Bonosree Rani

Qualifications

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Master of Laws (Rajshahi, Bangladesh)

LLM in Law, Development and Globalisation (SOAS, UK)

Email address

686255@soas.ac.uk 

Thesis Title

Environmental Pollution in Outer Space: Human Rights Approach to Regulation of Space Activity vis-à-vis Mitigation of Environmental Degradation in Space

Supervisors

Professor Philippe Cullet

Professor Martin Lau

Biography

Bonosree Rani, a Commonwealth Scholar, is currently serving as a Doctoral Researcher on environment and outer space law at SOAS University of London. Her research examines the potentials of human rights approach to outer space governance in mitigating the environmental pollution in outer space.

Earlier, Bonosree completed her LLB (Honours) and LLM degrees from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. For her outstanding results (securing first position in the Faculty of Law) in LLB (Honours) and LLM examinations, she received a few academic awards including Prime Minister Gold Medal and Rajshahi University Gold Medals. She started her academic career with joining Varendra University as a Lecturer of law and later moved to her alma mater the University of Rajshahi in 2018.

Following this, Bonosree pursue her second LLM in law, Development and Globalisation at SOAS University of London with receiving the prestigious Commonwealth Shared Scholarship 2020-2021. During her LLM, studying laws relating to environment, climate change, natural resources and global commons, she undertook research under Professor Gina Heathcote for her thesis and critically examined the prospects and challenges of adopting Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning in the Bay of Bengal. 

After this Masters, Bonosree joined Jahangirnagar University, and was involved in and passionate about research and teaching in public international law and law of global commons discourses (currently on study leave). She has published a good number of journal articles so far in peer reviewed journals on various aspects of international law, environmental law, climate change, natural resource management and global commons governance. She has also completed a couple of research projects funded by the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh.

Research Interest

Law and Globalisation (with focus on Climate Change Policy and International Environmental Law), Laws relating to Sustainable Development (with focus on Sustainable Management of Natural Resources, Global Commons, and Maritime Resource), Post-colonial Effects on Law.