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Associate professor, Singapore Management University

Dr Nengye Liu (LLB & LLM, Wuhan, PhD, Ghent) is Associate Professor of Law (with tenure) at Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. Prior to moving to Singapore, he taught at three Australian universities (UNE, Adelaide and Macquarie). Most recently, he was Associate Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney and served as the Director of its Centre for Environmental law (2020 – 2022) – the oldest environmental law research centre in the Southern Hemisphere. Dr Nengye Liu is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of the law of the sea and international environmental law. Over the past decade, Assoc Prof Liu has taken the lead to edit two books: “The European Union and the Arctic” (Brill, 2017), “Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions” (Edward Elgar, 2019); published 40+ refereed journal articles (e.g., Leiden Journal of International Law, Marine Policy, Ocean Development and International Law, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Review of European Comparative and International Environmental Law, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law) and book chapters (e.g., Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Hart); and delivered 100+ presentations about his research findings across five continents. He is regularly covered by mainstream media around the world, such as BBC, ABC News, The Atlantic, Xinhua, Strait Times and South China Morning Post. Since 2021, he has been serving as Co-Chair of American Society of International Law’s International Environmental Law Interest Group as well as Member of the Governing Board, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. He also sits on the editorial board of Marine Policy (Elsevier, IF=4.315) and Ocean Development and International Law (Taylor & Francis, IF=1.278).

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Associate professor, Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University
  • 2020–2022
    Associate professor, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University
  • 2017–2020
    Senior lecturer, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide
  • 2015–2016
    Senior lecturer, School of Law, University of New England
  • 2013–2015
    Marie Curie Fellow, School of Law, University of Dundee
  • 2012–2013
    Postdoctoral fellow, Walther-Schuecking Institute for International Law, University of Kiel

Education

  • 2012 
    Ghent University, Doctor of Law
  • 2007 
    Wuhan University, Master of International Economic Law
  • 2004 
    Wuhan University, Bachelor of Law

Publications

  • 2021
    China and One Hundred Years of the Svalbard Treaty, Past, Present and Future, Marine Policy 124, 104354
  • 2021
    China’s Regulation of its Distant Water Fishing Fleets, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 36 (1) 165-175
  • 2020
    The Rise of China and Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions, Marine Policy 121, 104181
  • 2019
    The Rise of China and the Antarctic Treaty System, Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs 11 (2) 120-131
  • 2019
    The 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean: a Critical Analysis, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 34 (2) 195-244 (with Valentin Schatz and Alexander Proelss)
  • 2018
    The European Union and the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 18(6)
  • 2018
    How might the European Union Engage Constructively with China in the South China Sea?, Ocean Development and International Law, 49(4) (with Qi XU)
  • 2018
    China's Changing Position towards Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean: Implications for Future Antarctic Governance, Marine Policy 94: 189-195 (with Cassandra Brooks)
  • 2018
    Will China Build a Green Belt and Road in the Arctic?, Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 27 (1) 55-62
  • 2017
    China’s Emerging Arctic Policy – What are the Implications for Arctic Governance? , Jindal Global Law Review 8 (1) 55-68
  • 2017
    Condominium Arrangements as a Legal Mechanism for the Conservation of the South China Sea Large Marine Ecosystem, Asia Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy 2 (1) 52-87 (with Michelle Lim)
  • 2016
    China’s New Law on Exploration and Exploitation of Resources in the International Seabed Area of 2016, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 31 (4) 691-705 (with Rakhyun Kim)
  • 2015
    The European Union's Potential Contribution to Enhanced Governance of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in the Arctic, Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 24 (2) 223-231
  • 2015
    China’s Law and Practice as a Coastal State for the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution, Ocean Yearbook 29, 343-355
  • 2015
    The European Union’s Potential Contribution to Protect Marine Biodiversity in the Changing Arctic: a Roadmap, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 30 (2) 255-284 (with Elizabeth Kirk)
  • 2014
    China’s Role in the Changing Governance of Arctic Shipping, Yearbook of Polar Law 6, 545-558
  • 2013
    Current Legal Developments: China: Prevention of Invasive Species from Ballast Water, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 28 (1) 171-187
  • 2013
    Criminal Liability for Vessel-Source Pollution in China: Law and Practice, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 28 (3) 517-531
  • 2013
    The European Union's Potential Contribution to Enhanced Governance of Arctic Shipping, Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht/Heidelberg Journal of International Law 73 (4) 705-733
  • 2012
    Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution in the South China Sea: What Role Can China Play? , Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law 15, 147-166
  • 2012
    Legal Constraints to the European Union’s Accession to the International Maritime Organization, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 43 (2) 279-291 (with Frank Maes)
  • 2011
    Prevention of Vessel-Source Marine Pollution: A Note on the Challenges and Prospects for Chinese Practice under International Law, Ocean Development and International Law 42 (4) 356-367 (with Frank Maes)
  • 2010
    International Legal Framework on the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution, China Oceans Law Review 12 (2) 238-263
  • 2010
    The European Union and International Maritime Organization: EU’s External Influence on the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution, Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 41 (4) 581-594 (with Frank Maes)
  • 2009
    The European Union’s Role in the Prevention of Vessel-Source Pollution and its Internal Influence, Journal of International Maritime Law 15 (5) 411-422 (with Frank Maes)

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Geopolitical Changes and the Antarctic Treaty System
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    ARC Discovery

Professional Memberships

  • Research Fellow, Earth System Governance Project
  • Member, Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law
  • Member, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law/Ocean Specialists Group
  • Member, International Law Association

Research Areas

  • International Law (Excl. International Trade Law) (180116)

Honours

2021 Finalist, Academic of the Year, LawyersWeekly Australian Law Awards