Dr Evelyn Wang

Assistant Professor

School: Northumbria School of Law

Dr Evelyn (Li) Wang joined Northumbria Law School in January 2024. Evelyn holds a Ph.D in Law and an LL.M in International Law from Newcastle University. Her research is primarily about constitutional environmental mechanisms, such as state environmental duties and the rights-based approach to environmental protection, especially from a comparative perspective. She is also keen to explore issues related to constitutional law, human rights and climate change. Currently Evelyn is developing her interest in the interaction between law, sustainability and technology. She has presented at both international and domestic conferences, and published in prestigious law journals including Journal of Environmental Law, Transnational Environmental Law and Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, amongst others.

Evelyn is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She teaches the following modules on the MLaw and LLB degrees: Environment and Sustainability, Human Rights and Law Reform and English Legal System. She also teaches Law and Society for the Law Foundation programme.

Evelyn has undertaken peer review for leading journals, such as Journal of Environmental Law, Transnational Environmental Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, AI & Society, and others. Engaged in international collaborative networks, Evelyn has been invited to deliver guest lectures at Fudan University Law School and School of Law, East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China.

Evelyn is willing to accept Ph.D students with research proposals that align with the range of her research interests.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Evelyn has a general interest in all legal issues related to the environment and sustainability, and a particular interest in the interplay between environmental law, international law, constitutional law, human rights and now technology. Specific areas of interest include environmental constitutionalism, human rights and the environment, China's ecological civilisation construction, comparative environmental governance, rights-based climate change litigation, and sustainability and AI.

Key Publications

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International recognition of the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment: one step forward on human rights, two steps back on environmental protection, Wang, E. 1 Sep 2026, In: Journal of Human Rights and the Environment
Beyond the Formalistic Design of 'Rights' and 'Directives': Framing Environmental Constitutionalism as a Collaborative Model, Wang, E. 5 Aug 2026, In: Transnational Environmental Law
Environmental Constitutionalism in China: A Constitution without Constitutionalism?, Wang, E. 1 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Law
Ecological civilisation constitutionalised: has the time come for China to constitutionalise environmental rights?, Wang, E. 2025, In: Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law

Professional Activity

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Publication Peer-review: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Journal) 2026
Oral presentation: Digitalization, Sustainability and Constitutionalism in China 2026
Oral presentation: China's Approach to Digital Constitutionalism and the Environment 2026
Publication Peer-review: AI and Society (Journal) 2026
Invited talk: Digital/Environmental Constitutionalism 2025
Oral presentation: The UN Recognition of the Right to a Healthy Environment 2025
Membership of network: The Society of Legal Scholars (External organisation) 2025
Membership of network: Socio-Legal Studies Association (External organisation) 2025
Oral presentation: Legal Pathways to Sustainability Transition: Innovation and Resilience 2025
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Indo-China Environmental and Climate Law Online Workshop 2025