Dr Evelyn (Li) Wang joined Northumbria Law School in January 2024. Evelyn holds a Ph.D in Law and an LL.M in International Law from Newcastle University. Her research is mainly about constitutional environmental mechanisms, such as state environmental duties and the rights-based approach to environmental protection, especially from a comparative perspective. She is also keen to explore issues related to constitutional law, human rights law and climate change. She has presented at international and domestic conferences, and published on prestigious environmental law journals.

Evelyn is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Currently, she teaches the following modules: Environment and Sustainability, Human Rights and Law Reform, English and European Legal Systems, and Law and Society.

Evelyn has undertaken peer review for leading law journals, including amongst others Journal of Environmental Law, Transnational Environmental Law, Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law and Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. Engaged in international collaborative networks, Evelyn has been invited to deliver guest lectures at Fudan University Law School and School of Law, East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, China.

Evelyn is willing to accept Ph.D students with research proposals that align with the range of her research interests.

Evelyn has a general interest in all legal issues related to the environment and sustainability, and a particular interest in the interplay between environmental law, international law, constitutional law and human rights. Specific areas of interest include environmental constitutionalism, human rights and the environment, China's ecological civilisation construction, comparative environmental governance, access to environmental justice and rights-based climate change litigation.