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Prof. Oren Perez

Prof. Oren Perez is Professor of Law at Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Law, and Co-Director of the BIU M.A. Program in Environmental Regulation and Policy. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Law (2017–22) and Head of Bar-Ilan University’s School of Sustainability and the Environment (2022–25). He holds an LL.B. magna cum laude from Tel Aviv University, an LL.M. and Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of London. His research focuses on environmental and climate law, transnational regulation, legal theory, sustainable finance, law and networks, digital democracy, and AI governance. He has received a Chevening Scholarship, a Marie Curie Fellowship, and research grants from the Israel Science Foundation, the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Ministry of Science and Technology.

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Fields of Interest

Environmental and Climate Law

Legal Theory

ESG, CSR, and Sustainable Finance

E-Democracy and AI Governance

Law & Networks

Publications

Halali, E., & Perez, O. (2025). Binding the future boosts intergenerational sustainability. Npj Climate Action, 4(1), 1-11. Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00216-7
Perez, O., Stegmann, O., Simioni, R. L., & Rosa, M. F. (2024). Constitucionalismo Transnacional em Rede. Revista da Faculdade de Direito do Sul de Minas , 40(2). https://revista.fdsm.edu.br/index.php/revistafdsm/article/view/781
Cohen, R., & Perez, O. (2024). Emergent coordination in temporal partitioning congestion games. PLoS ONE, 19(8), Article e0308341. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308341
Rotem-Mindali, O., Katzir, N., & Perez, O. (2024). Identifying Regulatory Barriers in the Management of Ecological Corridors in an Increasingly Congested Space. Land, 13(10), Article 1552. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101552

Binding the Future: How to Prevent Backsliding in AI and Climate Governance

Binding the Future: How to Prevent Backsliding in AI and Climate Governance

Governing intergenerational social dilemmas, from climate change and biodiversity loss to artificial intelligence (AI) safety, poses a distinctive credibility problem.