Guest Lectures by Dr. Denis De Castro Halis (University of West Indies, Barbados)
The Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Gdańsk is delighted to invite all members of our academic community to an insightful online guest lectures by Dr. Denis De Castro Halis from University of West Indies, Barbados.
The lectures will be held from Tuesday, May 6, 2025 till Wednesday, 7, 2025
Lecture Details:
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📅 Date: Tuesday, 6 May 2025
⏰ Time: 17:15 – 19:00 CET
💻 Format: Online Lecture
🎯 Topic: Business and Human Rights: New Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility
2.
📅 Date: Wednesday, 7 May 2025
⏰ Time: 17:15 – 19:00 CET
💻 Format: Online Lecture
🎯 Topic: Business and Human Rights: New Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility
Who Can Attend?
The lecture is open to all students, faculty members, and guests interested in the business and human rights: new trends in corporate social responsibility.
📩 To receive the lecture link, please contact:
👉 joanna.zakrzewska@ug.edu.pl
About the Speaker:
Dr. Denis De Castro Halis has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, and university administration across multiple regions, including the Caribbean (University of the West Indies, Barbados), Asia (Greater China, University of Macau), Brazil (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UNESA), Europe (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), the USA (University of California – Santa Cruz), and Mozambique.
He has supervised 10+ PhD and Master’s students and coordinated research at two Brazilian institutions. He holds two PhDs (Law, UNESA/Rio de Janeiro; Sociology, University of Macau), a Master’s in Law and Sociology (UFF), a two-year Postgraduate Course in Education (UERJ), a Bachelor’s in Law (UFRJ), and a Bachelor’s in Social Sciences (UERJ). He has also taught Legal Interpretation and Comparative Law for Brazilian judges and judiciary officials.
He coordinates the Research Network “Comparative Constitutional Law and Legal Culture: Asia and the Americas” and the International Research Collaborative “The State and the Corporation as Legal Fictions: Original Nation and Dissent” for the Law and Society Association (LSA). A trustee of the Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA), he regularly organizes and co-chairs international academic events. He co-edited The BRICS-Lawyers’ Guide to Global Cooperation (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2017) and serves as an Executive Member of the International Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar – Rio de Janeiro. His research interests span Offshore Financial Law, Company Law, Corporate Responsibilities and Dissent, Socio-Legal Theory, and Legal Interpretation.
Join us for this engaging session on the business and human rights: new trends in corporate social responsibility!