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 primarily 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 and climate change. Currently Evelyn is developing her interest in the interaction between law, sustainability and technology. She has presented at both international and domestic conferences, and published in prestigious law journals including Journal of Environmental Law, Transnational Environmental Law and Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, amongst others.

Evelyn is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She teaches the following modules on the MLaw and LLB degrees: Environment and Sustainability, Human Rights and Law Reform and English Legal System. She also teaches Law and Society for the Law Foundation programme.

Evelyn has undertaken peer review for leading journals, such as Journal of Environmental Law, Transnational Environmental Law, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, AI & Society, and others. 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, human rights and now technology. Specific areas of interest include environmental constitutionalism, human rights and the environment, China's ecological civilisation construction, comparative environmental governance, rights-based climate change litigation, and sustainability and AI.