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Pasha L. Hsieh is an internationally recognized scholar and educator in international economic law, Asian legal studies, and regional integration, whose work has shaped legal scholarship, policy, and practice across Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Highly cited by international organizations (UN ESCAP, OECD, Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland), government agencies, and academic reviews; combines rigorous scholarship with policy relevance and regional impact; recognized for leadership in international law societies and editorial boards; recipient of multiple teaching and research awards; influential in shaping discourse on Asian regionalism, trade law, and sustainability; multilingual and active in cross-border collaborations.
Focused research areas include New Asian regionalism in international economic law; trade and sustainability norms; regional trade agreements (ASEAN, RCEP, EU-ASEAN); recognition theory in international law; trade-technology nexus in Indo-Pacific regionalism; investment rulemaking; legal and political dimensions of regional integration; liberalization of legal services; development and poverty reduction through trade.
Highly cited by international organizations (UN ESCAP, OECD, Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland), government agencies, and academic reviews; combines rigorous scholarship with policy relevance and regional impact; recognized for leadership in international law societies and editorial boards; recipient of multiple teaching and research awards; influential in shaping discourse on Asian regionalism, trade law, and sustainability; multilingual and active in cross-border collaborations.
Focused research areas include New Asian regionalism in international economic law; trade and sustainability norms; regional trade agreements (ASEAN, RCEP, EU-ASEAN); recognition theory in international law; trade-technology nexus in Indo-Pacific regionalism; investment rulemaking; legal and political dimensions of regional integration; liberalization of legal services; development and poverty reduction through trade.
Areas of Expertise
International economic lawPublic international lawAsian legal studies
Past Awarded Grant
- Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1 Research Grant (PI, "Green Regionalism in International Law"), 2024-25
- Taiwan MOE, Taiwan Studies Project Grant (PI, "Southeast Asia-Taiwan Sustainable Trade Law and Relations"), 2024-27
- Baker Mckenzie. Wong & Leow Grant (PI, "Green Regionalism in World Trade Law"), 2023-24
- European Commission, Jean Monnet Chair in EU-ASEAN Law and Relations Grant, 2022-25
- Korea Foundation Research Grant, Korea (PI, "Enhancing the ASEAN-Korea Strategic Partnership in New Asian Regionalism"), 2022-23
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- C Chen, KC Chang, IH HsiaoChinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Volume 42 (2024 …, 2025
- PL HsiehLeiden Journal of International Law 35 (1), 129-154, 2022
- 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, 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
- Associate Research Fellow, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, 2025-present
- Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School, 2025-present
- Visiting Professor, National Taiwan University, 2023-2024
- Visiting Professor, Seoul National University, July 2021
- Executive Council Member, Society of International Economic Law, 2018-2024
- 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
- 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
- Lee Kong Chian Professorship, 2025-2026
- 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
- EU-ASEAN Law and Relations
- Overseas Project Experience (SMU-X)
- 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
- Recognition theory in international law and international relations
Selected Publications
- For additional publications, see SSRN
- Pasha L. Hsieh, New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law (Cambridge University Press, 2022), 300 pages; Chinese edition (2022), 384 pages; Japanese edition (2024), 300 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, “Beyond Non-Recognition: U.S.-Taiwan Trade Agreements in Indo-Pacific Dynamics,” University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 47:1, pp. 1-82 (2025)(Lead Article in the Volume)
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “Green Regionalism in World Trade Law,” World Trade Review, 24:2, 172-93 (2025)
- 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
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “Shaping New Interregionalism: The EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement and Beyond,” Leiden Journal of International Law, 35:2, pp. 129-54 (2022)
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “Against Populist Isolationism: New Asian Regionalism and Global South Powers in International Economic Law,” Cornell International Law Journal, 51:3, pp. 101-50 (2018)
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “Reassessing the Trade-Development Nexus in International Economic Law: The Paradigm Shift in Asia-Pacific Regionalism,” Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, 37:3, pp. 321-69 (2017)
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “Liberalizing Trade in Legal Services under Asia-Pacific FTAs: The ASEAN Case,” Journal of International Economic Law, 18:1, pp. 153-85 (2015)
- Pasha L. Hsieh, “The Roadmap for a Prospective US-ASEAN FTA: Legal and Geopolitical Considerations,” Journal of World Trade, 46:2, pp. 367-396 (2012)