Dr. Stellina Jolly is a Senior Associate Professor at the Faculty of Legal Studies, South Asian University (SAU), an institution established by the eight member nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). She is also a Visiting Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Emerging Countries in Private International Law, University of Johannesburg. A Fulbright Scholar at the University of San Francisco and a recipient of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP), Dr. Jolly specializes in international environmental law, focusing on climate change, human mobility, human rights, and conflict of laws.
Her research in environmental law examines the North-South dimensions of environmental justice. She has extensively written on environmental justice, governance, and the intersections of climate change, water, gender, disaster management, and sustainable development goals in South Asia. Her recent work also investigates the emerging global trend of recognizing the rights of nature.
Dr. Jolly has published in leading international journals, including Transnational Environmental Law, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law, Review of European Comparative and International Environmental, Washington Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Texas Environmental Law Journal, and Chinese Journal of Environmental Law. She also has published several books, such as Climate Refugees in South Asia (Springer), which explores the legal and policy frameworks surrounding climate-induced displacement in the region. She led an RWI-supported project culminating in the edited volume Climate-Related Human Mobility in Asia and the Pacific: Interdisciplinary Rights-Based Approaches (Springer), exploring the nexus between climate change and human mobility in the Asia-Pacific.
Dr. Jolly serves on the Governing Board of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law. She is a member of the Network of Environmental Law Champions at the Asian Development Bank and the Executive Council of the Asian Society of International Law. She serves in the editorial Board of Climate Law Journal (Brill) and the Year Book of International Environmental Law (Oxford University Press). She has undertaken research and consultancies for organizations such as the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, European Union, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Asian Development Bank, and Asia-Europe Foundation. Additionally, she was awarded an educational grant on Civil Society Law from the International Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) and USAID.