Laisa Branco de Almeida

Laisa Branco de Almeida is a Ph.D. Candidate in international law at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID). She holds a Master’s Degree in International Law from the same institution, where she was granted the Hans Wilsdorf Fellowship from the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation (2020-2022). She is a qualified lawyer in Brazil, holding an L.L.B. from the University Federal of Bahia. Laisa is a member of the Minerals and the BBNJ Groups of the Deep Stewardship Council Initiative (DOSI) and the World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Her past work has been featured in the Environmental Law Review (SAGE), Revista Tribuna Internacional (Chile), and the Indonesian Journal of International Law (IJIL).