Karen Scott is a Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She teaches and researches in the areas of the law of the sea, international environmental law and Antarctic law and policy. Recent research projects have focused on ocean acidification and a due diligence obligation (IJMCL, 2020), New Zealand oceans policy (Ocean Yearbook, 2021, forthcoming), marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean (Korean Journal of International Law, forthcoming) and informal law-making and area-based protection (Klein (ed), 2021, OUP, forthcoming). Recent books edited by Karen include: Erika Techera, Jade Lindley, Karen N. Scott and Anastasia Telesetsky (eds), Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (2nd edition, Routledge, 2021);
Karen N. Scott and David L VanderZwaag (eds), Research Handbook on Polar Law (Edward Elgar, 2020); and Karen N. Scott, Kathleen Claussen, Charles-Emmanuel Côté and Atsuko Kanehara (eds), Changing Actors in International Law (Brill, 2020). Karen is the Editor-in-Chief of Ocean Development and International Law and the current President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL).