Faculty Profile

• Doctor of Law, Ghent University, Belgium, 2012
• LLM, Wuhan University, China, 2007
• LLB, Wuhan University, China, 2004

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present

Other Positions

• Member of Editorial Board, Polar Record (Cambridge University Press, IF=0.8), 2023 - present
• Member of Editorial Board, Marine Policy (Elsevier, IF=4.315), 2021- present
• Member of Editorial Board, Ocean Development and International Law (Taylor & Francis, IF=1.2), 2021 - present
• Co-Chair, International Environmental Law Interest Group, American Society of International Law, 2021 - 2024
• Member of Governing Board, IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, 2021 - 2024
• Associate Professor, Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2020 - 2022
• Director, Centre for Environmental Law, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2020 - 2022
• Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, Australia, 2017 - 2020
• Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of New England, Armidale, Australia, 2015 - 2016
• Marie Curie Research Fellow, Dundee Law School, University of Dundee, United Kingdom, 2013 - 2015
• “Future Ocean” Postdoctoral Fellow, Walther-Schücking-Institute for International Law, University of Kiel, Germany, 2012 – 2013

Course Taught in SMU

• Introduction to Sustainability Law
• Ethics and Social Responsibility
• Sustainable Ocean Law and Governance

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Ocean Law and Policy
• International Environmental Law
• Chinese Environmental Law
• International Polar Law

Current Projects

• Regulating Key Drivers for Marine Biodiversity Loss in Asia, Challenges and Opportunities

Selected Publications

• Google Scholar author page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sm1425MAAAAJ&hl=en
• Scopus author page: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55075616100
• Nengye Liu, Cassandra Brooks, Tianbao Qin (eds), Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions (Edward Elgar, 2019, Cheltenham)
• Nengye Liu, Elizabeth Kirk, Tore Henriksen (eds), The European Union and the Arctic (Brill Nijhoff, 2017, Leiden/Boston)
• Nengye Liu, Jan Jakub Solski, “The Polar Silk Road and the Future Governance of Northern Sea Route”, Leiden Journal of International Law (2022) 35 (4) 853-866
• Nengye Liu, Alexander Proelss and Valentin Schatz, “Regulating Exceptions for Research and Exploratory Fishing in Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas: A Comparative Analysis on Balancing Conservation and Commercial Use”, Ocean Development and International Law (2022) 53 (1) 60-83
• Nengye Liu, “China’s Regulation of its Distant Water Fishing Fleets”, International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (2021) 36 (1) 165-175
• Nengye Liu, “China and One Hundred Years of the Svalbard Treaty, Past, Present and Future”, Marine Policy (2021) 124, 104354
• Nengye Liu, “The Rise of China and Conservation of Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions”, Marine Policy (2020) 121, 104181
• Nengye Liu, “Power, Order, International Law and the Future of the Arctic”, in Kristina Spohr and Daniel S. Hamilton (eds), The Arctic and World Order (Brookings Institution Press, 2020, Washington, D.C.) 295-308
• Nengye Liu, Qi Xu, “The Predicates of Chinese Legal Philosophy in the Polar Regions”, in Dawid Bunikowski and Alan D. Hemmings (eds), Philosophies of Polar Law (Routledge, 2020, London) 131-156
• Nengye Liu, “Emerging and Non-Traditional Actors at the Poles”, in Karen Scott and David VanderZwaag (eds), Research Handbook on Polar Law (Edward Elgar, 2020, Cheltenham) 162-179
• Nengye Liu, “The Rise of China and the Antarctic Treaty System?”, Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs (2019) 11 (2) 120-131
• Nengye Liu, Qi Xu, “How might the European Union Engage Constructively with China in the South China Sea?” Ocean Development and International Law (2018) 49 (4) 301-312
• Nengye Liu, “The European Union and the Establishment of Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica”, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (2018) 18 (6) 861-874
• Nengye Liu, Cassandra Brooks, “China’s Changing Position towards Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean: Implications for Future Antarctic Governance”, Marine Policy (2018) 94 189-195
• Nengye Liu, “Will China Build a Green Belt and Road in the Arctic?” Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law (2018) 27 (1) 55-62