Researcher

My Expertise

International economic law; international investment treaties; investment arbitration; international commercial arbitration; state-owned enterprises; Chinese law

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

International and comparative law, International trade and investment law, International arbitration, Public international law, Commercial law

Biography

Dr Lu Wang is a Lecturer and core member of the China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre at the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney. She has been teaching and researching in the areas of international law, international investment law and dispute resolution, international arbitration, and Chinese regulation of international business. She has published in the above areas with leading national and international journals...view more

Dr Lu Wang is a Lecturer and core member of the China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre at the Faculty of Law and Justice, UNSW Sydney. She has been teaching and researching in the areas of international law, international investment law and dispute resolution, international arbitration, and Chinese regulation of international business. She has published in the above areas with leading national and international journals and also engaged in a few major research projects on Chinese investment treaties. Her current research project explores interactions between State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the investment law regime.

Lu works closely with international organisations and key actors involved in the field of international trade and investment and is affiliated expert of the Asia Pacific FDI Network. She served as a co-guest editor of the ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal for its first Special Focus Issue on SOE and international investment law and was a Visiting Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. Lu holds two PhDs from the University of Liverpool (UK) and Xi’an Jiaotong University (China).


My Grants

2021 National Social Science Fund of China Research Project: Regulations of State-Owned Enterprises in International Trade Agreements and China’s Policy Options, Co-Investigator.

2019 UNSW PVCE Digital Uplift Program: Course LAWS8365/JURD7765 Introduction to Chinese Regulation of International Business, Co-Convenor.

2015 Ministry of Commerce of China Fund Research Project: Key Issues in the US-China BIT Negotiations, Co-Investigator.

2014 National Social Science Fund of China Research Project: Key Issues in the Dispute Resolution Mechanism of the TPP Investment Chapter, Co-Investigator.

2013 Ministry of Commerce of China Fund Research Project: The Handbook of Chinese Investment Treaty Negotiation, Co-Investigator.


My Qualifications

PhD (University of Liverpool); PhD, LLM, LLB (Xi'an Jiaotong University)


My Awards

Excellence in (Social Science) Research Achievement Award (First Prize), China Ministry of Education, 2020.

Young Scholar Best Paper Award (First Prize), Chinese Society of International Economic Law, 2012.

Young Scholar Best Paper Award (Second Prize), Chinese Society of International Economic Law, 2015.

‘Yu Scholar’ & Yu Doctoral Scholarship, University of Liverpool, 2015-2017

China National Scholarship, China Ministry of Education, 2008 & 2013


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

Lu is available to supervise students interested in pursuing research projects on international investment law, international dispute resolution, international economic governance, sustainable development, and Chinese law.


My Teaching

 

Law in the Global Context (LAWS2270)

   Law in the Global Context (JURD7270)

   Legal Research and Writing: Stage III

   International Investment Law and Policy (LAWS3070)

   International Investment Law (LAWS8079/JURD7479)

   International Commercial Arbitration (LAWS8183/JURD7583)

   Chinese Regulation of International Business (LAWS3157/JURD7657)

   Intro to Chinese Regulation of International Business (LAWS8365/JURD7765)

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Location

Law Building (F8), UNSW Sydney