Norway3 days

Sustainability Law Conference 2026

Legal Professions and Studies Conference

The Sustainability Law Conference aims to establish sustainability law as an interdisciplinary, sustainability-oriented field of law.

Dates - 3 days

Sep 16 – Sep 18, 2026

Opens

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Location

Oslo, Norway

Venue

University of Oslo

Hosted by

University of Oslo Faculty of Law

The conference 'Sustainability Law: Law's Response to the Convergence of Crises' seeks to firmly establish sustainability law as a transformative and interdisciplinary field, with implications for research, teaching, and communication. Hosted by the Research Group Sustainability Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, it emphasizes integrating sustainability into regulation across business, finance, circular economy, and beyond.

Topics & Focus Areas

Conceptual and theoretical developments of sustainability and lawCritical perspectives such as Indigenous, feminist, and postcolonial perspectives on sustainability and lawGovernance, power dynamics and justice in sustainability transitionsRegulating for sustainability on international, regional, national and local levelsComparative, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to regulatory analysisKnowledge translation from sustainability in research to sustainability in practiceIntegration of sustainability in teaching at all levels