Founding Affiliates

Prof. Lingjie Kong is a Founding Member of the Academy, and a Professor of International Law, and Associate Dean for Research and International Cooperation at the China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University.

His principal research interest lies in peaceful settlement of international disputes, with a focus on the settlement of territorial, transboundary water and maritime disputes. His research areas cover the law and practice of the International Court of Justice, the law of acquisition of territories in international law, the law of international watercourses and the law of the sea.

His publications include:

The Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala case and the customary rules on the definition of international watercourse, (2020) 29 Review of European, Comparative and International Environmental Law 3.

Environmental impact assessment under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Chinese Journal of International Law, Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2011, Pages 651–669.

Data Protection and transborder data flow in the European and global context, European Journal of International Law, Volume 21, Issue 2, May 2010, Pages 441–456.

International jurisprudence on the law of international watercourses (国际水道法相关国际判例研究)，Journal of Boundary and Ocean Studies（《边界与海洋研究》）, Volume 2, 2020, 5-58.

International decisions and jurisprudence on the law of acquisition of territories in international law（《领土争端成案研究》）, Social Sciences Academic Press (China), 2016.

Bionote

Professor Kong’s legal education includes LLM in international law at Wuhan University Law School, diploma in international law and international relations at the Chinese-American Center of Johns-Hopkins University and Nanjing University, PhD in law at Wuhan University Law School and University of Paris Sud Faculté Jean-Monnet. He was academic visitor to University of Oxford, Utrecht University and some other interesting places.