Jutta Brunnée appointed University Professor
Published: June 18, 2021
Jutta Brunnée has been appointed a University Professor, an elite designation bestowed on a small number of University of Toronto faculty members for distinguished scholarly achievement and pre-eminence in their fields.
Brunnée, who joined the Faculty of Law as the Metcalf Professor of Environmental Law in 2000, became dean of the faculty on Jan.1, 2021.
“Jutta Brunnée is a leading scholar of public international law – and the world’s most significant scholar of international environmental law. Her research shapes disciplines,” said Vice-President and Provost Cheryl Regehr. “Her work is critical to addressing global climate change.”
The recipient of almost every international honour in her field, Brunnée is one of very few scholars awarded two certificates of merit by the American Society of International Law, for her 2017 book International Climate Change Law (with Daniel Bodansky and Lavanya Rajamani) and for her 2010 book Legitimacy and Legality in International Law: An Interactional Account (with Stephen Toope). In 2017, she was elected to the Institut de droit international and recently appointed as co-rapporteur for its new commission on harm prevention rules applicable to the global commons. In 2019, Brunnée gave an invited course at the Hague Academy of International Law, the ultimate honour for an international lawyer.
Brunnée has authored, co-authored, or co-edited seven books and more than 100 articles, book chapters and book reviews. She serves on the board of the leading interdisciplinary journal, International Theory and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2013.
“Receiving this recognition from the University of Toronto has been the most meaningful of honours to me,” Brunnée said.
