S.N. Ballin (Samuel) LLM

Samuel Ballin (they/he) is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Migration Law (CMR). Their PhD research examines the relationship between labour migration and the climate emergency, using a combination of legal and empirical research methods to explore the particular situation of highly-qualified third-country nationals in the EU.

They have a Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Sheffield and an LLM International Migration and Refugee Law from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. They have worked as a pro bono legal adviser, a lecturer and a language teacher and have previously written and published on a range of topics in migration law, including gender and asylum. They are a coordinator of the Netherlands Network of Human Rights Research (NNHRR) Working Group on Human Rights and the Climate Crisis. They are an active member of the NNHRR Working Group on Migration and Borders and the Refugee Law Initiative Working Group on Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement, as well as the Sustainability and Public Law doctoral research group at the Centre for State and Law (SteR).

• Sustainability and Public Law