Stefanie SCHACHERER
Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor of Law
Yong Pung How School of Law
YPHSL
- Doctor iuris, Universities of Geneva and Vienna (co-tutelle), 2019
- LL.M., King’s College London, 2014
- Master of Laws, University of Geneva, 2013
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva, 2011
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present
Other Positions
- Head of Societal Impact, Singapore Sustainable Futures Initiative, 2025-Present
- Co-Director of Studies and Committee Member, International Law Association (ILA), Singapore Branch, 2024-Present
- Steering Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Research Alliance, 2023-Present
- Member, Academic Forum on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), 2021-Present
- Advisor, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Foreign Direct Investment, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), 2021-Present
- Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2020-Present
Past Positions
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore, Centre for International Law (CIL), 2021-2022
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Swiss National Science Foundation), World Trade Institute, University of Bern, 2020-2021
- Lecturer, Swiss School for International Relations, 2019-2020
- Legal Consultant, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Investment Agreements Section, 2017-2018
- Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, 2015-2019
Honours and Awards
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of World Trade and Investment, 2024
- CIBEL Young Scholar Prize, 2023
- Excellence in Reviewing Award, Journal of International Economic Law, 2023
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Postdoctoral Research Grant, 2020-2021
- Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation, Research Grant, 2013-14
Courses Taught in SMU
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Sustainability, Multinational Corporations and International Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Sustainable Development in International Economic Law
- International Trade and Investment Law
- Investment Arbitration
- European External Relations Law
- Climate Change and Energy Transition
- Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Current Projects
- The Net Zero Transition and International Investment Agreements
- Global Trade Governance and Deforestation in Southeast Asia
Selected Publications
- Please refer to Curriculum Vitae for more details
- Google Scholar Author Page | SSRN Author Page
- Stefanie Schacherer, 'The Agility Paradigm: Rethinking Regulatory Policy Commitments in Free Trade Agreements' (2025) 59 Journal of World Trade 1, pp53-76.
- Stefanie Schacherer, 'Building Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chain Frameworks: Limits of International Investment Law and the CSR Initiatives Taken by the EU and China' (2024) 32 Asia Pacific Law Review 2, pp 347-361.
- Stefanie Schacherer, Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law, Brill’s Nijhoff International Investment Law Series, 2021 (sole-authored monograph) 455 p.
- Stefanie Schacherer (with A Reinisch), 'Defining (Sustainable) Investment and Investors' in Cordonnier Segger MC and Stephenson S (eds), Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, Edward Elgar Publishing (accepted, to be published in April 2025)
- Stefanie Schacherer, ‘Art. 8.9 CETA-Agreement on Investment and Regulatory Measures’, in M Bungenberg and A Reinisch (eds), EU-Canada CETA Investment Law - Article-by-Article Commentary, Nomos Hart Publishing 2022, pp 236-255.
- Stefanie Schacherer (ed. with MM Mbengue), Foreign Investment Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Springer International Publishing, 2019, 361 p.
- Stefanie Schacherer (with MM Mbengue), 'The ‘Africanization’ of International Investment Law: The Pan-African Investment Code and the Reform of the International Investment Regime' (2017) 18 Journal of World Investment & Trade 3, pp 414-448.
- Stefanie Schacherer, 'TPP, CETA and TTIP Between Innovation and Consolidation - Resolving Investor-State Disputes under Mega-regionals' (2016) 7 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 3, pp 628-653.
sschacherer@smu.edu.sg
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
Strategic Priorities
HighlightsStefanie Schacherer is an internationally recognized scholar in international economic law, specializing in the intersection of investment law and sustainable development, with extensive academic, advisory, and capacity-building contributions across Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Bridges academic research and practical policy, advising governments and international organizations (UN, African Union, UNCTAD, UNESCAP) on investment law and sustainable development; recognized for methodological rigor, interdisciplinary approach, and capacity-building in developing countries; awarded for teaching excellence and scholarly contributions; active in shaping international legal frameworks and fostering regulatory alignment for sustainability.
Focused research areas include Legal effects of sustainable development in international investment and trade law; regulatory policy commitments in free trade agreements; investment facilitation and sustainable supply chains; climate change, environmental protection, and international investment agreements; regional legal frameworks and convergence in Asia and Africa.
Bridges academic research and practical policy, advising governments and international organizations (UN, African Union, UNCTAD, UNESCAP) on investment law and sustainable development; recognized for methodological rigor, interdisciplinary approach, and capacity-building in developing countries; awarded for teaching excellence and scholarly contributions; active in shaping international legal frameworks and fostering regulatory alignment for sustainability.
Focused research areas include Legal effects of sustainable development in international investment and trade law; regulatory policy commitments in free trade agreements; investment facilitation and sustainable supply chains; climate change, environmental protection, and international investment agreements; regional legal frameworks and convergence in Asia and Africa.
Areas of Expertise
International economic lawinternational investment lawsustainable developmentEU trade and investment lawregulatory cooperationdispute settlementsustainable finance regulationcapacity-building for developing countrieslegal frameworks for multinational corporations.
Past Awarded Grant
- Singapore Ministry of Education (MOE) Tier 1A Research Grant, 2024-present Project title: International Regulatory Cooperation (IRC) and the Role of Companies
- SMU Centre for Commercial Law in Asia (CCLA), Research Grant, 2024-2025 Project title: From Forests to Markets: Unravelling International Trade Law and Deforestation in Southeast Asia
- Baker Mckenzie Wong & Leow, Research Grant, 2022-2023 Project title: Sustainable Finance Regulation: Achieving Greater Regulatory Alignment in Asia and Globally
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Postdoctoral Research Grant; Early Postdoc Mobility, 2020-2021 Project title: Mega-regionals and the Re-shaping of Global Economic Governance - Towards increasing Regulatory Convergence
- Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation, LLM Study Grant, 2013-2014
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Extra-territorial Liability and Enforcement: Finding Ways to Tackle Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia [2025]A Chong, S SchachererChinese Journal of Transnational Law 2 (2), 198-220, 2025
- S Schacherer, A ReinischResearch Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, 45-65, 2025
- S SchachererJournal of World Trade 59 (1), 2025
- NJ Calamita, S Schacherer, F Perez-Aznar, A Florou
- S SchachererAsia Pacific Law Review 32 (2), 347-369, 2024
- S SCHACHERER, A REINISCHEdward Elgar, 2024
This highlights are AI-generated content using the faculty's CV.
- Doctor iuris, Universities of Geneva and Vienna (co-tutelle), 2019
- LL.M., King’s College London, 2014
- Master of Laws, University of Geneva, 2013
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Geneva, 2011
Academic Positions Held
Current Appointment:
- Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, Jul 2022-Present
Other Positions
- Head of Societal Impact, Singapore Sustainable Futures Initiative, 2025-Present
- Co-Director of Studies and Committee Member, International Law Association (ILA), Singapore Branch, 2024-Present
- Steering Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Research Alliance, 2023-Present
- Member, Academic Forum on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), 2021-Present
- Advisor, Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Foreign Direct Investment, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), 2021-Present
- Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2020-Present
Past Positions
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore, Centre for International Law (CIL), 2021-2022
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Swiss National Science Foundation), World Trade Institute, University of Bern, 2020-2021
- Lecturer, Swiss School for International Relations, 2019-2020
- Legal Consultant, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Investment Agreements Section, 2017-2018
- Teaching and Research Fellow, University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, 2015-2019
Honours and Awards
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of World Trade and Investment, 2024
- CIBEL Young Scholar Prize, 2023
- Excellence in Reviewing Award, Journal of International Economic Law, 2023
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Postdoctoral Research Grant, 2020-2021
- Ernst and Lucie Schmidheiny Foundation, Research Grant, 2013-14
Courses Taught in SMU
- Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Sustainability, Multinational Corporations and International Law
Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation
- Sustainable Development in International Economic Law
- International Trade and Investment Law
- Investment Arbitration
- European External Relations Law
- Climate Change and Energy Transition
- Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Current Projects
- The Net Zero Transition and International Investment Agreements
- Global Trade Governance and Deforestation in Southeast Asia
Selected Publications
- Please refer to Curriculum Vitae for more details
- Google Scholar Author Page | SSRN Author Page
- Stefanie Schacherer, 'The Agility Paradigm: Rethinking Regulatory Policy Commitments in Free Trade Agreements' (2025) 59 Journal of World Trade 1, pp53-76.
- Stefanie Schacherer, 'Building Responsible and Sustainable Supply Chain Frameworks: Limits of International Investment Law and the CSR Initiatives Taken by the EU and China' (2024) 32 Asia Pacific Law Review 2, pp 347-361.
- Stefanie Schacherer, Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law, Brill’s Nijhoff International Investment Law Series, 2021 (sole-authored monograph) 455 p.
- Stefanie Schacherer (with A Reinisch), 'Defining (Sustainable) Investment and Investors' in Cordonnier Segger MC and Stephenson S (eds), Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development, Edward Elgar Publishing (accepted, to be published in April 2025)
- Stefanie Schacherer, ‘Art. 8.9 CETA-Agreement on Investment and Regulatory Measures’, in M Bungenberg and A Reinisch (eds), EU-Canada CETA Investment Law - Article-by-Article Commentary, Nomos Hart Publishing 2022, pp 236-255.
- Stefanie Schacherer (ed. with MM Mbengue), Foreign Investment Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Springer International Publishing, 2019, 361 p.
- Stefanie Schacherer (with MM Mbengue), 'The ‘Africanization’ of International Investment Law: The Pan-African Investment Code and the Reform of the International Investment Regime' (2017) 18 Journal of World Investment & Trade 3, pp 414-448.
- Stefanie Schacherer, 'TPP, CETA and TTIP Between Innovation and Consolidation - Resolving Investor-State Disputes under Mega-regionals' (2016) 7 Journal of International Dispute Settlement 3, pp 628-653.