Call for Papers: CIL Conference on Conceptualising International Energy Law: Shaping the Future Amidst Transition in a VUCA World
National University of Singapore, 25th September 2025
The Centre for International Law (CIL) at the National University of Singapore is pleased to announce a one-day conference titled ‘Conceptualising International Energy Law: Shaping the Future Amidst Transition in a VUCA World’, which will take place in Singapore on Thursday, 25 September 2025. We invite you to submit your abstracts for presentation. Selected candidates will have the opportunity to develop their proposals into chapters for inclusion in an edited book following the conference.
It is within the above context that this conference aims to foster a deeper understanding of international energy law, and welcomes presentations on the conceptualisation of international energy law as well as those providing global and regional perspectives on how the energy transition and energy governance are shaping its conceptualisation and development. Of particular interest are presentations, including but not limited to, those on the following topics:
- Interdisciplinary approaches and linkages between international energy law and other global legal regimes (such as climate, environment, trade, investment, human rights etc.)
- Defining the scope and priorities of international energy law: principles, norms, and meta-norms
- Evolving theories of international energy law in a rapidly changing global context
- Interrelationships between international energy law and global energy governance
- Re-imagining international energy law for the global energy transition and the energy trilemma
- Impact of geopolitical conflicts on international energy law
- The role of regional energy cooperation in shaping international energy law
- The North–South divide and international energy law
- Role of courts and tribunals in shaping international energy law
This conference welcomes scholars interested in engaging in discussions on the conceptualisation and development of international energy law and how global and regional perspectives on energy governance and the energy transition are shaping its conceptualisation and development.
Funding & Publication:
Candidates whose proposals are selected will have their costs for travel (return airfare on economy) and hotel accommodation (two nights) covered. Additionally, selected candidates will have the opportunity to develop their proposals into chapters for inclusion in an edited book following the conference.
Important Dates:
- Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 June 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: 30 June 2025
- Conference Date: 25th September 2025
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