Nicky van Dijk

Nicky van Dijk is a PhD-candidate at the law faculty of the University of Tasmania (Australia), and holds a research master in philosophy from Utrecht University (Netherlands). She researches how we can make our legal and political institutions more long-term oriented. We face many long-term societal and environmental problems such as climate change. Young people and future generations suffer the majority of the consequences, while they do not have a say in the policy-making that shapes their lives. How can we better ensure that we safeguard the essential needs of the future? My research and publications range from more philosophical studies into what future generations needs, to more legal and political, analysing specific institutions on how intergenerationally just they are. Examples include the Scottish citizens' assembly on climate change, and the communication procedure of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Sub-specialties:
In law, ethics and political science: institutions for future generations, citizens' assemblies, mini-publics.