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 prestigious environmental law journals. Evelyn currently is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and teaches the following modules: Human Rights and Law Reform, English and European Legal Systems and Law and Society. Evelyn has recently 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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