IMEL Appoints a New Director

IMEL has appointed Professor Alexander (Sandy) Paterson as its new Director for the next three year period in the wake of the sudden death of its previous Director, Prof John Gibson, last year. Sandy has a long connection with UCT. Prior to joining IMEL 9 years ago, he completed a BSocSci, LLB, LLM and PhD at UCT. He currently convenes the Postgraduate Environmental Law and Marine Law Programmes and is also the Law Faculty’s Director of Internationalisation. His current research interests focus on protected areas governance, biodiversity, and incentive based regulation. Sandy can be contacted at alexander.paterson@uct.ac.za