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Background
Dr. Neil Craik is Director and an Associate Professor of Law in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development at the University of Waterloo, where he teaches and researches in the fields of Canadian and international environmental law. His current research examines the role of procedural obligations in governance structures addressing transboundary and global commons environmental issues. Professor Craik has particular interests in the intersection of international and domestic environmental policy, North American climate goernance and environmental impact assessment.
Prior to his current appointment at the University of Waterloo, Dr. Craik was an Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law (2004-2009) and prior to that he practiced environmental and land use law with a major Canadian law firm.
Select Publications
- The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and Integration, (Cambridge University Press, 2008), 350 pages
- “Climate Law and Policy in North America: Prospects for Regionalism” (2010) 1 San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law 195 (principal author, with J. DiMento), 63 pages
- “Environmental Cooperation in the (Partially) Disaggregated State: Lessons from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America”, (2008) 8 Chicago J. Int’l L. 479 (principal author, with J. DiMento) (reprinted in Amos Guiora, ed., Top Ten Global Justice Law Review Articles 2008, (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009)
- “Deliberation and Legitimacy in Transnational Environmental Governance: The Case of Environmental Impact Assessment” (2007) 38 Victoria University Wellington Law Review 381
- Public Law: Cases, Materials and Commentary, 2nd ed (Emond Montgomery, 2011), Co-General Editor and contributor, (with Forcese (Co-General Editor), Bryden, Carver, Haigh, Ratushny and Sullivan), 508 pages
Academic/Professional Awards
- Econoving Global Fellow, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, 2010-11
- SSHRC, 2010 “Designing Integration: Regional Cooperation on Climate Change Governance in North America”, Co-principal investigator (Public Outreach Grant)
- SSHRC, 2008, “Greening the 49th: Transnational Challenges and Innovations in Canada- U.S. Environmental Governance Structures”, Principal Investigator (Standard Research Grant)
- SSHRC, 2006, “International Law and Democratic Theory”, Co-Applicant (International Opportunities Fund)
- 2007 Harrison McCain Foundation Young Scholar Award
