dr. M.M.E. (Marlies) Hesselman

Assistant Professor International Law / Chair of Groningen Center for Health Law

Faculty of Law

Telephone:

+31 50 36 35667

E-mail:

m.m.e.hesselman rug.nl

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Research interests

Research interests: socio-economic human rights law; energy access; right to energy; right to health; right to housing; human rights and the environment; international climate law; international disaster law; poverty alleviation; sustainable development; access to essential services; NAIL/social constructivist legal theory.

Publications

Ensuring health at the heart of climate change Advisory Opinion

Hesselman, M., Patterson, D., Phelan, A., Meier, B. M., Tahzib, F. & Gostin, L., Jan-2025, In: The Lancet. 405, 10474, p. 178-181 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic

Mapping energy poverty measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a new global panel dataset

Torres Munguía, J. A., Hesselman, M., Martínez- Zarzoso, I. & Ruyssen, I., 2025, In: Journal of Applied Economics. 28, 1, 16 p., 2483403.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

As governments fail us on climate change, courts are forced to consider ethical questions

Patterson, D., Hesselman, M. & Tahzib, F., 26-Apr-2024, In: Journal Climate Change and Health . 17, 3 p., 100321.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review

Collective action and legal mobilisation for the right to health in the climate crisis

Phelan, A., Patterson, D., Tahzib, F., Meier, B. M., Hesselman, M., Wang, C. & Gostin, L., May-2024, In: The Lancet. 403, 10441, p. 2272-2274 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review

Energie als mensenrecht: Juridische verankering en implicaties voor Nederlands energiearmoedebeleid

Hesselman, M., Jul-2024, In: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Energierecht. 2024, 3, p. 148-162 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Energy and the social contract: From “energy consumers” to “people with a right to energy”

Jiglau, G., Hesselman, M., Dobbins, A., Grossmann, K., Guyet, R., Tirado Herrero, S. & Varo, A., Feb-2024, In: Sustainable Development. 32, 1, p. 1321-1336 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Environmental Health: Regulating Clean Air & Water as Underlying Determinants of Health

Hesselman, M. & Meier, B. M., 17-Jan-2024, Global Health Law & Policy : Ensuring Justice for a Healthier World. Gostin, L. & Mason Meier, B. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 231-256 26 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review