Ethan Beringen

Ethan Beringen is a Lecturer at the School of Law at the University of Queensland. He was previously a Yong Pung How Research Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia at Singapore Management University and completed his PhD within the Centre for Environmental Law at Macquarie University in Sydney. He has also been a guest PhD Researcher at the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea at UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Ethan’s research is focused on international environmental law, the law of the sea and international relations. Specifically, he is interested in the protection of marine biodiversity and the prevention of marine plastic pollution. He has published research on topics such as the negotiations for new biodiversity conservation and pollution prevention treaties, international fisheries law, Australia’s ocean governance, regime interaction and middle power theory. Environmental and resources law, Environmental law, International and comparative law, Law and Legal Studies, Ocean law and governance, Public international law

[2026] Cleaning the High Seas: Environmental Impact Assessments under the BBNJ Agreement and the Removal of Existing Marine Plastic Pollution. Beringen, Ethan (2026). Cleaning the High Seas: Environmental Impact Assessments under the BBNJ Agreement and the Removal of Existing Marine Plastic Pollution. Ocean Development & International Law, 1-28. doi: 10.1080/00908320.2026.2631493 [2025] Thawing the deep freeze: can the BBNJ agreement act as a catalyst for the creation of marine protected areas in the southern ocean?. Liu, Nengye and Beringen, Ethan (2025). Thawing the deep freeze: can the BBNJ agreement act as a catalyst for the creation of marine protected areas in the southern ocean?. Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 36 (1) yvag002, 1-18. doi: 10.1093/yiel/yvag002 [2025] Offs