Henrique Jerônimo Bezerra Marcos (H.)

Dr Henrique Jerônimo Bezerra Marcos (He/Him/His) is a legal scholar specialising in international law, legal reasoning, and the philosophy of law. His research focuses on how law and technology shape the governance of environmental futures, particularly in the context of the climate crisis and ocean governance.

Dr Marcos leads a project funded by the Netherlands Empirical Legal Studies Academy on AI-driven methods for regulatory compliance in international environmental law, with a particular emphasis on marine genetic resources. He combines doctrinal, philosophical, and empirical approaches to explore how emerging technologies influence legal decision-making and environmental accountability.

He holds a double PhD from Maastricht University (Philosophy of Law) and the University of São Paulo (International Law).  His article ‘Two Kinds of Systemic Consistency in International Law’ received the 2023 New Voices Prize from the European Journal of Legal Studies and the Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira Medal in 2022 from the Brazilian Academy of International Law.

Dr Marcos has held visiting research positions at Lund University and the University of Lisbon, and he is affiliated with the Maastricht Centre for Law and Jurisprudence (MCLJ) and CEDMAR (University of São Paulo Centre for Studies on the Law of the Sea). He was previously involved in the EU-funded Recognise project on legal reasoning, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.

At Maastricht University, Dr Marcos lectures in both LLB and LLM programmes, teaching Global Law, Legal Reasoning, Legal Argumentation, and Legal Philosophy. He is part of the course planning teams for Foundations of Global Law and Introduction to Law, and completed his University Teaching Qualification (BKO) in 2025.

In addition to his academic work, Dr Marcos is a qualified lawyer before the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP 422.235), with over a decade of experience in fintech regulation, compliance, and legal consultancy. He served as legal adviser to the Brazilian delegation at the United Nations Ocean Conference (2022).

He is a member of several academic communities, including the ICON-S Benelux Young Scholars Forum, the Brazilian Society of International Law, and the Globalization and Law Network. He also acts as a referee for journals such as the Hague Yearbook of International Law and Law, Technology, and Humans.