Dr Tan Hsien-Li is Associate Professor at NUS Law School where she teaches ASEAN Law and Policy and Constitutional and Administrative Law. She is concurrently Co-Head of the ASEAN Law and Policy Programme at the university-level research institute, Centre for International Law, NUS. She is also Co-Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law and Co-Series Editor of the ASEAN Integration Through Law Book Series published by Cambridge University Press. Tan’s cross-disciplinary research lies at the intersection of international law, international relations, and political economy. In addition to ASEAN integration and human rights, Tan’s current research on “Geoeconomic, Geostrategic, Geopolitical Shifts and the Global South’s Usage of International Law” investigates how smaller powers shape the contemporary international legal order. She has authored/co-authored 3 books published by Cambridge University Press and published in leading journals such as the European Journal of International Law, Michigan Journal of International Law, and Human Rights Law Review. Tan’s research commands substantive policy and strategic impact. She is the Co-Director of the annual ASEAN Law and Policy Academy and conducts regular engagements with government agencies from ASEAN Member States and its Dialogue Partners. For her contributions to ASEAN Community-building, Dr Tan was awarded the Pingat Kepujian (Commendation Medal) in 2023. Tan is also a well-regarded pedagogue by her tertiary-level and public officer students. She has held fellowships at the European University Institute, Florence; the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice, NYU School of Law. She was previously the AsianSIL Research Fellow at the NUS Law School and the Ushiba Memorial ASEAN Fellow in Tokyo.
