Work in Progress - Weekly Research Meetings

The Laureate Team meets every Thursday to discuss the research conducted over the previous week, developments in the field, new literature, and events of relevance in the news. At this meeting, Laureate Program Visiting Researchers present their work in progress for intensive workshopping with the team. Other researchers from the University, or further afield, in cognate fields may also be invited to come to the meeting and present their work in progress for workshopping by the team.

In 2023 WIP presentations from outside the team include:

  • Anastasiya Kotova talking about Corporate Criminal Accountability.

  • Yilin Wang talking about the History of State Owned Enterprises in China.

  • Dr Jennifer Lacy-Nichols, VicHealth Commercial Determinants of Health Research Fellow, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, sharing her work on Corporate Influence in Policy Making. (27 April)

  • Professor Luis Eslava discussing Antony Anghie’s recent Foreword for the European Journal of International Law, ‘Rethinking International Law: A TWAIL Retrospective’ (8 June – open to others)

  • Professor Douglas Harris, Nemetz Professor of Legal History, University of British Columbia, sharing work in progress on Condominium. (29 June - open to others)

  • Lauren Zanetti, Pillar Two (16 November)

In 2024, WIP presentations from outside the team include:

  • Kathleen Claussen talking about the possibilities of trade law as a means of policing corporations and their supply chains (29 February)

  • Andrew Sanger talking about his ongoing research work on the interactions between international law and corporations (14 March)

  • Charlie Peevers discussing the SS Wimbledon case and the Suez Canal Company (21 March)

  • Negar Mansouri discussing her research on critical global histories of international law and international organisations (18 April)

  • Elise Bant discussing her work on new models of corporate accountability (23 May)

  • Celine Tan talking about her work on the privatisation of development finance, particularly climate finance (11 June)

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