Fikile Portia Ndlovu is a Professor of International Maritime Business at the
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA. Dr. Ndlovu specializes in publishing
research and teaching of international trade laws, which directly includes subjects
such as International Commerce, International Trade, the Law of the Sea, Marine
Environmental Law and International Diamond Trade Law subjects. As a practicing
Maritime Lawyer, Dr. Ndlovu has provided consultancy services to Government
bodies such as the Ports Regulator, legal compliance advice and support to various
commercial entities; she has also sat as an arbitrator and assessor in various tribunals
bringing specialized academic and practical legal knowledge. Dr. Ndlovu’s Diamond Law Book, which investigates the use of natural resources, international
financial systems and the mining of sea areas, has received a citation for “Most
Notable Publication Received in the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law
(JERL) Vol 31 No 3”.
Trisha Rajput is Assistant Professor at the School of Business, Economics and
Law, University of Gothenburg, where she lectures to both law and management
students on international trade law. She holds a Doctorate in Law and Master’s in
European and International Business Law from the University of Leeds, United
Kingdom. She did her Bachelor’s degree in Law from India and was admitted to the
Bar Council of India in 2005. Her research interest lies in the area of international
economic law with particular focus on international trade law. Her current research
considers the contribution of digital infrastructures and the impact of trade facilitation measures in enhancing the efficiency and predictability of global value chains.
More recently, her research has focused on Belt and Road Initiative. She has worked
on research projects funded by the Swedish government and the European Union.
Desai Shan PhD, LLB is an Ocean Frontier Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Schulich Law School, Dalhousie University, Canada. Her research project is Regulating Maritime Occupational Health and Safety in the Canadian Arctic Gateway:
Regulatory Divergence or Convergence between the Shipping and Fishing Sectors.
Before joining Dalhousie University, Dr. Shan was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow
at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. She conducted a research project on
Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and Management on the Great Lakes
and St. Lawrence River. Funded by the Nippon Foundation, Dr. Shan completed her
PhD in socio-legal studies at the Seafarers International Research Centre, Cardiff
University, Wales. She is a maritime lawyer and a socio-legal researcher. She has
published 13 articles, several of which in leading academic peer-reviewed journals,
including Marine Policy, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry and Relations
Industrielles/Industrial Relations.
Baris Soyer is Professor and Director of the Institute of International Shipping and
Trade Law at Swansea University; he is also a member of the British Maritime Law
Association and British Insurance Law Association. He is the author of Warranties
in Marine Insurance (2001), Marine Insurance Fraud (2014), and many articles
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Massachusetts Maritime Academy, USA. Dr. Ndlovu specializes in publishing
research and teaching of international trade laws, which directly includes subjects
such as International Commerce, International Trade, the Law of the Sea, Marine
Environmental Law and International Diamond Trade Law subjects. As a practicing
Maritime Lawyer, Dr. Ndlovu has provided consultancy services to Government
bodies such as the Ports Regulator, legal compliance advice and support to various
commercial entities; she has also sat as an arbitrator and assessor in various tribunals
bringing specialized academic and practical legal knowledge. Dr. Ndlovu’s Diamond Law Book, which investigates the use of natural resources, international
financial systems and the mining of sea areas, has received a citation for “Most
Notable Publication Received in the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law
(JERL) Vol 31 No 3”.
Trisha Rajput is Assistant Professor at the School of Business, Economics and
Law, University of Gothenburg, where she lectures to both law and management
students on international trade law. She holds a Doctorate in Law and Master’s in
European and International Business Law from the University of Leeds, United
Kingdom. She did her Bachelor’s degree in Law from India and was admitted to the
Bar Council of India in 2005. Her research interest lies in the area of international
economic law with particular focus on international trade law. Her current research
considers the contribution of digital infrastructures and the impact of trade facilitation measures in enhancing the efficiency and predictability of global value chains.
More recently, her research has focused on Belt and Road Initiative. She has worked
on research projects funded by the Swedish government and the European Union.
Desai Shan PhD, LLB is an Ocean Frontier Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Schulich Law School, Dalhousie University, Canada. Her research project is Regulating Maritime Occupational Health and Safety in the Canadian Arctic Gateway:
Regulatory Divergence or Convergence between the Shipping and Fishing Sectors.
Before joining Dalhousie University, Dr. Shan was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow
at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. She conducted a research project on
Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and Management on the Great Lakes
and St. Lawrence River. Funded by the Nippon Foundation, Dr. Shan completed her
PhD in socio-legal studies at the Seafarers International Research Centre, Cardiff
University, Wales. She is a maritime lawyer and a socio-legal researcher. She has
published 13 articles, several of which in leading academic peer-reviewed journals,
including Marine Policy, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry and Relations
Industrielles/Industrial Relations.
Baris Soyer is Professor and Director of the Institute of International Shipping and
Trade Law at Swansea University; he is also a member of the British Maritime Law
Association and British Insurance Law Association. He is the author of Warranties
in Marine Insurance (2001), Marine Insurance Fraud (2014), and many articles
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