Professor Emily Lydgate, expert in environmental law and international trade.
Bio
Emily Lydgate is Professor of Environmental Law, Co-Director of the UK Trade Policy Observatory, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy. Her research focuses on the relationship between environmental regulation and economic integration through trade.
Academic Positions
Co-Director, UK Trade Policy Observatory
Deputy Director, Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
Member, TaPP network
Non-academic Positions
Associate Fellow, Chatham House
Specialist Advisor to the EFRA Committee (UK House of Commons), January 2021-July 2024
Commissioner, UK Trade and Climate Commission
Advisory Board, Tulip Consulting
Consultant, United Nations Environment Programme’s Economics and Trade Branch
Current Funded Research Projects
Led on a report for the British Standards Institute, ‘Organizational standards, trade and the Net Zero transition’
Led on a report for the UK Committee on Climate Change, 'Trade Policies and Emissions Reduction: Establishing and Assessing Options'
Worked on an EU Horizon 2020 grant project on how EU Free Trade Agreements and wider trade policy reflects the goal of securing sustainable agricultural practices
Consulting
Instructor for the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and development Office’s Advanced Diplomatic Academy and have provided training for a number of UK government Departments
Instructor for Policyware
Co-authored reports on pesticides and UK FTAs with Pesticide Action Network and Sustain
Education
Marie Curie Experienced Researcher (EU Framework 7, DISSETTLE project), Bocconi University (2014)
PhD from King’s College London
MSc (with distinction) from Oxford University