Kees Bastmeijer

Personal profile

Research interests

Kees Bastmeijer (1966) is Professor of Nature Conservation and Water Law at the Tilburg Law School (Tilburg University-The Netherlands). His research relates to international, European, and domestic environmental law, with a special emphasis on the role of law in protecting nature. He has a special interest in the legal developments relating to the Polar Regions (the Antarctic and the Arctic). Because he has become increasingly aware of the limitations of law in reaching nature conservation objectives, he relates his research more and more to knowledge and research in other disciplines, including ecology, sociology, anthropology and economy.

Kees Bastmeijer is the author of The Antarctic Environmental Protocol and its Domestic Legal Implementation, (dissertation, The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2003), co-editor (with Prof. Timo Koivurova) of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment: Theory and Practice (Leiden: Brill/Martinus Nijhoff, 2008), and is currently editing the book The Role of International, European and National Law in Protecting Wilderness in Europe for Cambridge University Press (forthcoming 2015). He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters (see publication list below). He is a member of the editorial boards of the Yearbook of Polar Law (Brill/Martinus Nijhoff) and of the Polar Journal (Taylor & Francis/Routledge). He is Member of the Humanities and Social Sciences Expert Group of the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research. As an advisor to the Dutch government, Kees Bastmeijer has been participating in the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings since 1992. He is a board member of the IUCN Netherlands Committee. Since 1 January 2014, in parallel to his professorship, he has been co- program leader of the Outreaching Honors Program of the Tilburg University.

Based on his academic work, Kees Bastmeijer aims to inform and advice policy makers and the general public through membership of advisory committees, contract research for governments and NGOs, as well as through popular publications and contributions in the general media.

Career

2016-2019: Visiting Professor at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2009– present: Full Professor of Nature Conservation and Water Law, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University (0,8 fte)
2004 – 2009: Associate Professor of Environmental Law, Tilburg Law School
1999 – 2004: Senior Researcher Environmental Law, Tilburg Law School
1996 – 1999: Senior Legal Policy Advisor, Directorate-General for the Environment, International and European Environmental Affairs Division, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands
1989 – 1996: Senior Legal Policy Advisor, Directorate-General for the Environment, Legal Policy Affairs Division, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands

Education/Academic qualification

Law, PhD, Tilburg University

Law, Master’s Degree, Catholic University Nijmegen

External positions

Providing advice on nature protection (Legal Advice for Nature)

1 May 2016 → …

(Stichting Brabants Landschap)

1 Jun 2009 → …

(Studiecentrum Rechtspleging (SSR) Docent)

1 Jan 2006 → …

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Research Output

De juridische bescherming van boerenlandvogels

Translated title of the contribution: The Legal Protection of Farmland BirdsDotinga, H., Bastmeijer, K., Trouwborst, A. & van Kreveld, A., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Milieu en landbouw. Verschuuren, J. (ed.). Den Haag: Boom juridisch, (Vereniging voor Milieurecht Publicaties).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

De Juridische Status van de Europese Steur (Acipenser Sturio) en de Positie van Nederland (The Legal Status of the European Sturgeon (Acipenser Sturio) and the Position of the Netherlands (with English summary)): Een onderzoek in opdracht van ARK Natuurontwikkeling en het Wereldnatuurfonds Nederland

Bastmeijer, K., 26 Jun 2019, Tilburg. 83 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Report

Environmental protection in the Antarctic and the Arctic: The role of international law

Bastmeijer, K. & Johnstone, R., 2019, (Accepted/In press) Research handbook on international environmental law. Merkouris, P., Fitzmaurice, M. & Brus, M. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, (Research Handbooks in International Law).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

Juridische aspecten van een wijziging van een gebiedsanalyse in het kader van de PAS: Advies op verzoek van Natuurmonumenten

Bastmeijer, K., 13 Mar 2019, Tilburg University.

Research output: Book/Report › Report

Maasvlakte 2 en compensatie op grond van artikel 6, lid 4 van de EU Habitatrichtlijn: Advies op verzoek van Natuurmonumenten

Translated title of the contribution: Maasvlakte 2 and compensation under article 6(4) of the EU Habitats DirectiveBastmeijer, K., 15 Jul 2019, Tilburg University.

Research output: Book/Report › Report