Faculty

Beatrice Hamilton

Associate Professor of Law

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Biography

Beatrice Hamilton joined VLGS in 2025 as an associate professor of law and is a current Naval Postgraduate School – Stanford Doerr School Senior Global Resilience-Security Fellow.

Beatrice’s research engages with the legal complexities of environmental issues in armed conflict from a normative and doctrinal perspective, addressing legal fragmentation to resolve tensions between environmental considerations and the realities of warfare. In addition, Beatrice’s work examines the intersection of environmental, climate, and security concerns in conflict settings, focusing on the risks and strategic opportunities of environmental diplomacy and shifting geopolitical dynamics.

Beatrice holds a Bachelor of Laws (JD Equivalent), a Master of Commercial Law, a Master of International Relations (Security Studies), a Master of Diplomacy and Trade, a Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice, and is currently completing her PhD.

Beatrice has extensive teaching and academic experience across a number of jurisdictions including the US, UK, Australia, and Europe. Prior to joining VLGS, Beatrice was appointed as a teaching fellow and lecturer in law for the Environmental Law and Policy LLM program at Stanford University and as a NPS-Stanford Climate Security Fellow and has held faculty positions at Edinburgh Law School (UK), Murdoch University (Australia), and the University of Western Australia (Australia), among others.

Prior to academia, Beatrice worked in both the private and public sectors and has a background in environmental law and policy.

Expertise

Environmental Law
International Environmental Law

Departments

Environmental Law Center
Faculty

Courses Taught

International Climate Change Law
International Law
Torts