Faculty—Board of Directors

Dr. Aubin Nzaou-Kongo

Chair

* Member of the Board, African Institute * Faculty/Research Director, Law, Politics, and Society * Affiliation, Legal and Political Studies * ORCID: 0000-0002-8456-2064
a.nzaou-kongo@african-institute.com
+1-218-303-8053
Room — Af.01
Editorial Activities
*Editor-in-Chief — the African Review of Law and Critical Thinking. *Editor of the African Union's Law Year-in-Review — Oxford Yearbook of International Environmental Law. *Editor of the Congolese (RC) Environmental and Energy Law Year-in-Review — Oxford Yearbook of International Environmental Law. *Corresponding Editor — International Legal Materials (ILM). *Reviewer of Springer International Publisher. *Editor-in-Chief — the Energy and Climate Law Quarterly.
Qualification
*Ph.D. International Law (University of Lyon 3, School of Law) — France.
*Postgraduate Prog. Political Science (Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government) — United States.
*Postgraduate Prog. Sustainability Studies (University of Cambridge, The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership) — United Kingdom.
Teaching
International law.
Energy and Climate Law.
Non-state actors and climate litigation.
Public law.
History of law and politics in Africa.
Public policy.
African critical thinking.
Research Interests
Energy and climate issues, transition to a low-carbon economy, history and law in Africa, critical thinking, international law, Oil and Gas issues.
Selected Articles
Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Environmental and Energy Law and Policy Review in the African Union," in 30 OXFORD YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2020).
Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Editor’s Foreword," in 1 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. & Boumakani, B. "Les nouveaux aspects de la protection de l’environnement dans les codes des hydrocarbures des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne,” in Michel Prieur et alii. (eds.) DROIT, HUMANITE ET ENVIRONNEMENT, Bruylant (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Editor’s Foreword," in 2 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Environmental and Energy Law and Policy Review in the Republic of Congo," in 30 OXFORD YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Legal Case of Non-State Actors in Climate Litigation," in 3 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Economic Sovereignty, and Oil and Gas Law. Essays on Normative interactions between International Law and Constitutional Law,” in Alfonso Lopez de la Osa et alii. (eds.) LIBER AMICORUM ZAMORA, University of Houston Law, Policy and Society (2020) (forthcoming).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Editor’s Foreword," in 3 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).
Nzaou-Kongo, A. "La souveraineté comme vecteur d’interactions normatives entre le droit international et le droit constitutional," in 2 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020). Nzaou-Kongo, A. & Biankola B. "Mining Law and Environmental Issues in Africa," in 4 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. & Biankola M. "Droit international et souveraineté monétaire. Les problèmes actuels de la tutelle internationale du franc CFA et la crise de l’égalité souveraine," in DROIT INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC EN AFRIQUE, (Paris, LGDJ) 2020 (forthcoming).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Editor’s Foreword," in A. Nzaou-Kongo et alii (eds.), The Energy Transition Research Materials, 2019.

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Editor’s Foreword," in 4 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Public Property of State and National Patrimony in Oil and Gas Law," 1 ENERGY AND CLIMATE LAW QUARTERLY (2020).

Nzaou-Kongo, A. "Non-State Actors Role in the Governance of Energy Transition as a Subject Matter," in A. Nzaou-Kongo et alii (eds.), The Energy Transition Research Materials, 2019.
Selected Lectures
Presentation on “Le Sénégal et le Nouveau Défi Energétique. Entre Droit et Politique de l’Energie ?”, Colloque international sur « Les Hydrocarbures au Sénégal », UFR Science Juridique et Politique, Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Sénégal (December 2019-Postponed).

Presentation on “Non-State Actors and Energy Transition. Prospects on the Role of Private Sector in the UN Agenda 2030,” Lecture at the International Environmental Law Program with Prof. Victor Flatt, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center (February 2020).

Presentation on “Non-State Actors and Energy Transition Project Overview and Discussion,” during EENR, UH Energy and GEMI’s Faculty Lunch, Convened by the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center (January 2020).

Discussion at the Symposium on “Sustainable Energy and Energy Workforce,” C.T. Bauer College of Business and the Gutierrez Management Institute, Houston, University of Houston (February 2020-Postponed).

Presentation on “What Trends and Prospects for Oil and Gas in a Global Energy Transition’s Backdrop?” Lecture the International Law Program with Professor Roland Adjovi, at the Department of Historical and Political Studies, Arcadia University, Pennsylvania (March 2020-Postponed).

Presentation on “The Normative Interactions between Climate Change and Human Rights' Law?” Lecture with Professor Roland Adjovi Department of Historical and Political Studies, Arcadia University, Pennsylvania (March 2020-Postponed).

Presentation on “Non-State Actors Claims in Climate Litigation,” at the 3rd Conference of the Platform on International Energy Governance, “Governing the Energy Transition: Local Action, International Ambition,” Co-sponsored by King’s College London with Energy Charted Secretariat, Brussels/Belgium (March 2020-Postponed).

Chair of the virtual panel on “Energy Democracy and Deep Decarbonization”. focused on « Non-Profit Energy Cooperatives as the Catalyst of the Movement of People to Renewable Electricity », with Professors Melissa Scanlan (Vermont Law School/Boston College Law School) and Gabe Pacyniak (University of New Mexico, School of Law), convened by Environment Energy and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center (April 2020). Presentation on “International Organizations and the Promotion of a Global Approach of Energy Transition,” at the Virtual Symposium on Global Energy Transition Law and Policy, 1st Annual Conference, convened by the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center (April 2020).

Round Table on “Covid-19 and Transition to Low-Carbon Economy?” at the Virtual Symposium on Global Energy Transition Law and Policy, 1st Annual Conference, convened by the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center (April 2020).

Presentation on “Economic Sovereignty and Energy Law. Normative interactions between International Law and Constitutional Law,” workshop at the African Institute of Legal and Critical Thinking, Chicago (June 2020).

Short Presentation on "Environment, Energy, and COVID-19", at the NACLE 2020 Annual Conference "USMCA, Energy, Environment, and Health Challenges", Center for US and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center (November 2020).

Chair of the virtual panel “USMCA, Energy, Environment, and Health Challenges” at the NACLE 2020 Annual Conference "USMCA, Energy, Environment, and Health Challenges", with Thomas Burelli (University of Ottawa), Louis de Fontenelle (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour) and Eric Goodchild, at the Center for US and Mexican Law, University of Houston Law Center (November 2020).

Co-Chair of the virtual lecture on “The Role of Supply Chain Management in Environmental Governance,” with Professor Lee Paddock (George Washington University Law School) and Victor Flatt (University of Houston Law Center), convened by the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Center, University of Houston Law Center (December 2020).
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