Professor of Law, Dirrector of Environmental Regulatory Research Group (ERRG)

Email: r.malcolm@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: Work: 01483 68 2852

Rosalind Malcolm is an environmental lawyer and engages in a range of research areas within that field such as regulatory frameworks for water and sanitation; regulatory approaches for ecodesign of green product development; and, approaches to compliance and enforcement across the environmental arena. She also works across environmental health fields and has co-authored Statutory Nuisance (Malcolm, R. and Pointing, J., 2nd edition, 2011, OUP) and contributed a chapter on ‘Organisations and environmental health – how environmental health is delivered’ to Clay’s Handbook of Environmental Health (ed, Battersby, S.) (20th ed., Spon Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011),Rosalind is the Director of the Environmental Regulatory Research Group (http://www.surrey.ac.uk/errg/) which is a research grouping of individuals and organisations engaged in research, teaching and consultancy into environmental regulation, compliance and enforcement.Rosalind works in multi-disciplinary research groups and is an associate member of the Centre for Environmental Strategy,  University of Surrey.  Rosalind also practises as a barrister from Guildford Chambers.

Research Interests

regulatory frameworks for environmental management, compliance and enforcement environment and poverty

operationalising rights to water and sanitation

natural resources law

substantive areas of environmental health law - food safety law and statutory nuisance

Current research projects include:

D-Box

Demining tool-BOX for humanitarian clearing of large scale area from anti-personal landmines and cluster munitions
FP7 programme (FP7-SEC-2011.1.3-3); (Co-investigator, 3 years; 2012-2015)

Climate Change: Science and Policy - Collaboration with North Carolina State University

Surrey Institute of Advanced Studies and British Council PMI2 UK-US New Partnership funding.

“Catalysing self-sustaining sanitation chains in informal settlements in Kigali, Kisumu and Kampala”(http://www.3ksan.org/)

European Water Initiative ERA-NET Splash
Co-investigator (April 2011 – March 2014)Recently completed projects include:

“The establishment of legal frameworks for independent water providers in Kenya and Ethiopia”(Leverhulme Trust) with Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health and the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey.

Publications

Malcolm RN. (2011) '“Integrated Product Policy: Products and their Impact on Energy”'. 2011 Edition. EmeraldInternational Journal of Law in the Built Environment, UK: 3 (1), pp. 48-64.doi: 10.1108/17561451111122606

Malcolm R. (2011) 'Ecodesign laws and the environmental impact of our consumption of products'. Journal of Environmental Law, 23 (3), pp. 487-503.doi: 10.1093/jel/eqr029

Malcolm R, Okotto L, Chenoweth J, Mulugetta Y, Pedley S, Ayalew MM. (2010) 'The regulatory implications of the right to water: small-scale and independent water providers in Ethiopia and Kenya'. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 1 (8), pp. 43-63.Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/763790/Abstract

Malcolm R, Pointing J. (2006) 'Statutory nuisance: The sanitary paradigm and judicial conservatism'. Journal of Environmental Law, 18 (1), pp. 37-54.doi: 10.1093/jel/eqi048

Malcolm RN. (2005) 'Environmental Product Policy: a new regulatory paradigm for a consumer society'. European Environmental Law Review,

Show more...Conference papers

Malcolm RN. (2013) 'Operationalising the Right to Sanitation in the 3K-SAN Project in Kisumu, Kampala and Kigali'. Law, Environment & Development Centre, School of Law, SOAS, Universty of London: Realising the Right to Sanitation - International and Comparative Perspectives

Malcolm RN. (2012) 'Environmental Pollution: Enforcement, Evidence and Sanctions'. China Hall of Science and Technology, Beijing, China: International Conference on EU-China Environmental Research Collaboration

Malcolm RN. (2012) 'Enforcing Environmental Law: EU Approaches'. University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus: Roadmapping Workshop: Key Environmental Technologies for EU-China Future Collaboration

Malcolm RN. (2012) 'Human Dignity and Sanitation'. University of Surrey: Human Dignity Workshop

Kaime T, Malcolm RN. (2012) 'Legitimacy, Accountability and Equity As Prerequisites in the Regulatory Frameworks for Eco-Systems Services'. Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway: Rule of Nature

Show more...Books

Wilkie M, Malcolm R, Luxton P. (2012) Q & A Revision Guide: Equity and Trusts 2012 and 2013. 8th Edition. Oxford University Press

Malcolm RN, Pointing J. (2011) Statutory Nuisance: Law and Practice. Second Edition. OUP

Wilkie MM, Luxton PP, Malcolm R. (2011) Q & A Land Law 2011 and 2012. Oxford University Press, USA

Wilkie M, Luxton P, Malcolm R. (2011) Q & A Revision Guide: Land Law 2011 and 2012. OUP Oxford

Wilkie M, Malcolm R, Luxton P. (2010) Q&A Equity and Trusts 2010 and 2011. Oxford Univ Pr

Show more...Book chapters

Ayalew M, Chenoweth J, Kaime T, Malcolm RN, Okotto L, Pedley S. (2013) 'Water Law, Human Health and the Human Right to Water and Sanitation'. in Lankford B, Karen B, Zeitoun M, Conway D (eds.) Water Security: Principles, Perspectives and Practices Routledge

Malcolm RN. (2012) 'Rule of Law (European Union)'. in Group BP (ed.) Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: Afro-Eurasia - Assessing Sustainability Berkshire Publishing Group 9, pp. 61-66.

Malcolm RN, Malcolm RN. (2011) 'Organisations and environmental health – how environmental health is delivered'. in Battersby S (ed.) Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health 20th Edition. Abingdon, Oxon. : Taylor & Francis Article number 6 , pp. 131-167.

Malcolm RN. (2003) 'Sections of Chapter One'. in Azapagic A, Emsley A, Hamerton I (eds.) Polymers Wiley , pp. 10-12.

Malcolm RN. (2003) 'Appendix One'. in Azapagic A, Emsley A, Hamerton I (eds.) Polymers Wiley , pp. 193-196.

Show more...Other publications

Malcolm RN, Ayalew M, Okotto L, Pedley S, Chenoweth J, Mulugeta Y. (2010) Towards Safe and Affordable Water by Small-Scale and Independent Water Providers: A Manual on the Use of Legal Instruments. University of Surrey

Malcolm RN, Ayalew M, Okotto L, Pedley S, Chenoweth J, Mulugeta Y. (2009) The Establishment of Legal Frameworks for Independent and Small-Scale Water Providers: Report Presented At Case Study Workshops in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 22nd May 2009 and Kisumu, Kenya, 27th May 2009. Surrey Law School Publishing (University of Surrey)

Teaching

UK and European Environmental Law (UG and PG)

Food Safety Law (PG and professional programmes)

Statutory Nuisance Law (PG and professional programmes)

Property Law (UG)