Aron Westholm

Associate Senior Lecturer

Department of Law

Telephone

+46 31-786 65 93

Mail

aron.westholm@law.gu.se

Visiting address

Vasagatan 1

41124 Göteborg

Postal address

Box 650

40530 Göteborg

About Aron Westholm

Aron Westholm is an associate senior lecturer in environmental law. His research primarily concerns the relation between administrative systems and the natural environment. Since attaining his LL.M. in 2013, he has worked as a legal practitioner in both the public and private sector, mostly within the field of environmental law.

In June 2021 he defended his doctoral thesis "Scaling Marine and Water Management"

Aron is one of the hosts of the podcast "Miljön och juridiken"

Ongoing research projects

Energy transition in Sweden - Planning for wind power development

The project examines the spatial planning tools available to the central government and municipalities, and how these tools are used and interact in the deployment of new wind power. The project is funded by the Adlerbert Research Foundation.

Research areas

Public Law, Environmental Law, Ocean Governance Law

Teaching areas

Environmental Law
Planning and Building Law,
Municipal Law

Selected publications

Dynamic Ocean Management in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

Westholm, Aron and Argüello, Gabriela, Ocean Development and International Law 54(4), 2024

Ankring som miljöfarlig verksamhet - Hur miljörättslig problemformulering påverkar förvaltningsrationalitet och kapacitet

Jersenius, David, och Westholm, Aron, Retfaerd nr 3 2023

Divided Environments - Scalar Challenges in Sweden's Marine and Coastal Water Planning

Westholm, Aron, in Braverman, Irus (ed.) Laws of the Sea - Interdisciplinary Currents, Routledge, 2022

Scaling Marine and Water Management

Westholm, Aron, Dissertation, University of Gothenburg, 2021