Research
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Since the fall of 2021 and until the turn of the year 2024/2025, the Department of Law has worked with the strategic research initiative Centre for Law, Sustainability & Justice. The centre's task has been to investigate, explore and challenge legal themes and issues linked to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. This was done with a broad approach to law, regulation and the role of law for sustainability. Over the three years, the following activities have taken place: • 1 conference (launch event 10 February 2022) • 6 workshops • 13 publications • DKK 1,676,261 in external funds In connection with the conclusion of the centre's work, the Department of Law would like to thank the advisory board, researchers as well as collaborators and contributors for their commitment and work.
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Sustainable development and sustainability in a wider sense have been on the global agenda for decades. At CLS&J, we take our initial point of departure in United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the current policy framework for global sustainable development.
We also take a longer term perspective on sustainability, beyond 2030 which is the year when the SDGs are intended to be implemented. We take a longer term perspective, because sustainability is a key condition for balanced societies from institutional, social, environmental, climate-related and economic perspectives in the short, medium and longer term.
Just like balance is a key element in sustainability, it is also a key aspect in the function of law and in the ideal of justice. CLS&J addresses these issues in order to contribute to advancing sustainability science and sustainability governance with a particular focus on the role of law and the ideal of justice.
We adopt a wide approach to law as a key institutional element of balanced societies, a governance modality that interacts with other forms and aspects of governance, and as s science on the institutionalization of norms of conduct.