Yilin WANG
Assistant Professor
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
2022.09-2023.08 Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Mobility Grant,
University of Kent and University of Melbourne (Kathleen Fitzpatrick fellow)
2022.06-2022.09 Oxford University, Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
2017.09-2022.06 Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID), PhD in International Law
– PhD thesis: The Non-intervention Principle in Contemporary International Law
2016.09-2017.06 Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID), LL.M. in International Law
2014.09-2016.06 China University of Political Science and Law, MPhil in International Law
2010.09-2014.06 China Hohai University, Bachelor of Laws
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2021.01- | Oxford University, China, Law and Development Project, Research associate |
2019.04-2019.08 | International Law Commission, Research assistant |
2016.03-2016.08 | Linklater LLP, Paralegal (corporate law) |
2015.01-2016.06 | The Chinese Journal of Global Governance, Editorial assistant |
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES
- Papers and Publications:
- Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- China’s New Multilateralism for Global Health Governance, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 2023 (with Zhou et.al)
- Locating TWAIL Scholarship in China, Asian Journal of International Law, 2022
- The Origins and Operation of the Gap-filling Function of the GPL, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2022
- A Critical Reflection on the Gap-filling Function of the GPL, Cambridge International Law Journal, 2022
- Review of ‘Jens David Ohlin, Election Interference: International Law and the Future of Democracy’, Chinese Journal of International Law, 2022
- The Fight between Interpretation and Modification: A Critique of Sanum v Laos, ICSID Review, 2020
- Transparency Standards in Investment Agreement Negotiations, China and WTO Review 1:1 (2015) (with Qingjiang Kong)
- Reasonable Period of Time in Implementation of WTO Rulings, Chinese Review of International Law 6 (2018)(with Qingjiang Kong)
- Relationship between International Law and Domestic Law, Intl Law Review of Wuhan Uni., Issue 2 (2018)(with Qingjiang Kong)
- On the Remedy Types of International Investment Arbitration Award, Beijing Arbitration 89 (2017)
- Book: Perspectives of China Foreign Investment Law, China Commerce and Trade Press, 2019 (ISBN:9787510329067) (with Qingjiang Kong and Shuai Guo)
- Blog Essay: Warfare to Lawfare under CERD, Opinio Juris, Oct.2021
- Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- Teaching:
I have teaching experiences in different jurisdictions, including in Switzerland, China and Australia. My areas of teaching cover public international law, law and development, and international investment law. In UM law school, I teach civil law and international law.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
– International law and development
– Non-intervention and jurisdiction in international law
– Fundamental principles of public international law
– Global corporations and international law
– International organisations law
AWARDS
Young Scholars Writing Award, Harvard Journal of International Law/Yale Journal of International Law Co-workshop
Linklaters LLP Scholarship
National Scholarship
Best Oralist, Best Written Submission & Second Runner-up Team of 3rd China WTO Moot Court
OTHER CREDENTIALS
Bar admission: People’s Republic of China (since 2014)
Language: English (fluent); French (fluent); Chinese (native)