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Prof. Shahla Ali

Professor

Director, Master of Laws in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Arbitrator (UN Funds & Programs, HKIAC, THAC, AIAC, CIETAC, SCIA, FINRA) / Mediator (Energy Community Panel, HKMAAL) / State Bar CA / FCIArb

BA (Stanford), MA (Landegg), SAIS, Hopkins-Nanjing University, JD (UC Berkeley), PhD (UC Berkeley)

Biography

Dr. Shahla Ali is a Professor of Law and Director of the LLM in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at the University of Hong Kong.  She served as Associate Dean (International) between 2017-2026. A recognized expert in comparative arbitration, sustainable governance and cross-border dispute resolution in the Asia Pacific, Dr. Ali’s research has been published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and the International and Comparative Law Quarterly. She is currently leading a 3 year collaborative research project exploring pathways to mitigate legal and environmental risk in infrastructure development. The findings of her forthcoming book, Dispute Prevention through Community Engagement in Infrastructure Development in the Asia Pacific (Cambridge University Press) have been described by the former Secretary-General of ICSID as “vital for preventing or mitigating disputes… leading to better outcomes for all.”

Her earlier work, including Forming Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms (2021) and her co-authored commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (2020) addressed regional rule-making and legal development in international dispute systems and have informed major court decisions in the region. Her work Governing Disasters: Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief (2016) established frameworks for integrating local civic participation into post-disaster humanitarian aid, and her comparative studies on Court Mediation Reform (2018) and Consumer Financial Dispute Resolution (2013) have provided empirical insights for judicial reformers. Frequently called upon by international news media such as Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the South China Morning Post, Dr. Ali has contributed to global discourse on cross-border commercial coordination and legal reform in the region and globally.  Her papers are available on SSRN where she is among the top 1.5% of legal authors by downloads.

Professor Ali has been engaged in dispute resolution reform at the regional and global levels. She serves as a designated delegate to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group on Dispute Resolution Reform, a global arbitrator for the UN Funds and Programs and an expert consultant for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the World Bank Group (IFC/WB) and USAID. She co-drafted the IBA’s Investor-State Mediation Rules, co-designed the AIIB’s internal mediation framework, and is Chair of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Non-Proliferation and Arms Control group. She serves on the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration and the International Task Force on Mixed Mode Dispute Resolution. Regionally, she served as a member of the Department of Justice’s (HK) Mediation Regulatory Framework Sub-Committee, the HK Financial Dispute Resolution Appointments Committee and HKIAC’s Women in International Arbitration Committee, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) China Committee, and the Executive Committee of the Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum.

Shahla has held visiting academic appointments at Stanford, NYU, Sciences Po, the National University of Singapore, and the Max Planck Institute. She has served on the editorial board of Law & Social Inquiry and acts as a manuscript reviewer for both Oxford and Cambridge University Presses. Prior to HKU, Professor Ali practiced international trade law with Baker & McKenzie in its San Francisco office.

Research Area

  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
  • Law and Development in East Asia
  • Globalization of Law


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Research Area

  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
  • Law and Development in East Asia
  • Globalization of Law

Publications

Teaching

Fellowships/Awards

簡介

Books

  • Ali, S. (2021). Forming Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms: Soft Law and the Role of UNCITRAL’s Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific. Edward Elgar Publishing.  ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., Bantekas, I., Gomez, M., & Ortolani, P. (2020). UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.54648/joia2020039 ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2018). Court Mediation Reform: Efficiency, Confidence and Perceptions of Justice. Edward Elgar Publishing. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2016). Governing Disasters: Engaging Local Populations in Humanitarian Relief. Cambridge University Press. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2013). Consumer Financial Dispute Resolution in a Comparative Context: Principles, Systems and Practice. Cambridge University Press. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2011). Resolving Disputes in the Asia-Pacific Region: International Arbitration and Mediation in East Asia and the West. Routledge. ssrn publisher DOI

Edited Volume

  • Ali, S. (Ed.). (2023). Comparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution. Routledge. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., Colombo, G., Barzak, F., & Karton, J. (Eds.). (2022). Diversity in International Arbitration: Why it Matters and How to Sustain it. Edward Elgar Publishing. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., Nottage, L., Jetin, B., & Teramura, N. (Eds.). (2021). New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. Kluwer Law International. https://doi.org/10.54648/amdm2021029

  • Ali, S., & Ginsburg, T. (Eds.). (2013). International Commercial Arbitration in Asia. Juris. ssrn publisher

Journal Articles

  • Ali, S. (2024). The Seeming Paradox of Prevention: Dispute Mitigation by Multilateral Development Banks. Civil Justice Quarterly, 43(2), 142–168. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4746737 ssrn

  • Ali, S., Koo, AKC., Kwok, M.  (2024). Preventing Challenges: The Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators and Mediators in Hong Kong. Asian Dispute Review, 2024(1), 1–44. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2023). Decentralized Global Legal Ordering. Michigan State Law Review, 2023(2). ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2020). ICA and ISDS Developments in Hong Kong in the Context of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Civil Justice Quarterly, 39(3). ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & Komolo, E. (2020). UNCITRAL’s Engagement in African and Latin American Dispute Resolution and Reform. Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, 35(3). ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2018). The Power of Reflection – Advancing Transnational Dispute Systems through Devolved Reflection and Shared Knowledge Generation. Journal of Baha’i Studies, 28(4). ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2019). Civil Mediation Reform: Balancing the Scales of Procedural and Substantive Justice. Civil Justice Quarterly, 37(4).

  • Ali, S. (2018). Practitioners’ Perception of Court-Connected Mediation in Five Regions: An Empirical Study. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 51(4), 245–274. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2018). Nudging Civil Justice: Examining Voluntary and Mandatory Court Mediation User Experience in Twelve Regions. Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, 19(2), 269–288. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2016). The Legal Framework for Med-Arb Developments in China: Recent Cases, Institutional Rules and Opportunities. Dispute Resolution International, 10(2), 119–132. ssrn

  • Ali, S., & Repousis, O. (2017). Investor-State Mediation and the Rise of Transparency in International Investment Law: Opportunity or Threat. Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, 45(2), 225–249. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2016). Mass-Claims Mediation in China. The Journal of Comparative Law, 10(2), 142–157. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3044992 ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & Rubino-Sammartano, M. (2015). Winds of Change as to Intra-Arbitration Appellate Proceedings Have Reached Asia (Parts I & II). Asian Dispute Review, 17(2 & 3), 72–76, 143–149.

  • Kabau, T., & Ali, S. (2015). A Human Rights-Based Approach to the Global Regulation of Humanitarian Relief: The Emerging Obligation to Incorporate Local Participation. Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 40(3), 791–826. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2015). Asian Disasters, Global Impact: Japan’s Fukushima Disaster and Prospects of Utilizing Investor-State Mediation and UNCITRAL Transparency Rules. Asian Dispute Review, 17(1), 34–39.

  • Ali, S. (2015). Towards Peer Presence in Post-Disaster Governance: An Empirical Study. Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 38(2), 243–274. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2015). Crowd-Sourced Governance in a Post-Disaster Context. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 64(1), 211–226. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020589314000347 ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & Kabau, T. (2014). Self-Governance by Humanitarian Non-State Actors in Health and Nutrition Relief. DePaul Journal of Health Care Law, 16, 141–164. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & Kabau, T. (2014). Non-State Actors and the Evolution of Humanitarian Norms: Implications of the Sphere Charter in Health and Nutrition Relief. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 5, 70–104. https://doi.org/10.1163/18781527-00501001 ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2013). The Jurisprudence of Responsive Mediation: An Empirical Examination of Chinese People’s Mediation in Action. Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 45(2), 227–248. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2013). Globalization and Financial Dispute Resolution: Examining Areas of Convergence and Informed Divergence in Financial ADR. Journal of Dispute Resolution, 2013(2), 331–347. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2013). Lessons for the US System of Financial Arbitration: A Responsive Empirical Exploration of Arbitration and Ombudsman Services. Frontiers of Law in China, 8(4), 651–688. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S., & Huang, H. R. (2012). Financial Dispute Resolution in China: Arbitration or Court Litigation? Arbitration International, 28(1), 77–100. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & DaRoza, A. (2012). Alternative Dispute Resolution Design in Financial Markets—Some More Equal than Others: Hong Kong’s Proposed Financial Dispute Resolution Center in the Context of Experience in the UK, US, Australia and Singapore. Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 21(3), 485–531. ssrn publisher

  • Huang, H. R., & Ali, S. (2011). Governing Financial Disputes in China: What Have We Learned from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008? University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review, 7, 195–220. ssrn

  • Ali, S., & Mak, S. P. (2012). Exploring Effective Financial Dispute Resolution Design Models Through a Learning Orientation: Experiences from East Asia. Beijing Arbitration Quarterly, Spring, 142–159. ssrn

  • Noguchi, L., & Ali, S. (2011). Women, Decision Making and Sustainability: Exploring the Experience of the Badi Foundation in Rural China. Hastings Women’s Law Journal, 22, 295–315. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S., & Lee, F. (2011). Resolving Financial Disputes in the Context of Australian and Canadian Civil Justice Reform. Australian Journal of Dispute Resolution, 125–131. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S., & Lee, F. (2011). Lessons Learned from a Comparative Examination of Global Civil Justice Reforms. International Journal of Law and Management, 53(4), 262–280. DOI

  • Ali, S. (2011). Facilitating Settlement at the Arbitration Table: Comparing Views on Settlement Practice Among Arbitration Practitioners in East Asia and the West. Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 1(6). ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S., & Wang, J. K. (2011). After Lehman: International Response to Financial Disputes – A Focus on Hong Kong. Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business, 10(2), 151–177. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2011). Financial Governance in the Context of Globalization. Soochow Law Journal.

  • Ali, S., Davis, W. E., & Lee, J. (2011). Multi-Stakeholder Dispute Resolution: Building Social Capital Through Access to Justice at the Community Level. Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, 11(2), 181–206. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2011). The Morality of Conciliation: An Empirical Examination of Arbitrator “Role Moralities” in East Asia and the West. Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 16, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1873090 ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2011). Globalization and Financial Dispute Resolution: A View from Hong Kong. Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review, 33(3).

  • Ali, S. (2010). Measuring Success in Devolved Collaboration. Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, 26, 93–112. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2010). Barricades and Checkered flags: An Empirical Examination of the Perceptions of Roadblocks and Facilitators of Settlement Among Arbitration Practitioners in East Asia and the West. Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, 19, 243–278. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2009). Approaching the Global Arbitration Table: Comparing the Advantages of Arbitration as Seen by Practitioners in East Asia and the West. Review of Litigation, 28(4), 791–844. ssrn

  • Ali, S., Davis, B., & Katbeh, L. (2005). Creating a Commercial Dispute Resolution Center in the Palestinian Territories. Dispute Resolution Journal, 60–72. ssrn publisher

  • Davis, W. E., & Ali, S. M. (2004). Building Social Capital Through Consultative Decision Making: A Proposal for an Integrated Approach to Local Justice Sector Reform Programs. International Association for Conflict Management 17th Annual Conference. ssrn DOI

Invited Book Chapters

  • Ali, S. (2026). The role of Chinese arbitration centres in environmental, social and governance (ESG) disputes. In R. Bales & D. Xie (Eds.), Arbitration in China: Building global influence in dispute resolution. Cambridge University Press. ssrn

  • Ali, S. (2025). Deciding Lawsuits Outside of Court: Mediation in Hong Kong. In M. Woo & C. H. Rhee (Eds.), Comparative Civil Procedure (pp. 501–514). Edward Elgar. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2024). Comparative International Arbitration Law. In M. Siems & P. J. Yap (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of comparative law (pp. 610–624). Cambridge University Press. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2024). Conciliation Beyond the Courts – Aspirations and Limits of Mandated and Voluntary Court Mediation Programmes from a Multi-Jurisdictional Perspective. In B. Hess, M. Woo, S. Cadiet, S. Menetrey, & E. Vallines Garcia (Eds.), Comparative procedural law and justice, Part XV(Ch 2). ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2023). Advancing Research and Practice in the Governance of Dispute Resolution Institutions through Inclusive Devolved Reflection. In S. Ali (Ed.), Comparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution. Routledge. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2023). Introduction: Comparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution: Research into Practice. In S. Ali (Ed.), Comparative and Transnational Dispute Resolution. Routledge.  ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & Neuhaus, S. (2023). The Emergence of Soft Law as an Applicable Source of Procedural and Substantive Law. In A. Bjorklund, F. Ferrari, & S. Kroll (Eds.), Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration. Cambridge University Press. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2022). Research Ethics: A Guide for Research Postgraduate Students at the University of Hong Kong. In S. Ali (Ed.), GRSC6102: Manual on research ethics for research postgraduates (pp. 1–10). The University of Hong Kong.

  • Colombo, G. F., Ali, S., Balcerzak, F., & Karton, J. (2022). Introduction: Reaching Sustainable Diversity in International Arbitration. In G. F. Colombo, S. Ali, F. Balcerzak, & J. Karton (Eds.), Diversity in International Arbitration: Why it matters and how to sustain it. Edward Elgar. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2022). Fluidity of Culture: Convergence and Informed Divergence in Cross-Border Arbitration. In G. F. Colombo, S. Ali, F. Balcerzak, & J. Karton (Eds.), Diversity in international arbitration: Why it matters and how to sustain it. Edward Elgar. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., Repousis, O., & Kabau, T. (2020). Commentary on Select Articles of the UNCITRAL Model Law. In S. Ali, I. Bantekas, M. Gomez, & P. Ortolani (Eds.), Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration. Cambridge University Press. DOI

  • Teramura, N., Ali, S., & Reyes, A. (2021). Expanding Asia-Pacific Frontiers for International Dispute Resolution: Conclusions and Recommendations. In L. Nottage, S. Ali, B. Jetin, & N. Teramura (Eds.), New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. Kluwer Law. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2021). New Frontiers in Hong Kong’s Resolution of ‘One Belt One Road’ International Commercial and Investor State Disputes. In L. Nottage, S. Ali, B. Jetin, & N. Teramura (Eds.), New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. Kluwer Law. ssrn DOI

  • Ali, S. (2021). Transnational commercial law–Developments and controversies. In P. Zumbansen (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of transnational law. Oxford Academic.  ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2020). The Application of Non-State-Based Standards in International Arbitration. In P. S. Berman (Ed.), Oxford handbook of global legal pluralism. Oxford University Press. ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2018). Dispute Resolution in International and Bilateral Investment Agreements. In IP as property. Kluwer Law. ssrn

  • Ali, S. (2018). The Adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration in Hong Kong. In G. Bell (Ed.), The UNCITRAL Model Law and Asian Arbitration Laws (pp. 9–28). Cambridge University Press.  ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2020). Transnational Law and Global Dispute Resolution. In P. Zumbansen (Ed.), The Many Lives of Transnational Law: Critical Engagements with Jessup’s Bold Proposal. Cambridge University Press.  ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S. (2016). Harmonizing UNCITRAL Conciliation and State Mediation Law: Developments in Civil Mediation Reform. In M. P. Ramaswamy (Ed.), UNCITRAL Conciliation in Asia. UNCITRAL RCAP. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2017). Balancing Procedural and Substantive Arbitration Reforms: Advancing International Arbitration Practice in Hong Kong. In A. Reyes & W. Gu (Eds.), The Developing World of Arbitration (pp. 39–65). Bloomsbury Publishing.  ssrn publisher DOI

  • Ali, S., & Koo, A. (2013). Mediation in Hong Kong SAR. In W. Guiguo & Y. Fan (Eds.), Mediation in Asia-Pacific: A Practical Guide to Mediation and its Impact on Legal Systems (pp. 225–242). Wolters Kluwer. ssrn

  • Ali, S. (2013). Arbitration in Asia in a Comparative Perspective: Examining the Role of the Arbitrator in Facilitating Settlement. In S. Ali & T. Ginsburg (Eds.), International Commercial Arbitration in Asia (Ch. 1). Juris Publishers.

  • Ali, S. (2020). Cultural issues in international arbitration. In International Commercial Arbitration Practice in the 21st century (Vol. 3, Ch. 6). LexisNexis. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S., Kang, R., Emery, A., Ta-Wei, C., & Matz, D. (2013). Innovations and Pitfalls in Chinese ADR Pedagogy. In C. Honeyman & A. K. Schneider (Eds.), Educating negotiators for a connected world (pp. 145–170). DRI Press. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2013). Cultural issues in international arbitration. In International Commercial Arbitration Practice in the 21st century (Vol. 2, Ch. 6). LexisNexis.

  • Delicado, N., et al. (2012). Assessing Negotiation Competitions. In C. Honeyman & A. K. Schneider (Eds.), Assessing our Students: Assessing Ourselves (pp. 213–246). DRI Press. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2010). Cultural Issues in International Arbitration. In International Arbitration Practice in the 21st century (Vol. 1, Ch. 6). LexisNexis. ssrn publisher

  • Ali, S. (2008). Negotiation Preparation. In Peace Process Negotiations Briefing Book. Public International Law and Policy Group/USAID. ssrn

  • Ali, S. (2003). Foreign Service Act of 1946. In Major acts of Congress (Vol. 1, pp. 113–114). Macmillan.

  • Ali, S. (2003). US Information and Exchange Act (1948). In Major acts of Congress (Vol. 2). Macmillan.

  • Ali, S. (1998, 2001). Global Crime, Global Enforcement: A Case for International Legal Jurisdiction over Acts of Terrorism. In A. S. Narang & P. Srivastava (Eds.), Terrorism: The Global Perspective. Kanishka Publishers.

Translations

  • Ali, S. (2001). 张文显主编，《法律学》北京：高等教育出版社， 1999 （2001重印 全国高等学校法学专业和新课程教材 (Zhang Wen Xian, Jurisprudence, Beijing Higher Education Press, 1999 (2001) Sections on: Legal Research & Legal Education; The Nature of Law; The Forms and Validity of Law; The Principles of Law; The Nature of Rights; The Rule of Law and the State Ruled by Law; The Spirit of the Rule of Law. )

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Courses:  Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong

  • GRSC 6029: Research Ethics for Graduate Students in Law, Economics, Social Sciences
  • LLAW 6138: Arbitration Law
  • LLAW 6196: Preventative Law
  • LLAW 6022: Advanced Research Methodology
  • LLAW 6163: Negotiation: Settlement and Advocacy
  • LLAW 6161: Mediation
  • LLAW 6158: Contract Law
  • LLAW 3159: Negotiation Theory and Practice
  • LLAW 2016: Legal Research & Writing V (tutor)
  • LLAW 1001: Law of Contract I (tutor)
  • LLAW 1002: Law of Contract II (tutor)
  • LLAW 6014: Dissertation

 

Other Institutions:

  • National University of Singapore, Singapore International Arbitration Academy, Arbitration Law, Singapore
  • Peiking University (STL), Pearl River Delta Academy, Investor State Dispute Resolution, Macau SAR
  • Duke University/University of Hong Kong Institute in Transnational Law, International Arbitration Law, Hong Kong SAR
  • Santa Clara Summer Program, Public International Law of Investor-State Arbitration, University of Hong Kong, HK
  • HKU School for Professional & Continuing Education, HK Company Law & Anti-Bribery Ordinance (Putonghua), Hong Kong SAR
  • Stanford Program for Gifted Youth, Cross Cultural Dispute Resolution in a Global Environment, Beijing, PRC
  • UN Office of Human Resource Management/QED Consulting, Collaborative Negotiation; Mediation, NY, NY
  • UC Berkeley, Education for Social Change (Instructor); Law and Society in China (GSI), Berkeley, CA
  • German Legal Institute, Corporations, Nanjing, PR China

External Research Grants Awarded – PI

  • 2025: Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), Collaborative Research Fund (CRF; C7030-24GF) “Mitigating Legal and Climate Risk in Asia Pacific Infrastructure Development” (PI; HK$2,000,000)
  • 2022-2025: Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), General Research Fund (GRF), “Is an Ounce of Prevention Worth a Pound of Cure?: Assessing the Development of Dispute Prevention Mechanisms Along the Belt and Road” (PI; HK$780,059/US$99,850)
  • 2018 : Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), General Research Fund (GRF), “Soft Law from the Ground Up: The Role of the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific in the Formation of Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms” (PI; HK$688,080/US$87,706)
  • 2015 : Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Committee (RGC), General Research Fund (GRF), “Balancing the Scales of Procedural and Substantive Justice: Assessing the Efficacy of Civil Mediation Reform” (PI; HK$627,500/ US$80,967)
  • 2012 : Government of Hong Kong Research Grants Committee (RGC), Early Career Scheme Grant (ECS), “New Governance and Humanitarian Aid: The Relationship between Law, Globalization and New Forms of Decision Making to Address Humanitarian Health and Nutrition Relief Efforts in East and West” (PI; HK$ 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)

 

Fellowships

  • 2020 : University Research Output Prize, University of Hong Kong
  • 2019 : University Knowledge Exchange Award
  • 2018 : University Outstanding Teaching Award
  • 2018 : Women in Education Leadership Award, World Education Congress
  • 2017 : Faculty of Law, Knowledge Exchange RAE Case Study Impact Award
  • 2015 : University Outstanding Young Researcher Award, University of Hong Kong
  • 2015 : University Research Output Prize, University of Hong Kong
  • 2014 : Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Hong Kong
  • 2014 : Visiting Scholar, Renmin University School of Law
  • 2013 : Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Law and Society
  • 2013 : Member, Academic Council, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
  • 2013 : University Research Output Prize, University of Hong Kong
  • 2012 : Overseas Fellowship Award, University of Hong Kong
  • 2011 : Faculty Research Output Prize, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong
  • 2010 : HKU Incentive Grant (University Research Committee)
  • 2007 : UC Berkeley Deans Normative Time Fellowship
  • 2006 : UC Berkeley Boalt Hall Fellowship
  • 2005 : Selznick Fellowship, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, UC Berkeley
  • 2005 : Graduate Fellowship in East Asian Studies, UC Berkeley East Asian Institute
  • 2005 : Graduate Fellowship, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, UC Berkeley
  • 2003 : Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, US Department of Education
  • 2002 : 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 : Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research, Stanford University
  • 1997 : Stanford University Barbie Fields Memorial Scholarship for International Relations Research
  • 1996 : Outstanding Contribution, Institute for Int. Mediation and Conflict Resolution (IIMCR)
  • 1995 : Building a Better World Public Service Grant
  • 1994 : California Scholarship Federation

 

Editorial Boards

  • Law and Social Inquiry, Editorial Board
  • Hong Kong Law Journal, Articles Editor
  • International Journal of Law in Context, Guest Editor
  • World Arbitration and Mediation Review, Advisory Board
  • Sociologia del Derrito
  • African Journal of Comparative Constitutional Law, Int. Advisory Board
  • Dong-A Journal of International Business Transactions Law
  • Berkeley Journal of International Law, Articles Editor

Manuscript/Reviewer/Referee

Manuscripts:

  • Oxford University Press
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Routledge: Taylor & Francis
  • Kluwer Law
  • Juxta Publishing

Journal Articles:

  • Civil Justice Quarterly
  • Law and Society Review
  • Law and Social Inquiry
  • Hong Kong Law Journal
  • Asia Pacific Law Review
  • Chinese Journal of International Law
  • Politics and Governance
  • Mediation Theory and Practice
  • Asian Journal of International Law
  • Disasters Journal
  • Journal on Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Asian Journal of Criminology

安夏蘭教授

法律學系

教授兼副院長（國際）

法學碩士仲裁及排解爭端法課程總監

學士（史丹福）、證書 (南京大學),碩士（蘭德格）、法律碩士（加州大學伯克利分校）、哲學博士（加州大學伯克萊分校）、仲裁員 (CIETAC, HKIAC, SCIA, FINRA) / 調解員 (HKMAAL) / 加州大律師資格

 

安夏蘭教授是香港大學法律學院的法學教授兼副院長（國際），法學碩士仲裁及排解爭端法課程總監。她的研究着重於亞太地區的管治、可持續發展和跨境爭議的排解。她亦在中國國際經濟貿易委員會香港分會、香港國際仲裁中心、韓國商務仲裁委員會和新加坡國際仲裁中心擔任雙語仲裁員（英文/中文）。

安夏蘭教授一直參與區域和全球層面的排解程序改革，包括與美國國際開發署、國際金融公司/世界銀行和聯合國就有關尋求司法公正、和平進程談判培訓、金融爭議排解和土地使用衝突等問題進行改革。她曾在世界銀行/國際金融公司調解名冊、跨國仲裁研究所學術委員會、貿易法委員會第二工作組和國際律師協會的投資者-國家調解規則起草委員會任職。在區域方面，她曾擔任律政司（香港）調解督導委員會監管機構副委員會、香港金融糾紛調解中心遴選委員會、香港國際仲裁中心仲裁女性俱樂部委員會和亞太調解論壇執行委員會的成員。

安夏蘭教授的工作強調了權力下放參與、法律協調和區域多樣性在跨境爭議解決系統設計中的作用。她最近的著作包括《Forming Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms 》(Elgar, 2021年) 、《《法院調解改革》（Elgar，2018 年）、《治理災難》（Cambridge，2016 年）、《比較背景下的消費者金融糾紛解決》（Cambridge，2013 年）《和解決亞太地區的糾紛》（Routledge，2010 年）。她的著作闡釋亞太地區的發展，並促成了更多從跨學科角度研究比較爭議解決系統的研究出版。

在加入香港大學之前，安夏蘭教授曾在 Baker & McKenzie 的國際貿易集團擔任律師。她擁有史丹福大學國際關係和中文學士學位，以及加州大學伯克利分校的法律碩士學位和哲學博士(法學和社會政策)學位。她曾在新加坡國立大學、紐約大學、加州大學洛杉磯分校、中國人民大學、杜克大學、加州大學伯克利分校和史丹福大學擔任訪問學人的職位。

安夏蘭教授很樂意指導比較排解程序、法律與發展、國際仲裁、投資者與國家爭端解決和自然資源治理等領域的研究生。

 

研究領域

  • 仲裁及排解爭端
  • 東亞地區的法律與可持續發展
  • 法律全球化