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Researcher

Tomaso Ferrando

  • Research Expertise:Tomaso’s main line of research focuses on the link between law and food, with particular attention to the international dimension (trade, investments and the human right to food) and the implementation of local practices. In his latest academic work, he has focussed on the EU regulation of food waste, on the role of competition law in obstructing coordinated attempts to improve the global food system and on the idea of the food system as a commons (similar to air, water, sun, etc.). He is the co-investigator in a UKRI-AHRC funded project entitled 'Food security at the time of climate change: learning and sharing bottom up experiences from the Caribbean Region' where he works with local and academic partners from Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Belize, Colombia, Antigua and Barbuda and the United Kingdom. His second line of research concerns the socio-legal-financial construction of Green Bonds as a new/old form of financing that combines the instrument of debt with the desire of building sustainable and green futures. He is the co-investigator of a British Academy funded project that looks at the expansion of the Green Bond market in Brasil from the point of view of local communities and the people who are affected by the realisation of this new round of large-scale development projects.
  • Keywords:EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW, FOOD, AGRO FORESTRY, LEGAL STRUCTURES, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT, POSTCOLONIALISM, CLIMATIC EXTREMES, Law (incl. notarial studies)
  • Disciplines:Comparative law, Corporate law, Economic, commercial and financial law, Human rights law, International law, International private law, International trade law, Litigation, adjudication and dispute resolution
  • Research techniques:Law in society Global Value Chains Analysis
  • Users of research expertise:Researchers; students; policy makers; NGOs; third sector; governments