Dr Evelyn Wang

Lecturer

Department: Northumbria Law School

Dr Evelyn (Li) Wang joined Northumbria Law School in January 2024. Evelyn holds a Ph.D in Law and an LL.M in International Law from Newcastle University. Her research is mainly about constitutional environmental mechanisms, such as state environmental duties and individuals' right to a healthy environment, especially from a comparative perspective. Evelyn has a general interest in all legal issues related to the environment and sustainability. In particular, areas of interest include environmental constitutionalism, human rights and the environment, China's ecological civilisation construction, comparative environmental governance, access to environmental justice and rights-based climate change litigation. She has presented at international and domestic conferences, and published on privileged environmental law journals. Evelyn currently is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches Human Rights and Law Reform, English and European Legal Systems and Law and Society. Evelyn has been invited to deliver guest lectures at Fudan University Law School and School of Law, East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China.

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Key Publications

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Environmental Constitutionalism in China: A Constitution without Constitutionalism?, Wang, E. 1 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Law
Environmental Constitutionalism in China: A Constitution without Constitutionalism?, Wang, E. 26 Mar 2024, SLSA Conference
A beacon of hope for a troubled Earth? A critical analysis of China’s authoritarian approach to constructing ‘ecological civilization’, Wang, E. 6 Oct 2023, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law
A beacon of hope for a troubled planet? A critical analysis on China’s authoritarian approach to constructing ‘ecological civilization’, Wang, E. 20 Oct 2022, 2022 Toronto Conference on Earth System Governance, Lund, Sweden, Earth System Governance Project
Addressing the Climate Crisis Through Procedural Environmental Rights in the Age of Information, Wang, E. 17 Jul 2021
Book Review: Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards, Wang, E. 1 Jun 2021, In: Environmental Law Review
Human Rights and the Environment: Legality, Indivisibility, Dignity and Geography, edited by James R. May & Erin Daly Edward Elgar, 2019, 616 pp, £215 hb, £172 ebk ISBN 9781788111454 hb, 9781788111461 ebk, Wang, E. 1 Jul 2021, In: Transnational Environmental Law
Lost in Implementation: The Gap between Rhetoric and Reality in the Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment, Wang, E. 19 Apr 2021, Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference
The Human Rights Responsibilities of States as a Result of Climate Change, Wang, E. 27 Jul 2021
From “Rhetorical” to “Juridical”: Human Rights Instruments Addressing Climate Change Based on the Development of Environmental Rights, Wang, E. 3 Dec 2020, Queen's University of Belfast Law Student Research Network Symposium

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: International Recognition of Environmental Rights and China's Construction of Ecological Civilisation 2024
Invited talk: Constitutional Environmental Design in China 2024

Qualifications

Law PhD March 28 2024
Law PGCert July 07 2020
Law LLM October 11 2017

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