Round-table discussion "COVID-19 in Asia: Lessons and Reflections Two Years On"

Discussion on how much has changed in the two years since the pandemic was formally declared from a law and governance perspective.

1. The potential pandemic-related threats to governance within Asia and globally.
2. The implications of the pandemic for the role of state and non-state actors in Asia.
3. The importance of innovative forms of collaboration and cooperation in response to global challenges, from the Covid-19 pandemic to the climate crisis.

This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Please contact Shigenori Matsui at matsui@allard.ubc.ca to RSVP and to receive the Zoom link.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
 

Dr. Victor V. Ramraj is Professor of Law and Chair in Asia-Pacific Legal Relations at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Since 2017, he has served as Director of the of the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives. Before returning to Canada in 2014, he spent 16 years at the National University of Singapore, and was twice seconded to the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies in London. He also teaches regularly in the LLM in Business Law at Chulalongkorn University. His recent research interests and publications span comparative public law, transnational regulation, and the regulatory challenges arising from the state-company relationship. He has published dozens of articles and book chapters in leading publications in North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa and has seven edited or co-edited volumes to his credit, including Emergency Powers in Asia: Exploring the Limits of Legality (with A.K. Thiruvengadam, Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Covid-19 in Asia: Law and Policy Contexts (Oxford University Press, 2020).