LAUGE N. SKOVGAARD POULSEN
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Seminar series on International Economic Law and Policy, IELAP

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​IELAP is hosted by Federico Ortino (King's College), Mona Pinchis-Paulsen (LSE), and Lauge Poulsen (UCL). 
Except for public events, participation is by invitation only. ​​Please get in touch if you'd like to join.
2021:

22nd June: Nicolas Lamp (Queens)
Arrested norm development: The failure of legislative-judicial dialogue in the WTO

1st June: Andrew Lang (Edinburgh)
A very sturdy turtle: competing market architectures in the fair trade space.
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11th May: Wolfgang Alschner (Ottawa)
Book workshop

29th April: Niccolò Ridi (Liverpool) [note: postponed]
Negotiating WTO Precedent

31st March: Sergio Puig (Arizona) and Anton Strezhnev (Chicago)
When outsiders get in: Appointment incentives in international investment arbitration

25th February: Tuuli-Anna Huikuri (Oxford)
Constraints and incentives in the investment regime: How bargaining power shapes BIT reform ​(here)

2020:

16th December: Julian Arato (Brooklyn)
The Elastic Corporate Form in Investment Arbitration
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23th October: Geraldo Vidigal (Amsterdam)
Rise and fall of the Appellate Body: Hegemonic, fragmented, and network authority in international trade law

18th September: Andrea Leiter (Amsterdam)
Tracing the internationalisation of concession agreements: Of general principles and a 'Modern Law of Nature'

23 July: Harlan Cohen (Georgia)
Nations and markets  (here)

12th June: Kathleen Claussen (Miami)
The trade-plus enforcement conundrum
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22th May: Thomas Streinz (NYU)
Data governance in international economic law: Non-territoriality of data and multi-nationality of corporations

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

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 (here)

17th January: Tibisay Morgandi (Queen Mary)
Arbitration and offshore resources in disputed maritime areas (published version here)
 
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.
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7th October: Sergio Puig (Arizona)

Indigenous peoples and international economic law  (book available here)

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 Investment 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 (published version here)

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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
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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).
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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).

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2015


17th November: Double book launch 
Thomas Hale (Oxford), Between Interests and Law (availa
ble 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 (availa
ble 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).

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2014

13th November: Taylor St John, University of Oxford.
The Power of Modest Multilateralism: Explaining ICSID’s Creation and Development (book available here).
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