Abhinayan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He lectures and researches in commercial and transport law with emphasis on digitalisation and sustainability. Currently, he is engaged in designing the governance of a transport ecosystem that aims to foster visibility in international trade. Since 2013, he has been the accredited Swedish observer to UNCITRAL Working Group-IV on E- Commerce. Earlier, he worked at Lund University where he managed the delivery of the LLM in Maritime Law Programme.
His full profile may be found at: https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/abhinayanbasu
Research Project
Governing Ecosystems in Maritime Transport
Ecosystems aiding visibility and transparency are being piloted by trade and transport actors to monitor and mitigate the growing disruptions and sustainability concerns in international supply chains. However, most initiatives fail to scale as many actors are unwilling to cooperate and share data due to lack of mutual trust. Faced with this situation, Abhinayan’s research considers the emerging interface of digital innovation and sustainability in transport with particular focus on ecosystem governance. In this context, governance should not be construed in the traditional sense of exclusive governmental actions. Governance refers to the ‘rules of the game’ set by the ecosystem orchestrator to balance tensions among actors. Accordingly, the aim of his research is to examine ways in which system trust may be built through shared governance and the legal issues manifesting therein.
