubauskaite, G. and Turner, C. (2022) Mediation and Development-related Conflict. Discussion Paper. International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London.

Davitti, D., Tan, C., Bhatt, K., de Moerloose, S., Türkelli, G. E. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2019) Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development: Consultation on Good Practices, Challenges and Areas for Improvement on the Implementation of the Right to Development (RTD) in the area of Financing for Development (FFD). Documentation. New Frontiers in International Development Finance (NeF DeF) Project.

Cotula, L. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2016) Land investments, accountability and the law: Lessons from West Africa. Documentation. IIED.

Website

Jokubauskaite, G. (2023) Who benefits from mobilising private sector investment for climate transition? [Website]

Ferrando, T. and Jokubauskaite, G. (2023) Debt and green transition: an introduction. [Website]

This list was generated on Sun Oct 13 17:08:43 2024 BST.

Grants

11.11.11 (a coalition of NGOs in Belgium) (2020-2021) -  Consultant, part of the consortium of researchers preparing a study on the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO), 23 000 EUR 

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and DFG (German Research Foundation) (2020-2023) - Co-I on the project 'The Law of Protracted Conflict: Understanding Humanitarian-Development Divide', 385 000 GBP (UK part) 

Glasgow Unviersity Knowledge Exchange Fund (GKE) (2018-2019) - grant to support knowledge exchange workshop on the role of mediation in development finance, 6500 GBP

Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Scheme (2017-2018) – grant to support the dissemination of my doctoral research findings, 1000 GBP

Durham University School of Law Research and Internationalisation Fund and Global Policy Institute Research Fund (2017) – grant to support the publication of a special issue on the World Bank safeguards (collaborative workshop) 4500 GBP

NYU Law School, Global Administrative Law project (2014) – grant to support participation in GAL Viterbo Seminar X, 500 GBP

Edinburgh Law School Community Scheme (2013) – study grant, 2000 GBP

Baltic-American Partnership Fund (Soros Foundation), ‘NGO legal framework in Lithuania: issues and roadmap for improvement’ (2006-2008) – research grant, 80 000 USD

Supervision

I would be interested in the doctoral research projects that explore the theoretical underpinnings of international and/or transnational law; local resistance strategies to global governance; legal strategies of resistance against development and moderinisation; the negotiation, regulation and implementation of international agreements (especially investor-state contracts); climate finance (including 'blue' finance) and also other topics that engage with relationship between environment, development and foreign investment from a legal perspective. At the moment my capacity to accept new PhD proposals is very limited, but I'd be eager to engage with you and in some instances might be able to give some feedback on the promising research ideas.

PhD projects currently under supervision:

  • Moeti, Onthatile, 'The Impact of the Modern Development Agenda on the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Botswana: The Case of the San'
  • Rungthongkhamkul, Sathien, 'Crafting Access to Civil Justice in Thailand : Strengthening Civil Remedy Framework in Responding to Business-Related Human Rights Abuse by Transnational Corporations'
  • Ronoh, Viola, 'PSNR: Limitations of the Current Land Laws in Kenya'
  • Stuehlinger, Susanne, 'Allocating Responsibility in Climate Change Cases: Normative Aspects of Causality'
  • Wang, Xi, 'The Improvement of the ISDS System from the Perspective of Foreign Investment Transition Countries: Analysis Based on the China’s Implementation of the “The Belt and Road Initiative”'

Teaching

Current:

  • Globalisation, Justice and Human Rights (LLB)
  • Law and International Development (LLM)
  • Climate Change Law and Governance (LLM)

Previous:

  • UN Law (LLB and LLM)
  • Advanced International Law (LLB)
  • Environmental law (LLB)
  • Public International Law  (LLB)
  • Fundamentals of International Law (MSc)

Additional information

Together with Antonio Marzal and Akbar Rasulov, Giedre is running the 'Transnational Accountability Project', an off-curriculum project for students at Glasgow Law School that aims to support the campaign of two civil society organisations, Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre (EMC) and Green Alternative, in their campaign against unsustainable hydropower production projects in Georgia. Visit Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security website for more details on the project.

Giedre is the Impact Officer of the Law School.