José Rubens Morato Leite
Principal investigator
Professor Postgraduate Law courses at the Federal University of Santa Catarina UFSC; Post-Doctorate from the University of Alicante, Spain 2013/4; Post-Doctorate from the Centre of Environmental Law, Macquarie University – Sydney – Australia 2005/6; PhD in Environmental Law from UFSC, with a doctoral internship at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra; Master in Law from University College London; Member and Consultant of IUCN – The World Conservation Union – Commission on Environmental Law (Steering Committee); Former President of the Institute “The Law for a Green Planet (2013-2018); Coordinator of the Research Group Environmental Law and Political Ecology in the Risk Society GPDA, CNPq÷UFSC. He has published and organised several works and articles in national and foreign journals. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Revista de Direito Ambiental of the Editora Revista dos Tribunais Thopson, as well as being a founding member of Aprodab – Associação dos Professores de Direito Ambiental do Brasil. Fellow and Ad Hoc Consultant for CNPq and Fapesc. Outstanding Researcher Award from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. 2011. Elected member of the Governing Board of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law (2015 to 2018). Awarded Capes Thesis 2019, supervisor category, Capes. Professor João David Ferreira Lima Medal Award from the Florianópolis City Council, 2020.
