Dr. Zhen Sun is Co-Head of the Ocean Law and Policy (OLP) Programme and Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. She previously served as Associate Professor (Research/Ocean Sustainability, Governance & Management) at the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden, and as Research Fellow at CIL. Her research interests span the law of the sea, international shipping regulation, marine environmental protection, gender equality in ocean governance, and naval warfare. Dr. Sun leads major research programmes, contributes to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision, and publishes widely on the law of the sea and ocean governance. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, LLM degrees from China University of Political Science and Law and the University of Edinburgh, and an LLB from Hainan University.
