Academic Staff
Dr. Shahla Ali
Assistant Professor of Law
BA (Stanford), MA (Landegg), JD (UC Berkeley), PhD (UC Berkeley)
Member, State Bar of California / Accredited Mediator (HKMC) /
Public Arbitrator (FINRA)
Research Grants/ Fellowships
GRANT RECORD
External Research Grants Awarded
2012 | Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Committee (RGC), Early Career Scheme Grant (ECS), “New Governance and Humanitarian Aid: The Relationship between Law, Globalization and New Forms of Decision Making to Address Humanitarian Health and Nutrition Relief Efforts in East and West” (PI; HK$ 706,886/US$91,121) |
2010 | Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Committee (RGC), Public Policy Research Grant (PPR), “Promoting Economic Integrity through Institutional Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Law and Policy Perspective” (PI; HK$372,000/US$47,952) |
Internal Research Grants Awarded
2012 | University of Hong Kong Research Committee (URC), Seed Funding: “Responsive Mediation: A Comparative Perspective” (PI; HK$72,300 / US$9,389) |
2012 | ExCEL3, Applying Core Values in the Leadership, Management and Service of NGO’s (Leadership and Governance) (Team member; HK$200,000 / US$25,759; PI: Dr. David Palmer) |
2011 | University of Hong Kong Research Committee (URC), “Women’s Participation in Grassroots Decision Making: A Law and Policy Perspective” (PI; HK$49,800 / US$6,467) |
2010 | University of Hong Kong Research Committee (URC), Merit Grant for GRF Application “Prospects and Limits of Customary Mediation in Contributing to Responsive Governance at the Grass Roots in Contemporary China: A 12 Year Review” (PI; HK$25,000/US$3,246) |
2009 | University of Hong Kong Research Committee (URC), Research Funding: “Measuring Success in Sustainable Resource Dispute Resolution” (PI; HK$41,000/ US$5,256). |
2009 | University of Hong Kong Research Committee (URC), Seed Funding: “An Empirical Study of International Arbitration in East Asia” (PI; HK$120,000/US$15,384). |
2009 | University of Hong Kong Travel Grant to Visit Mainland University for Delivering Paper on International Arbitration Survey in East Asia |
| 2013 | University Research Output Prize, University of Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Overseas Fellowship Award, University of Hong Kong |
| 2011 | Research Output Prize, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong |
| 2010-11 | HKU Merit Grant (University Research Committee) |
| 2007 | UC Berkeley Deans Normative Time Fellowship |
| 2006 | Boalt Hall Fellowship |
| 2005 | Selznick Fellowship, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, UC Berkeley |
| 2005,07 | Graduate Fellowship in East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley East Asian Institute |
| 2005 | Graduate Fellowship, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program |
| 2003-04 | Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, US Department of Education |
| 2002-03 | Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, US Department of Education |
| 2001 | Stephen Hassenfeld Fellowship, Hopkins-Nanjing Center |
| 1998 | Departmental Honors/University Distinction, Stanford University |
| 1998 | Stanford Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research, Stanford University |
| 1997 | Barbie Fields Memorial Scholarship for International Relations Research |
| 1996 | Outstanding Contribution, Institute for Int. Mediation and Conflict Resolution |
| 1995 | Building a Better World Public Service Grant |
| 1994 | California Scholarship Federation |
