Contact Information
ncraik@uwaterloo.ca
BSIA 317 and Ev3-4253
Website: Neil Craik's Website
Neil Craik is a Professor of Law at the University of Waterloo with appointments to the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and the Balsillie School of International Affairs, where he teaches and researches in the fields of international and Canadian environmental law. His current research examines the legal structure of global commons regimes, with particular interests in deep seabed mining regulation, climate and geoengineering law and governance, and environmental impact assessment. He is the co-author of Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons (Cambridge University press, 2023), and The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment (Cambridge University Press, 2008).His work has been published in leading international law journals, such as International and Comparative Law Quarterly, and the Chicago Journal of International Law, as well as interdisciplinary journals, including Science, Climate Policy, Marine Policy and Public Administration. From 2011 to 2017, and from 2022-24, Professor Craik served as the Director of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development at the University of Waterloo.
Courses Taught
- ENVS 201 – Introduction to Canadian Environmental Law
- ENVS 401 – Aboriginal Law and Natural Resource Development
- ENBUS 408 – Best Practises in Regulation
- GGOV/SUSM 660 – Public International Law
Selected Publications
Books
- Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2023) (with T. Davenport and R. Mackenzie)
- Global Environmental Change and Innovation in International Law, (Cambridge University Press, 2018), (co-editor with C. Jefferies, S. Seck and T. Stephens)
- Climate Change Policy in North America: Designing Integration in a Regional System, (University of Toronto Press, 2013), (co-editor with VanNijnatten & Studer)
- The International Law of Environmental Impact Assessment: Process, Substance and Integration, (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Articles
Degrees
- Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), University of Toronto, Canada
- Master of Laws (LLM), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Dalhousie University, Canada
- B.A (Hons.), McGill University, Canada