Role: Professor, Fuzhou University School of Law
Fuzhou, China

  Contact: springcqs@163.com

  Research Interests:
Environmental Law | Vulnerability Theory | Conflict of Law

 

Professor Chen is a nationally recognized environmental law scholar in China. She has been granted "special subsidies from China State Council for outstanding experts" since 1997 for her outstanding achievements in legal research. She is also the vice chair of the China Environment & Resources Research Committee. 

Chen served as the Dean of Fuzhou Law School from 2001-2008, has been the director of the Environmental Law Research Center in Fuzhou Law since 2001, and has supervised PhD candidates since 2006. Chen's scholarly interest over the past years has revolved around the philosophical foundations of environmental law. She has published eight books and dozens of articles. She has also received awards for her writing, including two first prize awards in Social Science from Fujian Province and one third prize award from the Chinese Ministry of the Judiciary. During her stay at Emory Law School, Chen will explore vulnerability theory and its implications for Chinese environmental law. Chen will also avail herself of this visiting opportunity to develop a better understanding of U.S. environmental theory, law, and policy.