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Dr. Susan Ann Samuel is a Research Assistant to Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament Thiruvananthapuram and Chairman of Committee of External Affairs, India. She completed her PhD in International Relations from the University of Leeds, UK. She is also a lawyer in India.
Susan is a rapporteur and Regional Lead of Middle East for the Global Climate Litigation with Sabin Centre Climate Change Law - Columbia Law School, research fellow with Earth System Governance Project, and a member of IUCN WCEL (International Union for Conservation of Nature - World Commission on Environmental Law) and Global Network of Human Rights and Environment (GNHRE). Previously, she has served as Fellowship Officer of Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) for nearly three years during her doctoral studies (2022-2025). She has had experiences with litigation, policy research, legal analysis, and court work in India, as a lawyer enrolled at The Bar Council of Kerala, India (Oct 2019) and having worked in the District/Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram for nearly a year before doing LLM International Law in University of Edinburgh (2020-2021). Further which, worked as a legal intern with OHCHR (Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and UNOV/UNODC (United Nations Office in Vienna - UN Office on Drugs and Crimes) in Vienna, Austria (2021-2022).
Susan is also an author, having published the debut book "Unseen Yet Seen" [ODP; 2018], and co-editor of "Climate Litigation and Vulnerabilities: Global South Perspectives" [Routledge; 2025], and "Climate Futures across Disciplines: A Next Generation Approach" [Routledge; 2026 - in production phase]. With two more forthcoming co-edited volumes. Susan actively pursues academic and field expertise in human rights advocacy with focus on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and enjoys research into Climate Politics, Sustainable Development and international norm dynamics.
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