Director

Paolo Davide Farah

Founder, President and Director

‍Professor Paolo Davide Farah is Founder, President and Director of gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives forSustainable Development, Full Professor(with tenure) at West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences,John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, Department of Public Administration and “Internationally Renowned Professor/Distinguished Professor of Law” (Full Professor level) at Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), Law School, Beijing, China.

Senior research associates

Francesco Adamo

Senior Research Associate

Emeritus Professor of Geography, Development Studies and Planning.

Francesco Bestagno

Senior Research Associate

Full Professor of European and International Law at Catholic University of Milan, Faculty of Law.

Imad Antoine Ibrahim

Senior Research Associate

In 2022, Imad Antoine Ibrahim has been promoted and appointed as a Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiative for Sustainable Development. He was Research Associate and Project Manager at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiative for Sustainable Development from 2014 to 2022. He is also an Assistant Research Professor and Research Projects Manager at the Center for Law and Development (CLD), College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

Gilbert Michaud

Senior Research Associate

Dr. Gilbert Michaud is a Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development (United Kingdom). He is also an Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy at the School of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University Chicago.

Federico Lorenzo Ramaioli

Senior Research Associate

Federico Lorenzo Ramaioli is an Italian jurist and lawyer. He is a diplomat of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, presently serving as Deputy Head of Mission of the Italian Embassy in Doha. He was research assistant at the Chairs of Philosophy of Law and Legal Methodology in the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan. His publications include monographs and articles in comparative law and philosophy of law.

Fernando Dias Simões

Senior Research Associate

Professor Dias Simões is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)

Sabrina Urbinati

Senior Research Associate

Dr. Sabrina Urbinati is Senior Research Associate at gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development. She is an Expert of International and European Union Law. Her main areas of research are the international protection of cultural heritage and of the environment.

Jernej Letnar Černič

Senior Research Associate

Jernej Letnar Černič is Associate Professor of Human Rights Law at the Graduate School of Government and European Studies (Ljubljana and Kranj, Slovenia)

Research Associates, Project managers and external collaborators

Chieh Sheng Lin

Research Associate

Elena Cima

Research Associate

Tasha Dawn Frazie

Research Associate

Ivana Gaskova

Director of Marketing, Communications and External Relations

Carlo Vittorio Giabardo

Research Associate

Imad Antoine Ibrahim

Senior Research Associate
Project Manager

Vanessa Kopec

Research Associate

Gabriele Libera

Research Associate

Faran Shoaib Naru

Research Associate

Tivadar Ötvös

Research Associate
Project Manager

Silvia Polloni

Research Associate

Marek Prityi

Research Associate

Enrica Rocca

Research Associate

Fernando Dias Simões

Senior Research Associate

Martin Švec

Research Associate

Riccardo Tremolada

Research Associate

YIN Wei

External Collaborator

Davide Giacomo Zoppolato

Research Associate

fellows, Visiting Scholars and visiting researchers

Deng Haifeng

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Chen Haoyu

Visiting Researcher from Peking University School of Government, Beijing (PRC)

Chen Yijian

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Cheng Lihua

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Duan Xiaomei

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC) and Director of Examination Division, Trademark Review and Adjudication Board (TRAB), State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), People’s Republic of China

Han Xiao

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Han Yuquan

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Jia Peitao

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Jiang Yuhao

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Shang Yiqing

Visiting Researcher from Peking University School of Government, Beijing (PRC)

Tao Huang

Visiting Scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University KoGuan Law School, Shanghai (PRC)

Tian Chenyang

Visiting Researcher from Peking University School of Government, Beijing (PRC)

WU Pan

Visiting Researcher from Peking University School of Government, Beijing (PRC)

Wan Lili

Visiting Scholar from Wuhan University, Wuhan (PRC)

Wang Ling

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Xu Xiaohong

Visiting Researcher from Peking University School of Government, Beijing (PRC)

Yang Bingqian

Visiting Researcher from Peking University School of Government, Beijing (PRC)

Yao Jia

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)

Zhang Xiang

Visiting Scholar from Tsinghua University, Beijing (PRC)