Professor Clair Gammage
LLB, LLM, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Professor of Law
University of Bristol Law School
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Research interests
Clair is Associate Professor (Reader) of International Economic Law at the University of Bristol. She is an expert in international trade and issue linkages (gender, human rights, labour standards and sustainable development). Clair is interested in the relationship between power, economics and law – and their interplay in the context of international trade. Much of her work has analysed the complexities of trade relationships between states in the global north and global south. Clair’s research is preoccupied with identifying blindspots in international trade law and exploring how legal, policy and regulatory interventions can contribute to sustainable development at the local and global levels. Her current work focuses on mainstreaming development in international trade agreements, with an emphasis on the way(s) in which trade can lead to, and undermine, the economic empowerment of women.
In addition, Clair has been an advocate for increasing awareness of the socio-cultural implications of the post-Brexit trading arrangements between the UK and EU through academic writing, policy advice and media intveriews. She has experience working as a consultant with government institutions in the UK and she has provided expert evidence before both the UK and EU Parliaments on trade issues. She has also provided commentary on trade-related aspects of Brexit to various media outlets based in the UK and overseas.
Clair holds degrees in law from the University of Nottingham (LLB & LLM International Law) and the University of Bristol (Socio-Legal Studies MSc & PhD), where she was an ESRC scholar.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
SMART
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This Project aims to address an increasingly pressing global challenge: How to achieve the EU’s development goals and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, while meeting the global target of staying…Managing organisational unit
University of Bristol Law SchoolDates
01/03/2016 to 29/02/2020
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Selected publications
18/12/2020The Economic Empowerment of Women in Africa
African Journal of International Economic Law
The International Trade Regime and SDG2: Reforming Agricultural Markets for Food Security
Legal Perspectives on Sustainability
(Re)Imagining the Trade-Labour Linkage: The Capabilities Approach
The Capability Approach to Labour Law
Social Norms in EU Free Trade Agreements
Sustainable Trade, Investment and Finance
Recent publications
01/04/2022Commentary on Article XXXVI GATT
Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law
Commentary on Introduction to Part IV GATT
Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law
Sovereignty Fictions in the United Kingdom's Trade Agenda
International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Doing Development Differently
Asia Europe Journal
General Exceptions and Public Interest Regulation
Manchester Journal of International Economic Law