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On June 9th the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen together with BECCLE held an in-depth seminar on the potential competition concerns that a joint EU wide gas purchasing platform might raise.
On 12 May, Line Gjerstad Tjelflaat presented parts of her work on liability in the event of business-related human rights violations in a group for the research group for natural resource, environmental and development law and the research group for tort law.
On the 24th of April the research group listened to Andreas Slettevold give a presentation on the topic of climate change and revision of contracts based on unforeseen circumstances.
The research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental Law and Development Law have received funding for arranging 'Norwegian Energy & Environmental Law Bergen Days' in 2023.
On the 17th of March Leigh Hancer, Matthew Levitt and Henrik Bjørnebye joined the research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental Law and Development Law on the seminar on the New EU Gas and Hydrogen Package and its implications for Norway.
On the twenty third of March 2022, the research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental Law and and Development Law welcomed Rui Guerra da Fonseca to speak about Maritime spaces and Administrative Law.
On the third of March 2022, the research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental Law and and Development Law welcomed Lucila de Almeida to speak at the seminar on Governance by Indicators: the Pitfalls of the EU’s Retail Energy Market Barrier Index.
On friday the 11th of February, the research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental Law and and Development Law and the research group for European Law, in collaboration with the Law Firm Schjødt and the Bergen Center for Competition Law & Economics, held a seminar on The new EU Guidelines on State aid for Climate, Environmental Protection and Energy.
Dr. Eddy Wifa, Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, spent a month at the University of Bergen and the research group for Natural Resource Law, Environmental law and Development law in November.
Julius Rumpf, Ph.D. Candidate at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law and a researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, presented parts of his research related to interconnectors and the internal European energy market to the research group on 18 November.
The renowned and highly acclaimed Professor Dr. Leigh Hancher started as a Professor II at the Faculty of Law at the University of Bergen in November. On this occasion, we had a little chat with her.
In collaboration with the research group for Natural Resource law, Environmental law and Development law, the student organization Enviro arranged a lecture on the EU climate package "Fit for 55" on 11 November.
Max Münchmeyer, a PhD researcher at the Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence, presented parts of his PhD project to the research group on 11 November.
Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, leader of the research group, gave two presentations at the annual multi-day conference Offshore Technology Days (OTD) which took place on 20 October in Stavanger.
Sigrid Eskeland Schütz and Catalina Vallejo Piedrahíta, members of the research group, participated in panels at the Beyond Oil Conference 2021: Prioritizing Climate Action, which took place in Bergen and digitally on 20 and 21 October.
On 14 October, Charikleia Vlachou, Lecturer in Energy Law at the University of Cyprus, held a seminar for the research group on the judicial review of ACER decisions.

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