Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University

Expert Bio

Dr LIU Nengye (LLB & LLM, Wuhan, PhD, Ghent) is Associate Professor of Law at Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University. Prior to moving to Singapore in 2022, he taught at three Australian universities, most recently as Associate Professor and the Director of Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University in Sydney. Assoc Prof LIU is an internationally recognized authority in the fields of the law of the sea and international environmental law. Over the past decade, he 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 and The Atlantic. Since 2021, he has been serving as Co-Chair of American Society of International Law’s International Environmental Law Interest Group and a Member of the Governing Board, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law. He also sits on the editorial board of Polar Record, Marine Policy and Ocean Development and International Law.