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Personal profile
Research interests
Margherita joined the University of Bristol Law School in 2011. She was formerly a lecturer at the University of Exeter, Cornwall campus (2010-2011).
Margherita conducts socio-legal research in environmental matters. The main focus of her research is on environmental law and justice, sustainability and the governance of the commons. She has held ESRC grants to carry out research and impact work on marine protected areas governance in the UK and Italy. She sits on the ESRC Peer Review College and in the editorial board of the Journal of Human Rights and the Environment. She is an editor of the University of Bristol book series Bristol Studies in Law and Environmental Justice. Margherita also sits in the College of Experts of the Office for Environmental Protection.
PhD Supervision:
Margherita has and is supervising PhD students working on the regulation of new technologies, climate change and human rights, renewable energy policy, commons, law of the sea and forest governance. She welcomes applications in environmental law, esp. in nature conservation law, marine policy and environmental governance of commons.
Research Groups and Themes
- Smart Networks for Sustainable Futures
- Cabot Institute Environmental Change Research
- Centre for Environmental Law and Sustainability
- Centre for European and Public Law
- Bristol Socio-Legal Centre
Keywords
- Environment and Society
- Commons
- Marine conservation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Regulating the sea: a socio-legal analysis of English Marine Protected Areas
Pieraccini, M., Dec 2022, Cambridge University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
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Legal frameworks for adaptive governance in marine protected areas: An English case study
Hoppit, G., Pieraccini, M. & Turner, R., 10 Apr 2026, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 405, 10 p., 129587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Legal Pluralism in the Commons: The Case of Toyooka, Japan
Mckeown, D. W. J. & Pieraccini, M., 11 Aug 2026, In: International Journal of the Commons. 20, 1, p. 398-413 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Ecologies and Identities: a socio-legal exploration of the Marine Protected Areas network in English seas
Pieraccini, M. (Principal Investigator) & Prosser, T. A. W. (Other )
1/10/12 → 1/10/15
Project: Research
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Building environmental stewardship to address compliance gaps in the SINIS Marine Protected Area, Sardinia.
Pieraccini, M. (Principal Investigator), Coppa, S. (Co-Investigator) & De Lucia, A. (Co-Investigator)
1/01/15 → 30/06/15
Project: Research
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The Invisibility of the Sea
Publicover, L. J. W. (Principal Investigator), Pieraccini, M. (Principal Investigator), Schmidt, D. N. (Co-Investigator), Genner, M. J. (Co-Investigator), Hendry, K. (Co-Investigator), Pancost, R. D. (Co-Investigator), Dudley, M. R. (Co-Investigator), Horton, M. C. (Co-Investigator), Hendy, E. (Co-Investigator) & Badcoe, T. T. (Co-Investigator)
19/01/17 → 31/07/17
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
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ESRC Future Leaders - Ecologies and Identities:a socio-legal exploration of the Marine Protected Areas network in English seas.
Pieraccini, M. (Recipient)
1 Oct 2012 → 1 Oct 2015Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively