Stellina JollyStellina Jolly is Senior Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (SAU), India, an international organisation established by the regional group of the South Asian nations (SAARC). She is Visiting Senior Research Assciate at the Centre for Emerging Countries in Private International Law at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, a Fulbright Scholar with the University of San Francisco, USA, and a recipient of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) research in international environmental law and conflict of laws. Stellina is also Visiting Professor at the Indian Society of International Law (ISIL), and the National Law University, Delhi, India. She is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and part of the Network of Environmental Champions, Asian Development Bank. Her books and writings include Private International Law: South Asian States' Practice (2017); Climate Refugees in South Asia: Protection Under International Legal Standards and State Practices in South Asia (2019); Implementing the SDG-13 through the Adoption of Hybrid Law: Addressing Climate-Induced Displacement (2020); and 'Of Ebbs and Flows: Understanding the Legal Consequences of Granting Personhood to Natural Entities in India' (Transnational Environmental Law Journal, 2021).

Stellina has undertaken projects and consultancies with various organisations, including the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, European Union, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and more. She has collaborated on many research programmes with the Special Centre for Disaster Research at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. She was awarded an educational grant on Civil Society Law from the International Centre for Not for Profit Law (ICNL) and USAID. She is a resource person for the Ministry of Law, Research Project on Judicial Reforms, and served as a subject expert on international environmental law for India's government program on developing electronic lecture database resources. Read More Read Less