Pasha L. HSIEH
(On Leave)
Full-time Faculty
Professor of Law; Lee Kong Chian Fellow
Yong Pung How School of Law
YPHSL
- Ph.D. in Political Science, Free University of Brussels, 2019
- J.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2006
- LL.M., University of Pennsylvania, 2003
- LL.B., National Chengchi University, Taiwan, 2000
- Attorney and Counselor-at-Law, New York
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, July 2022-Present
- Jean Monnet Chair in EU-ASEAN Law and Relations, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Apr 2022-Present
Other Positions
- Associate Dean (Faculty Matters & Research), School of Law, Singapore Management University, Feb 2020-Dec 2022
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of International Economic Law, 2024-Present
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of World Investment & Trade, 2024-Present
- Panel Member, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, 2022-Present
- Executive Council Member, Society of International Economic Law, 2018-Present
- Visiting Professor, National Taiwan University, Dec 2023
- Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, July 2021
- Co-Chair, American Society of International Law-Asia-Pacific Interest Group, 2017-2020
- Director, LLM Programme, Singapore Management University, July 2017-Jun 2020
- Associate Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, July 2016-June 2022
- Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Singapore Management University, July 2009-June 2016
- Managing Editor, Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Brill, 2006-Present
- Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP, 2005; 2007-2008
- Legal Affairs Officer, WTO Appellate Body Secretariat, 2006-2007
Honours and Awards
- Jean Monnet Chair (European Commission), 2022-2025
- Lee Kong Chian Fellowships, 2018-2022; 2024-2025
- Taiwan Studies Project Grant, 2024-2027
- Korea Foundation Research Grant, 2022-2023
- Sumitomo Foundation Research Grant, 2021-2022
- Most Outstanding LGST (Legal Studies) Teacher Award, 2015
- Lee Foundation Fellowship for Research Excellence, 2010-2011
- Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2004-2006
Course Taught in SMU
- Law of International Trade
- Overseas Project Experience (SMU-X): EU-ASEAN Law and Relations
- International Law and Global Politics
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- ASEAN Law and Policy
- WTO and International Economic Law
- Public International Law
- China, Singapore, Taiwan and International Law
Current Projects
- Green regionalism and sustainability
- Indo-Pacific strategies and international law
- EU trade and investment agreements with Asian countries
- Recognition theory in international law and international relations
Selected Publications
- For additional publications, see SSRN and Selected Works
- Pasha L. Hsieh, New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2022), 300 pages; Chinese edition (2022), 384 pages; Japanese edition (2024), 299 pages; Featured on the NYU U.S.-Asia Law Institute Blog
- Pasha L. Hsieh & Bryan Mercurio eds, ASEAN Law in the New Regional Economic Order: Global Trends and Shifting Paradigms (Cambridge University Press 2019), 426 pages
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “Shaping Green Regionalism: New Trade Law Approaches to Environmental Sustainability,” Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 33:2, pp. 172-182 (2024)
- Pasha L. Hsieh, "New Investment Rulemaking in Asia: Between Regionalism and Domestication", World Trade Review, 22:1, pp. 173-92 (2023); Featured on the Oxford Business Law Blog