Core Group Members
Prof Anna Petrig
Professor Anna Petrig is the Chair of the BlueRights COST Action and the Grant Holder Scientific Representative. She is Professor of International and Public Law at the University of Basel in Switzerland, and the Co-Rapporteur of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Protection of People at Sea.
Prof Irini Papanicolopulu
Professor Irini Papanicolopulu is the Vice Chair of BlueRights. She is the British Academy Global Professor of International Law at the SOAS University of London in the United Kingdom, and the Chair of the ILA Committee on Protection of People at Sea.
Dr Jessica Schechinger
Dr Jessica Schechinger is the Science Communication Coordinator for BlueRights. She is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) at the UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
Prof Richard Barnes
Professor Richard Barnes is the Coordinator of Working Group 1. He is Professor of International Law at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom, and Adjunct Professor of Law at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) at the UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
Prof Nele Matz Lück
Professor Nele Matz-Lück is the Coordinator of the BlueRights Mentoring Programme. She is Co-Director of the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law and professor for Public International Law, particularly the Law of the Sea, at Kiel University.
Prof Ana Nikodinovska Krstevska
Professor Ana Nikodinovska Krstevska is the Diversity Coordinator for BlueRights. She is a Full professor in EU Law and European Integrations at the Goce Delcev University, Stip in North Macedonia and also Vice Rector for International Cooperation. She is the Project coordinator of the ACE2EU European University Alliance for Goce Delcev University.