Christine Frison is a lawyer with a master’s degree in international public law.
A professor at the Free University of Brussels, she is also a legal researcher, with a particular interest in legal instruments for the conservation of agricultural biodiversity, also known as agrobiodiversity.
Christine Frison’s research combines law, the environment and decolonisation. Its aim is to (re)think a system in which biodiversity conservation benefits all stakeholders equally. The overall ambition is to maintain food security for our societies.
Unfortunately, a colonial rationale continues to govern international negotiations on this subject, particularly since genetic sequencing has come to play a predominant role.
Christine has therefore assembled a team of researchers and founded the ambitious EcoLAWgy project, demonstrating exemplary commitment and determination. Together, the team members are considering how to take into account the voices of farming communities in the South. These communities are all too often sidelined, even though they are crucial in the face of the climate and environmental challenges that lie ahead.
As part of her DecoLawBiodiv project, DecoLawBiodivp project, Christine Frison is supported by the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant).
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