Call for Papers: 10th SIEL Global Conference Reimagining International Economic Law: Reasons, Challenges, and Future, 7-9 July 2027
Call for Papers, Posters and Panels The Tenth Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) will take place in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 7 till 9 July 2027, hosted by the University of Canterbury, with support from the New Zealand Law Foundation Centre for Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Otago.
The Tenth Biennial Global Conference will be held in person (a remote option for attendance will be available, but speakers are expected to attend the conference in person).
Conference Theme
The Tenth SIEL Biennial Global Conference will take place at a time of continuing uncertainty in geopolitics, trade and investment relations, alongside ongoing challenges for international economic institutions such as the WTO. At the same time, new bilateral, regional, and plurilateral agreements, together with rapid technological, environmental, and economic change, are reshaping the global economic order.
Proposals for panels/papers/posters
We invite proposals for panels/papers/posters in all areas of international economic law (trade, investment, finance, intellectual property, tax, development, technology, etc.). Proposals must address the conference theme, including but not limited to the following topics:
1. Use of tariffs and other unilateral tools in shaping/reshaping international economic law.
2. New trends in international cooperation in trade, investment and other international economic law areas.
3. Theoretical foundations and underlying functions of international economic institutions, including but not limited to the WTO.
4. Relationship between multilateral, plurilateral and bilateral economic arrangements.
5. Supply chain resilience in strategic and emerging sectors, e.g. critical minerals, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and artificial intelligence (AI).
6. Movements in particular spheres of international economic law, e.g. investment facilitation, trade and inclusiveness, digital economy agreements, data sovereignty, alternative dispute resolution, environmental sustainability, economic security, dual-use technologies, and new developments in international financial systems.
7. International economic law and new emerging technologies.
8. International economic law and economic sanctions.
9. International economic and domestic imperatives, particularly how economic and non-economic goals are reshaping international economic law. 10. Developments in investment dispute resolution.
11. Economic law developments and initiatives in the Pacific region, as compared with non-Pacific regions.
Submission Deadline- 31 July 2026
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