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Sandra is Associate Professor in International, Environmental, and Energy Law. She was appointed Lead Author on Environmental Governance and Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic) at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) United Nations. She specializes in environmental (climate) damage and liability problems in a multilevel context.

Her expertise is on environmental regime effectiveness in a multi-level governance perspective. Included in her areas of interests/expertise are energy law, human rights, law of the sea (UNCLOS), and environmental security (particularly that of the Arctic Ocean), Energy Security and Geopolitics. Though a traditional legal scholar, her approach is cross-area and transdisciplinary, combining law with international relations, economics, and elements of (climate) environmental science and technology. Sandra is also Adjunt Professor of Law, School of Law, Western Sydney University (Sydney, Australia), Fellow at the Sustainability College Bruges - SCB (Belgium), Expert Research Fellow at the Institute for Security and Development Policy, ISDP working on the Sino-Arctic Research Programme (Stockholm, Sweden), Member of the Governamental Panel of Assessemnt for the Academy of Finland, Expert at the European Commission (DG Clima Adaptation) and invited speaker at the European Parliament, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide (Australia) in the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources in the Division Energy and Innovation and Global Fellow at the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL).

The Department of Law at Aalborg University (Denmark) is based at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Teaching and research are conducted in, among other areas, criminal law, family and inheritance law, property law, administrative law, contracts, bankruptcy and insolvency law, international sales law, consumer law, human rights, and EU law. The Department is a dynamic academic unit within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Established in 2008, it offers research-based legal education at an international level, emphasizing both theoretical knowledge and practical application. Its research activities address societal challenges and involve collaboration with public and private stakeholders. Notably, AAU law graduates report high satisfaction levels and, after ten years in the workforce, earn higher average salaries compared to peers from other Danish law programs. The department's commitment to excellence is further demonstrated by its extensive network of collaborations and a significant number of research projects and publications. Located in Aalborg, the department continues to contribute meaningfully to legal scholarship and education.