Henrique Jerônimo Bezerra Marcos (H.)

Dr Henrique JB Marcos is a legal scholar working at the intersection of law, technology, and the environment. His research examines how international legal frameworks respond to technological transformation in environmental governance, with marine genetic resources and the BBNJ Agreement as the primary case study.

He trained as a legal theorist. His doctoral work (Maastricht University and the University of São Paulo, 2019–2023) addressed consistency and fragmentation in international law. In 2025, he received an Early Career Grant from the Empirical Legal Studies (ELS) Academy to lead a project on AI and Marine Environmental Policy, investigating how AI methods for bioprospecting interact with international environmental law. He also leads the Legal Rule Tagger project, funded by an EdLab Education Innovation Grant.

He serves as a UN Scientific Delegate and has contributed to the UN Ocean Conference (Nice, 2025), the UN-GEF BBNJ Implementation Project (Brasília, 2025), and the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI).