Seminar series on International Economic Law and Policy, IELAP
Except for public events, participation is by invitation only. Please get in touch if you'd like to join.
2020
23rd April: Crina Baltag (University of Stockholm)
Reforming international investment arbitration: Arbitrating investors' obligations
2nd April: Emily Lydgate (Sussex)
A net-zero emissions trade policy? Reflections on reconciling UK trade and climate ambitions
12th March: Mavluda Sattorova (Liverpool)
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27th February: Malcolm Langford (University of Oslo)
The empirics and politics of investment arbitration reform
13th February: Joost Pauwelyn (Geneva)
Who writes the rulings of the World Trade Organization? A critical assessment of the role of the Secretariat in WTO dispute settlement
17th January: Tibisay Morgandi (Queen Mary)
Arbitration and offshore resources in disputed maritime areas
2019
12th December: Gabriel Gari (Queen Mary)
Disciplines on domestic regulation affecting trade in services: convergence or divergence? (here).
10th October: Public event with Ignacio Garcia Bercero, European Commission
The World Trade Organization: Challenges and options for reform
Co-Hosted by UCL's Policy and Practice Seminar Series.
7th October: Sergio Puig (Arizona)
Indigenous peoples and international economic law
24th September: Daniel Behn (Queen Mary)
So many treaties, so few disputes: Explaining China's relative absence from exposure to investment treaty arbitration
2018
30th May: Zoe Williams (LSE) and Jonathan Bonnitcha (UNSW)
State liability for 'politically' motivated conducted in the investment treaty regime (published version here).
13th November: Barnali Choudhury (UCL), Paolo Vargiu (Leicester), and Konstanze Von Papp (Keele)
International Investment Law and Non-Economic Issues (Choudhury; here), Semiotics of Investment Arbitration (Vargiu), and ISDS as a challenge to democracy? (Von Papp)
16th October: Double book launch
Taylor St John (St Andrews), The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration (here), and Mavluda Sattorova (Liverpool), The Impact of Investment Treaty Law on Host States (here).
Discussants: Alison MacDonald QC (Matrix Chambers), Kate Parlett (20 Essex St), Angeline Welsh (Matrix Chambers), and Luis Garcia (Matrix Chambers).
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
16th October: Rob Howse (NYU) and Ira Ryk-Lakhman (UCL
The Eiser Award (Howse) and Non-investment considerations and IHL-based defences in investment arbitration (Lakhman)
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
11th September: Robert Basedow (LSE), Suha Jubran (SOAS), and Jansen Calamita (NUS)
EU Investment Agreements (Basedow), International Investment Law and Democratisation (Jubran), and Internalizing Investmtnet Law (Calamita)
9th May: Caroline Henckels, Monash
The exception proves the rule? The role of public policy exceptions in trade and investment agreements
7th March: Joel Dahlquist, Uppsala/LCIL
Investment treaty disputes at commercial arbitration institutions
2017
16th November: Book launch
Jonathan Bonnitcha, Lauge Poulsen, and Michael Waibel, The Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime (available here).
Discussants: VV Veeder QC (Essex Court Chambers), Matthew Weineger QC (Linklaters), David Gaukrodger (OECD), and Swati Dhingra (LSE).
Hosted by Linklaters LLP.
20th October: Rob Howse, NYU
Should ISDS hold states liable for failure to prevent terrorism? Ampal v. Egypt
22nd September: Jean Ho, National University of Singapore
The history of international contract claims (book available here).
29th June: Kristen Boon, Seton Hall Law School
Small Investors and ISDS (published version here).
1st June: Book launch
Jarrod Hepburn (Melbourne), Domestic Law in International Investment Arbitration (available here).
Discussants: Martins Paparinskis (UCL) and Alison MacDonald QC (Matrix Chambers).
Co-hosted by UCL Laws and IAReporter.
31st May: Eric Neumayer, LSE
Winning or losing in investor-to-state dispute resolution: The role of arbitrator bias and experience (published version here).
4th April: David Collins, City University
The UK and ISDS post-Brexit (working paper here).
31st January: Federico Ortino, Kings College
Stability as a key norm in international investment treaties: myth or reality? (published version here).
12th January: Nicolas Perrone, Durham
UNCTAD World Investment Reports 1991-2005: 25 years of narratives justifying and balancing foreign investor rights (published version here).
2016
2nd December: Wolfgang Alschner, Geneva Graduate Institute/WTI
The impact of changing investment treaty design on investment arbitration (published version here)
23th November: Markus Wagner, Warwick
Investment Law's Uruguay Moment (working paper here).
26th October: Jansen Calamita, NUS
The (In)Compatibility of Appellate Mechanisms with Existing Instruments of the Investment Treaty Regime (published version here).
24th May: Caroline Henckels, UNSW
Proportionality and Deference in Investment Treaty Arbitration (book available here).
Hosted by Kings College.
30th March: Lauge Poulsen, UCL
Legalisation, diplomacy, and development: Do investment treaties de-politicize investment disputes? (published version here).
22nd March: Rumi Yotova, Cambridge
Balancing Economic Objectives and Environmental Considerations in New EU Investment Agreements: A Brave New World? (published version here).
2015
17th November: Double book launch
Thomas Hale (Oxford), Between Interests and Law (available here), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL), Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy (available here).
Discussants: Rob Howse (NYU), David Caron (Kings), Kate Parlett (20 Essex St), and Samuel Wordsworth QC (Essex Court Chambers).
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
17th November: Christian Tams (Glasgow) and Rob Howse (NYU)
Howse, Courting the Critics of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: the EU proposal (working paper here)
Tams, State Succession to Investment Treaties: Mapping the Issues (published version here)
Hosted by Hogan Lovells.
12th November: Public event with Dr. Diego Garcia, Attorney General of Ecuador
Chevron v. Ecuador: Ecuador's Defense (summary here)
Co-hosted with UCL Laws and Global Governance Institute.
12th October: Double book launch
Thomas Hale (Oxford), Between Interests and Law (available here), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL), Bounded Rationality and Economic Diplomacy (available here).
Discussants: Philippe Sands (UCL), Alex Mills (UCL), and Julia Gray (LSE).
Co-hosted by UCL's Global Governance Institute.
17th September: Discussion with Meg Kinnear, Secretary General of ICSID
Co-hosted with UCL's Global Governance Institute.
19th June: Michael Waibel (Cambridge), Jonathan Bonnitcha (ANU), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL)
Political Economy of the Investment Treaty Regime (book available here).
22nd April: Mona Pinchis, Kings College
The Forgotten Purpose of ‘Fair and’ ‘Equitable Treatment’ Clauses in Post-War United States’ Commercial Treaties (summary here).
4th March: Christine Cote, London School of Economics
The Chilling Effect of Globalization: A look at the impact of international investment agreements on national regulatory autonomy in the areas of health, safety and the environment (thesis available here)
14th January: Public event on TTIP
Speakers: Peter Chase (Vice President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce), Jansen Calamita (BIICL), and Jan Kleinheisterkamp (LSE).
Co-hosted with UCL's Global Governance Institute.
14th January: Federico Ortino, Kings College.
Investment Treaties, Sustainable Development and Reasonableness Review: In Search of greater clarity and Coherence (published version here).
2014
13th November: Taylor St John, University of Oxford.
The Power of Modest Multilateralism: Explaining ICSID’s Creation and Development (book available here).