Shin-Yi Peng

Professor Shin-yi Peng is a professor of law at National Tsing Hua University (NTHU). She is currently serving as Commissioner of the National Communications Commission (NCC), the Executive Yuan, Taiwan. Prior to that she was the Director of Institute of Law for Science and Technology at NTHU and was also Deputy Director of NTHU’s Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences. Before joining the NTHU, Professor Peng has taught at the J.D. program in University of Wisconsin Law School, where she received her S.J.D. degree. Member of the New York Bar, she was an intern at George, Hull, Porter & Kohli in Seattle, Washington.

Her current research focuses on telecommunications law, spectrum management, trade in services and WTO dispute settlement. She has been a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute of International Economic Law, and a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University. Professor Peng actively publishes articles in Asia, the United States, and Europe. She is also a frequent speaker at various international conferences, including the conferences organized by the WTO Headquarters in Geneva, the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), and the American Society of International Law.

Professor Peng has received a number of awards including Outstanding Research Award from the National Science Council of Taiwan. She is also the Case Author of the 6th ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law (Case Title: “Teleland–Measures Affecting Telecommunications Service”). She serves in an advisory and consultative capacity to the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan, advising the Government on trade law and policy issues ranging from goods and services to investment, RTAs (especially Chapters of Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce) and other social regulatory issues. She is a member of the Indicative List of Governmental and Non-Governmental Panelists for resolving WTO disputes. In July 2012, Professor Peng was elected as a member of the Executive Council of the SIEL – the largest society of international economic lawyers in the world.