She specializes in environmental damage and liability problems in a multi-level context. Included in her area of interests are human rights, maritime law (UNCLOS), environmental security (particularly that of the Arctic Ocean), Climate Change and Migration Climate Change and Cybersecurity. Dr. Cassotta is Adjunct Professor of Law at Western University in Sydney, School of Law (Australia), and Fellow at the Institute for Security and Development Policy in Stockholm under the ISDP's Sino-Nordic Arctic Policy Program (SNAPP).