Gao Yang
Assistant Professor
Department: Faculty of Law
Tel.: (853) 8897-3698
Office: R764
E-mail: gaoyang@must.edu.mo
Academic Qualification

Ph.D, / International Economic Law / Australian National University

Master / Civil and Commercial Law / Xiamen University

Bachelor / Zhongnan   University of Economics and Law

Teaching Area

International Economic Law; Transnational Data Governance; International Investment Law; International Commercial Arbitration.

Research Area

International Economic Law; Transnational Data Governance; International Investment Law; International Commercial Arbitration.

Working Experience

Present  Assistant Professor /   Faculty of Law / Macau University of Science and Technology

Academic Publication (selected)

I. Transnational Data Regulation:

1. A Battle of the Big Three?—Competing Conceptualizations of Personal Data Shaping Transnational Data Flows, Chinese Journal of International Law (Oxford University Press, (OUP), SSCI), Volume 22(4), pp. 707-787, Nov. 2023;

2. Forum-Shifting to Regulate Data Privacy: The Creation and Evolution of EU Data Protection Regulation, manuscript accepted for publication and forthcoming in Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business (SSCI);

3. Personal Information Protection under Chinese Civil Code: A Newly Established Private Right in the Digital Era, Tsinghua China Law Review (ESCI), Volume 13(1), pp. 165-185, Nov. 2020.

II. International Investment Law:

1. Bridging Separate Worlds—Application of Human Rights Law in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business (SSCI), Volume 42(1), pp. 1-73, Oct. 2022;

2. What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Deference in Investment Treaty Arbitration?, Journal of International Dispute Settlement (OUP, SSCI), Volume 13(3), pp. 472-509, May 2022;

3. The Role of Public International Law in Integrating Human Rights Considerations in Investment Treaty Arbitration, Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy (SSCI), Volume 16(2), pp. 275-327, Sept. 2021.

III. International Commercial Arbitration:

1. Bridging an Access to Justice Gap for International Commercial Dispute Resolution: Recent Developments of Interim Measures in Cross-Border Chinese Arbitration, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (SSCI), Volume 59, pp. 608-684, Aug. 2021;

2. “The Legal Nature of Arbitral Awards Made by Foreign Arbitration Institutions in Mainland China” (《境外仲裁机构在中国内地仲裁裁决的法律性质》) (in Chinese), Beijing Arbitration Quarterly (《北京仲裁》(中国法制出版社)) (published by Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center), Vol. 122, 2024;

3. “The Limitation of Party Autonomy in International Arbitration” (《国际仲裁对当事人意思自治的限制》) (in Chinese), China International Arbitration Review (《中国国际仲裁评论》(法律出版社) ) (published by Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration and Peking University Law School), Volume 5, pp.89-109, Feb. 2023;

4. Interim Measures in Chinese Arbitral Proceedings under Chinese Law: Status Quo, Institutional Limitations and Recent Developments (《中国法下仲裁程序中的临时措施:现状、限制及新发展》) (in Chinese), Beijing Arbitration Quarterly (《北京仲裁》(中国法制出版社)) (published by Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center), Volume 116(2), pp.94-127, Nov. 2021;

Books
Patents
Professional Certification and Awards

1. The Best Paper Prize in the 2022 Youth Scholar International Investment Arbitration Writing Contest hosted by China International Investment Arbitration Forum (October, 2023);           

2. 2021 CIBEL Global Network PhD Prize (for the best paper submitted to the 2021 CIBEL Global Network Conference and Young Scholars Workshop) by University of New South Wales, Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre (May 2022);

3. The Best Paper Prize in the 2021 Youth Scholar International Investment Arbitration Writing Contest hosted by China International Investment Arbitration Forum (October, 2022);

4. The First Prize of the 10th BAC Cup National College Commercial Arbitration Writing Contest hosted by Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center (October, 2022);

5. The Best Paper Prize in the Second CNARB “Yi Cai” Cup Chinese Arbitration Essay Contest hosted by SCIA Chinese International Arbitration Research Academy and CNARB (April, 2021);

6. The First Prize of the 8th BAC Cup National College Commercial Arbitration Writing Contest hosted by Beijing Arbitration Commission and Beijing International Arbitration Center (October, 2020).

Professional Society Membership

1. Acting as an outside peer reviewer (invited by the editors-in-chief or managing editors) for the following international journals:

  - Chinese Journal of International Law (OUP, SSCI, impact factor: 1.1, Law (2023 Q1))

  - Journal of International Dispute Settlement (OUP, SSCI, impact factor: 0.982, Law (2023 Q1))

  - Journal of World Investment and Trade (Brill, double-blind peer-reviewed)

  - Journal of Contemporary China (Routledge, SSCI, five-year impact factor: 3.5 (2023), Political Science and International Relations (2023 Q1))

  - Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature, SSCI, two-year impact factor: 3.5, Social Sciences (2023 Q1));

2. Member of American Society of International Law.