Fabian Graf is Research Associate at the National University of Singapore. He serves as Managing Editor of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law. Fabian has earned an LLM degree in Public International Law from Utrecht University, specialising in International Environmental Law, and a BA degree in International Relations from the University of Erfurt, complemented by extensive coursework in law and political economy. Building on his interdisciplinary background, Fabian’s research interests centre on the interplay between law and political economy. His approach is rooted in the recognition that, on the one hand, it is law that constitutes an economy – law determines what can be turned into capital, protects the structures in which profits are made, and privileges the interests of some actors over others –, and that, on the other hand, law itself is often created and interpreted in accordance with prevalent economic understandings and assumptions. Fabian is particularly interested in the legal governance of money, finance, and sovereign debt in light of the climate crisis. His research also explores the methods, theories, ethics and politics of the disciplines of Comparative Law and Public International Law, and is interested in ‘cross-border legal ordering’, such as transnational governance and regulation, with a particular focus on digital transformation and the data economy.
