JUDr. Eva Balounová, Ph.D., LL.M.

Research field

Environmental Law, European Union Law, Climate Law

Education

• Faculty of Law of the Charles University – master, University of Iceland – LL.M., Faculty of Law of the Charles University – Ph.D.
• Dissertation thesis "Legal regulation of climate protection following the adoption of the Paris Agreement" was awarded first prize in the dissertation theses category of the Josef Vavroušek public competition of student and research theses (2020)

Projects

• 9/2025 – 8/2027 Project ERC CZ "Climate Law Under Pressure: Calls for Exigency" funded by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports – member of the research team
• 2024–2028 Project Strategy AV 21 "Identity in a World of Wars and Crises" - investigator of the activity Climate Crisis: Reflections in the Social Sciences and Philosophy
• 2022–2026 Project "Climate Change Law in Europe" funded by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and coordinated by Hasselt University – member of the research team
• 2020–2023 Project SOLSTICE: „Socially Just and Politically Robust Decarbonisation: A Knowledge Base and Toolkit for Policymakers“ (JustDecarb) – member of the research team
• 2020–2024 Project "Climate Law"  (within the ‘Lumina quaeruntur’ award of the Czech Academy of Sciences) – member of the research team

Other work in academic sphere

• Seminars in Parliamentary Institute
• Member of the Board of the Czech Environmental Law Society
• Reporter of Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation (Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School)

Activities in the field of scientific popularization

• Interviews for Czech TV and other media
• Interviews for Podcast of Academy of Sciences and Ecomaniacs Podcast
• TedX Lecture „Climate Lawsuits“
• Lectures for Universities, NGOs
• Articles on the blog and on ekolist.cz
• Member of the Collegium of Popularizers and PR Workers of the Czech Academy of Sciences
• Offer to give a speech on the topic of climate litigation (presented at the website of the Czech Academy of Sciences "Jedu vědu")

Other important activities related to scientific work

• Otto Wichterle Academic Award 2024
• 2023: Visegrad Group Academies Young Researcher Award 2023, research in climate change in the context of global and polar research
• Grant from the Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland for the thesis "The scramble for the Arctic - protection of the marine mammals"

The most relevant articles and book chapters

BALOUNOVÁ, E., SNOPKOVÁ, T. Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Law – Legal Aspects of Food Security in Czechia. In: KRÓL, M. A., ed. Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Law. Legal Aspects of Food Security. 11. Leiden: Brill / Nijhoff, 2025,138-157. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004721616_005.

BALOUNOVÁ, E., SNOPKOVÁ, T. Towards the adoption of climate change acts in the Visegrad Group countries. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law. 2024, 33(3), 592-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12566.

MÜLLEROVÁ, H., BALOUNOVÁ, E. Vliv klimatické změny na právo a role práva v řešení klimatické krize. In: FEIGERLOVÁ, M., ed. Reflexe klimatické změny v českých společenských vědách. Praha: Academia, 2024, 120-154.

BALOUNOVÁ, E. What are We Talking about when We Discuss the Rights of Future Generations in Climate Litigation? In: COCCIOLO, E., JARIA-MANZANO, J., DE LA VARGA PASTOR, A., MARQUES-BANQUE, M., eds. Rethinking Environmental Law, Connectivity, Intersections and Conflicts in the Global Environmental Crisis. Cambridge: Intersentia, 2024, 303-324.

BALOUNOVÁ, E. The First Czech Strategic Climate Lawsuit with the Focus on the Cross-fertilisation of Court Decisions. In: D´ALLESANDRO, E., CASTAGNO, D., eds. Reports & Essays on Climate Change Litigation. Torino: Università degli Studi di Torino, 2024, 65-78. https://www.collane.unito.it/oa/items/show/180#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0.

BALOUNOVÁ, E. Limity právní ochrany environmentálních aktivistů. Právník. 2024, 163(1), 30-47. https://www.ilaw.cas.cz/upload/web/files/pravnik/issues/2024/1/4_Balounova_30-47_1_2024.pdf

BALOUNOVÁ, E. Climate Litigation: Targeting the Aviation Sector. Chinese Journal of Environmental Law. 2023, 7(2), 288-300. https://doi.org/10.1163/24686042-12340111.

MÜLLEROVÁ, H., BALOUNOVÁ, E., RUPPEL, O. C., HOUSTON, L. J. H. Building the Concept of Just Transition in Law: Reflections on its Conceptual Framing, Structure and Content. Environmental Policy and Law. 2023, 53(4), 275-288. https://doi.org/10.3233/EPL-230012.

BALOUNOVÁ, E., SNOPKOVÁ, T. Český klimatický zákon – nutnost nebo…? České právo životního prostředí. 2023, 23(1), 13-39. https://www.cspzp.com/dokumenty/casopis/cislo_67.pdf

BALOUNOVÁ, E. Mezinárodní klimatické právo: současné výzvy (nejen) pro Mezinárodní soudní dvůr. Mezinárodní politika. 2023/2, 20-22. https://www.iir.cz/mezinarodni-klimaticke-pravo-soucasne-vyzvy-nejen-pro-mezinarodni-soudni-dvur

BALOUNOVÁ, E. Úvod do klimatické litigace: globální přehled. České právo životního prostředí. 2020, 20(3), 12-40. https://www.cspzp.com/dokumenty/casopis/cislo_57.pdf