Lauren Sakae Nishimura is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne Law School. Her research explores how international obligations can contribute to efforts to adapt to climate change, including through anticipatory measures that account for human mobility. Dr Nishimura has more than a decade of experience as a litigator, advocate, and researcher in the United States, Southeast Asia, and with UN agencies and other international organizations. She received her DPhil in Law and an MSt in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and a BA from Vassar College.