8 November 2024
We are pleased to announce that CIBEL Centre Co-Director Associate Professor Weihuan Zhou has been promoted to Professor, effective from 1 January 2025.
Associate Professor Weihuan Zhou has been a member of CIBEL since its establishment in 2015 and became a Co-Director in 2023. Weihuan is a recognised expert in the field of international economic law, especially on the nexus between international trade law and China.
His work has been published in some of the world’s leading journals such as the American Journal of International Law, the International & Comparative Law Quarterly, the Journal of International Economic Law, the World Trade review, and the China Quarterly. His research has been cited widely, including in reports of the European Parliament, the Parliament of Australia, Australia’s Productivity Commission, US Congressional Research Services and World Economic Forum. His latest co-authored book titled ‘Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China’s State-Owned Enterprises and The World Trading System’ was published by the Cambridge University Press.
Beyond his academic achievements, Weihuan has been involved in various leadership roles in the international community. He sits on the Editorial Boards of the World Trade Review and the Journal of WTO and China, the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), and the Council of Future Trade and Investment at the World Economic Forum.
Before his career in academia, Weihuan was a trade and commercial lawyer at a top-tier Australian law firm in Sydney. In that capacity, he advised foreign governments, industry associations, and major companies in many trade remedy cases, investment transactions and other commercial matters. He is a qualified lawyer in Australia and continues to consult for leading Australian law firms on foreign trade and investment matters alongside his academic pursuits.
Associate Professor Weihuan Zhou’s research can be found at SSRN, Twitter , and LinkedIn.