The Rise of Sustainability Provisions in International Investment Agreements

Marius Dotzauer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Münster. His research focuses on challenges to the global economy and public opinion on international politics. He is the author of the book The Popular Legitimacy of Investor–State Dispute Settlement: Contestation, Crisis, and Reform (2024), which examines the politicization of investment policies and provides empirical data from survey experiments on how citizens view the regime.

Lisa Biber-Freudenberger is junior professor for sustainable development at the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn. She holds a doctorate in biodiversity research from the University of Potsdam, a master’s degree in international nature conservation from Göttingen University and Lincoln University, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Osnabrück. She has published more than forty peer-reviewed articles on sustainability issues. In her inter- and transdisciplinary research, she bridges the gap between natural and social science for a better understanding of socioecological systems and to contribute to global sustainability transformation.

Thomas Dietz is professor for international relations and law with a focus on sustainable development at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Münster. Before coming to Münster, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute of European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford and a member of Wolfson College. He holds an MA in political science from the University of Bonn and a PhD in law from the University of Bremen, where he also worked as a research fellow at the Collaborative Research Center 597 “Transformations of the State.” His research is focused on the areas of international politics, international law, and sustainable development.