Faculty Profile

• 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), 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, “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)