Susan Ann Samuel

Susan is an Indian lawyer and PhD Candidate at the University of Leeds, School of Politics and International Studies - researching on Climate Politics and exploring international normative change in the climate crises through an interdisciplinary lens.

Along with her doctoral studies, she a Priestly Climate Scholar at Priestley International Centre for Climate at Leeds, a Fellowship Officer at Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), a member of IUCN WCEL (International Union for Conservation of Nature - World Commission on Environmental Law) and Global Network of Human Rights and Environment (GNHRE). Previously, she has had experiences with litigation, policy research, legal analysis, and court work in India, as a lawyer enrolled at The Bar Council of Kerala, India (Oct 2019) and having worked in the District/Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram for nearly a year before doing LLM International Law in University of Edinburgh (2020-2021). Further which, worked as a legal intern with OHCHR (Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and UNOV/UNODC (United Nations Office in Vienna - UN Office on Drugs and Crimes) in Vienna, Austria.