Laura Mai joined the University of Bern as Bloom Foundation Professor for Climate Law and Society in August 2026.
Focusing on international and transnational climate law and governance, Laura has investigated how governments, global city networks, financial institutions, philanthropic foundations, and digital infrastructure providers have become enrolled in the global effort to address climate change.
Prior to joining the University of Bern, Laura worked as a Senior Researcher at the University of Amsterdam and as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. During the autumn term of 2026, Laura is based in the US as Hauser Global Fellow at NYU School of Law, where she joins the Institute for International Law and Justice.
Laura holds a PhD in Law from King’s College London and an LLM from the University of Cambridge. She is Associate Editor at Transnational Legal Theory.
Outside of academia, Laura has worked in private legal practice in London, Brussels, and Hong Kong. She was appointed as a consultant for the UN Climate Change Secretariat, has advised climate NGOs in the UK and Germany, and provided expert evidence to the British Parliament’s All-Party Group on Climate Change.
