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- international contracting
- International contract of sale of goods (CISG)
- The African Continental Free Trade Area
- plastics pollution governance
- Ocean governance
Teaching staff:
- Qualifications:PhD -International Commercial Law ( University of Stirling, UK) LLM - International Contracting ( Glasgow Caledonian University) BL - ( Nigeria Law School) LLB ( University of Uyo, Nigeria)
- Position:Lecturer
- Department:Bristol Law School
- Telephone:+441179656261
- Email:Austin.Nwafor@uwe.ac.uk
About me
Austin Nwafor is a Lecturer and active member of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group (ELSRG) and Research in Public International Law (RIPIL) at Bristol Law School, UWE Bristol. He is a former Associate Professor at the University of Nigeria Nsukka. He has teaching and research interests in plastic pollution governance and international commercial law. He is currently working on airborne plastics regulation in the UK. He has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including the International Ocean Institute Fellowship (IOI Canada) (2018) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Blue Charter Fellowship (2020) and (2021).
Area of expertise
International commercial law
International economic law
Competition law
Environmental pollution governance (Plastic pollution)