E-Academy Faculty

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	Dr Pia Andres Durham University	Dr Pia Andres is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Durham Law School, and a member of the JusTN0W Initiative. She is an economist studying the technological shift towards a low-carbon and increasingly digital economy, how these transitions are reshaping the global landscape of economic competitiveness, and the challenges involved in making them just and inclusive. Before joining Durham University, Pia was a Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance. She holds a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics.
	Dr John Bothwell Durham University	Dr John Bothwell is an Associate Professor in Durham University’s Bioscience Department where he works on seaweed. He has written a popular book extolling the virtues of seaweeds, led the first group to sequence the genome of a green seaweed, wrote the University sector’s guidelines on early career staff development and his activism work on marine mortality informed the independent documentary ‘All rivers spill their stories to the sea’.
	Dr Chien-Yi Chang Durham University	Dr. Chien-Yi Chang is an Assistant Professor of Law and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Durham University. She is also affiliated with the Center for Sustainable Development Law and Policy (JusTN0W initiative) and the Stanford School of Medicine. Her research bridges law and technology, combining doctrinal analysis, empirical study, and computational experimentation to explore the legal, social, and technical dimensions of artificial intelligence and biomedical research. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, a J.D. from CUHK, and a B.S. in Physics from Caltech.
	Dr Mohammed Hazrati National University of Singapore	Dr Mohammad Hazrati is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, NUS, specialising in energy, environmental, and climate change law, with a focus on the energy transition. He holds a PhD in Energy Law from Queen Mary University of London and an MSc from the University of Reading. He has published widely, including a book. Notably, his work, “Conceptualising Restorative Justice in the Energy Transition: Changing the Perspectives on Fossil Fuels,” was cited by US Department of Energy as a key reference for integrating energy justice into infrastructure projects, influencing $62 billion in federal funding allocation. He has also been a regular peer-reviewer for leading journals and won the 2023 World Energy Justice Research Paper of the Year Award.
	Latifahaida, Abdul Latif ASEAN Secretariat	Latifahaida is the Head of Analysis and Monitoring in the Finance and Socioeconomic Issues Division at the ASEAN Secretariat. An international trade negotiator with expertise in the financial sector, she currently leads work on the analysis and monitoring of finance and socioeconomic issues, including the sustainability agenda for the ASEAN Economic Community. Before joining the ASEAN Secretariat as Assistant Director, Latifahaida served as Trade and Commercial Advisor at the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Deputy Director in the International Department at Bank Negara Malaysia, and Assistant Director at Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
	Prof Petra Minnerop Durham University	Prof Petra Minnerop researches the intersection of law and science, focusing on sustainability, climate change, and environmental protection. Her work explores how law can respond to scientific evidence to tackle global environmental crises. She uses comparative and interdisciplinary approaches and has published widely in climate, environmental, and international law. Petra is Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability) and Chair of the University’s UN SDG Group, leading sustainability reporting, SDG implementation, and UNFCCC engagement. She also leads major research initiatives on just transitions, net zero, and evidence-informed climate policymaking.
	Prof Elisa Morgera Durham University	Prof Elisa Morgera is a scholar of international law whose work focuses on human rights and the environment, especially the climate-nature and climate-ocean nexus, equity, and the rights of small-scale fishers, Indigenous Peoples, and children. From 2019 to 2024, she directed the One Ocean Hub, a Global North/South collaboration supporting inclusive ocean decision-making. She is part-time Professor in International and EU Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland, and has also worked with leading universities, the FAO, UNDP, governments, civil society, and international organizations worldwide.
	Dr Nilüfer Oral National University of Singapore	Dr Nilüfer Oral is the Director of the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore and a member of the UN International Law Commission, where she chaired the 74th session and co-chairs the Study Group on sea-level rise and international law. She also serves on leading international legal bodies, including COSIS and The Hague Academy Curatorium. A former legal adviser and climate negotiator for Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she is a widely published scholar, editor, and expert on international law, climate change, and the law of the sea.
	Nivedita S National University of Singapore	Nivedita S is a Research Fellow with the NUS Centre for International Law’s Energy Law and Policy team. Her work focuses on international energy law, energy justice, the clean energy transition, critical minerals, regional energy connectivity, nuclear applications, and ASEAN energy governance. She previously trained at the IAEA’s Office of Legal Affairs and has worked on human rights, environmental, criminal, and gender issues. Nivedita holds degrees from Leiden, Birmingham, and Montpellier, is called to the Bar of England and Wales, and coordinates the EnergyMatters@CIL podcast.
	Dr Katalin Sulyok Durham University	Dr Katalin Sulyok is Associate Professor in International Law and Sustainability at Durham University. Dr Sulyok holds a Ph.D. in international law, a B.Sc. in Biology and an LL.M. degree from Harvard Law School. Her research areas include environmental adjudication, the law-science interface in climate law and environmental law, intergenerational equity, and climate litigation. Dr Sulyok has been legal advisor in domestic and international climate litigation cases, including for the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, which was an oral intervener in the landmark KlimaSeniorinnen v Switzerland case before the European Court of Human Rights. She has been appointed to the IPCC during the 7th Assessment period (2025-2029).
	Dr Zhen Sun National University of Singapore	Dr Zhen Sun is Co-Head of the Ocean Law and Policy (OLP) Programme and Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. Her research interests span the law of the sea, international shipping regulation, marine environmental protection, gender equality in ocean governance, and naval warfare. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, LLM degrees from China University of Political Science and Law and the University of Edinburgh, and an LLB from Hainan University.
	Diane Tan National University of Singapore	Diane was appointed Deputy Director-General (Security) of the International Affairs Division (IAD) of the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore (AGC) with effect from 1 July 2022. As DDG (Security), Diane oversees International Criminal Law and International Legal Criminal Cooperation, Security Proliferation, Diplomatic Law, International Human Rights Law, International Environmental Law, the Law of the Sea, and Aviation workstreams in IAD. In 2021, she was appointed as Singapore’s Alternate Member to the Committee to facilitate implementation and promote compliance under the Paris Agreement (PAICC). She was re-appointed as Singapore’s Member of PAICC in 2023. Diane is the legal advisor to the Singapore Delegation for the UNFCCC COP process.
	Prof Hélène Tigroudja Aix-Marseille University	Prof Hélène Tigroudja is Professor of Public International Law at Aix-Marseille University, member of the UN Human Rights Committee since 2019, serving a second term through 2026, and currently a visiting research professor at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. She is Special Rapporteur on New Communications and Interim Measures, a former Hauser Global Professor at NYU, and a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of Internationale Affairs and Development in Geneva and at the Geneva Academy of Human rights and humanitarian law (2024-2025). Her teaching, research, and publications focus on international and human rights law, including armed conflict, migration, immunities, and comparative human rights systems. She has also worked regularly as an expert for the Council of Europe, UNESCO, and the European Union.
	Prof Christina Voigt University of Oslo	Prof Christina Voigt is a Professor of Law at the University of Oslo and Visiting Professor at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. She is an internationally recognised expert in international environmental and climate law, with an extensive publication record and significant leadership experience. She serves as Chair of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law and Co-Chair of the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee, and previously served as Norway’s lead negotiator on REDD+ and principal legal adviser in the UN climate negotiations, including the Paris Agreement.
	Elizabeth Wu National University of Singapore	Elizabeth Wu is a transnational governance consultant and international dispute resolution lawyer focused on how international economic law can advance environmental and climate justice. With over 13 years of experience, she works across corporate accountability, sustainable development, and cross-border disputes in the Asia-Pacific. She is an independent consultant with the UNDP Global Policy Network and Lead Advisor at Climate Governance Malaysia. Previously, she held roles at ClientEarth, Rajah & Tann Singapore, the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. She holds degrees from Stanford Law School and NUS, and is qualified in Singapore and New York.
	Danielle Yeow National University of Singapore	Danielle Yeow is the lead on climate change law and policy as well as cyber law and governance programme at the Centre for International Law and Adjunct Associate Professor (MSc Environmental Management Programme) at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. She is a member of the International Law Association Business and Human Rights Committee and a former member of the Paris Agreement Implementation and Compliance Committee. An experienced public international law expert, she was a former legal advisor to the Government of Singapore where she advised on and represented Singapore at the UN climate negotiations and meetings of the Conference of Parties. Her former roles include that Deputy-General Director, International Affairs at the Singapore Attorney-General’s Chambers, Deputy Chief Executive at the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and district judge. She is admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor (Supreme Court of Singapore) and Barrister-at-Law (England & Wales) (Middle Temple).