Professor Shin-yi Peng

Overview

Shin-yi Peng is Distinguished Professor of Law at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU). Shin-yi specialises in international economic law, with a focus on trade in services, digital trade, and digital technology governance. She is a frequent speaker at academic conferences and has spoken at international organisations including the WTO, APEC and OECD. Her articles have appeared in leading academic journals such as European Journal of International Law, Journal of International Economic Law, Cornell International Law Journal, and Journal of World Trade. She is the author of the book “International Economic Law in the Era of Datafication” (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

Shin-yi has previously held visiting positions at several universities including Georgetown Law's Institute of International Economic Law and has taught law at the University of Wisconsin and Maastricht University. She is currently a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School where she teaches International Economic Law and Digital Trade. Shin-yi has served as the Director of the Institute of Law for Science and Technology, and as the Associate Dean of the College of Technology Management at NTHU. She is a former commissioner of the National Communications Commission of Taiwan. She is a member of the New York Bar, a member of the Indicative List of governmental and nongovernmental panelists to hear WTO disputes, and a member of the roster of arbitrators under the Free Trade Agreement between Taiwan and Singapore. Shin-yi has served on the Executive Council (2012-2020) and as Executive Vice President (2016-2020) of the Society of International Economic Law. She is currently an Editorial Board Member of the World Trade Review, Asia Pacific Law Review, and the Journal of World Investment & Trade.