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Cosmin Corendea

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Associate Academic Officer

MRF Chair on Social Vulnerability project

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Background

Cosmin Corendea is presently a S.J.D. candidate (dissertation to be defended soon) in International Legal Studies at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.  He received his LL.M. in Intercultural Human Rights (cum laude) from the St. Thomas University Law School in Miami and the J.D. from the Ecological University School of Law in Bucharest, Romania.

Best known for initiating and developing the concept of ‘hybrid law’ in 2007, a legal research tool for human rights, refugee and environmental law, Mr. Corendea’s experience in the area of refugee and environmental law includes field research in Pacific, Europe and Asia, consultancies for different UN bodies like UNFCCC, UNDP, UNHCR and UNHCHR and expertise for East-West Center, USHRN, HREA, RSC, University of Oxford and Columbia University School of Law.                                                                         

Since 2004 he also serves as a trainer/consultant for the Council of Europe and the European Commission’s SALTO programme.  

Working Area at UNU-EHS

Since June 2011, Cosmin Corendea serves as Associate Academic, managing the MRF Chair Project on Social Vulnerability which initiates policy relevant research and organizes capacity-building in the respective area. His current research focuses on environmentally induced migration in different concerned areas, institutional vulnerabilities and disaster risk management.

He is focal point for the following topics:

  • Legal, cultural and socio-economic dimensions of social vulnerability and resilience

  • Comparative frameworks of social perception of social vulnerabilities and resilience

 

Publications

Corendea, C. (2010): Working with Young Refugees, IDPs and Asylum Seekers in Europe. Report , Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

Corendea, C. (2009): Human Security in Pacific: the Climate Refugees of the Sinking Island. Refugee Studies Centre Library, University of Oxford, UK.

Corendea, C. (2007): Religion and Religious Diversity in Europe: Training Activities Reports. Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France.

Corendea, C. (2006): Diagnosis of Human Trafficking : An East European Perspective on Prostitution and Procurement . South East European University, Tetovo, Macedonia.