Ying Zhu

Institution: University of Hong Kong

Period of stay: 28 September to 11 December 2026

Contact: yingzhu@hku.hk

https://www.law.hku.hk/academic_staff/ying-zhu-%E6%9C%B1%E7%A9%8E/

Profile: 

Ying Zhu is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean (international affairs) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong. Her academic interests include international investment law, international trade law, and environmental law. She has served as a member of the Chinese delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group III. She holds LL.M. and J.S.D. degrees from Yale Law School, and a LL.B. degree from China University of Political Science and Law.

Research Area:

international investment law, international trade law, environmental law

Research Title:

Climate Responsibility in Economic Statecraft

Publications:

1. “Arbitrating Climate Transition: Coal Phase-Out and International Investment Law,” 52.3 Ecology Law Quarterly 735-767 (2026);

2. “International Commercial Arbitration,” in Douglas Kysar and Ernest Lim (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Private Law 426-441 (Oxford University Press, 2026);

3. “State Responsibility for Climate Inaction in International Investment Law,” 44.2 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 104-166 (2025);

4. “A Quasi-Normative Conflict: Resolving the Tension between Investment Treaties and Climate Action,” 33.2 Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law 183-193 (2024);

5. “A Bottom-Up Dilemma: International Investment Law and Environmental Governance,” 48.1 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 100-135 (2022);

6. “Do Clarified Indirect Expropriation Clauses in International Investment Treaties Preserve Environmental Regulatory Space?,” 60.2 Harvard International Law Journal 377-416 (2019);

7. “Environmental Discrimination in International Investment Law,” 51 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 385-433 (2019);

8. “Fair and Equitable Treatment of Foreign Investors in an Era of Sustainable Development,” 58.2 Natural Resources Journal 319-363 (2018);

9. “Corporate Social Responsibility and International Investment Law: Tension and Reconciliation,” 2017/1 Nordic Journal of Commercial Law 90-119 (2017)

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