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TARCISIO GAZZINI
Position
Professore Ordinario
Address
VIA DEL SANTO, 28 - PADOVA
Telephone
0498278375
2021- Professor of International Law, University of Padova
2017–21 Professor of International Law, School of Law, University of East Anglia
2014-7 Senior Researcher, School of Law, University of Lausanne
2008–14 Associate Professor, School of Law, VU University Amsterdam
2005–8 Lecturer, International law, School of Law, University of Glasgow
1999–05 Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Padua
EDUCATION
1989–93 Degree in Political Science (110/110), University of Padua
1993–4 LLM in International Law, University of Nottingham
1995–9 PhD in International Law, University of Padua
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
• Founding editor, Journal du droit transnational (Ed. Scientifica), 2024
• Founding editor, International Investment Law Series (Nijhoff-Brill) 2012
• Senior editor, Leiden Journal of International Law (CUP) 2008-16
• Scientific board, Journal on the Use of Force and International Law (Taylor Francis) since 2015
• Scientific board, La ricerca del diritto nella comunità internazionale (Scientifica) since 2014
• Scientific board, Questions of International Law (Ed. Scientifica) 2015-20
ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
• University of Padua, President School of Economics and Political Science, 2021-4
• University of Padua, Member of board of the doctoral programme “International Law and Private and Labour”, since 2018
• Member of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships (UKRI FLF) 2018-21
• University of East Anglia, School of Law, Acting director LLM on Commercial Dispute Resolution, 2019-20
• University of Lausanne, Co-director of a 3-year Research Project financed by the Swiss National Research Foundation, 2014-7
• VU University Amsterdam, School of Law, Co-director of the master “Law and Policy of International Security”, 2008-14
• VU University Amsterdam, Member of the Committee accreditation of master on International Law and Security by the Ministry of Education, 2008
• University of Glasgow, School of Law, Member of the management team of master programmes
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Italian National Scientific Qualification, Full professor 2018
• Legal consultant for governments in investment arbitration (ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL)
• Legal consultant for governments and national associations on matters of public international law
• Consultant United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
• Invited expert, United Nations Conference Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• OSCE, Election observer, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1996), Albania (1997)
• UN Centre for Human Rights, Intern, International Treaties Branch, March – July 1995
VISITING POSITIONS
• Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, 2015 - current
• University of Cagliari, June 2021
• University of Trento, 2017 - current
• World Trade Institute – University of Bern, Doktoratsprogramme universitäre Hochschulen 2017-20, September 2019
• Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, 2012–19
• Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, April 2010
• University of Trento (Italy), June 2009
• University of Bristol (Socrates Programme), January 2004
• University of Geneva (CNR – FNS), June 2001 and March 2003
• University of Oxford (CNR), October 2001
• Academy of International Law, The Hague, 2000 2000
Notices
Office hours
Tuesday from 14:00 to 15:00
at Stanza 2.13 Via del Santo 77
Orario di ricevimento del secondo semestre: martedì dalle 14h00 alle 15h00Thursday from 14:00 to 15:00
at Stanza 2.13 Via del Santo 77
Orario di ricevimento del primo semestre: giovedì dalle 14h00 alle 15h00
Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (2017-2025)
Full list of publication available in CV (pdf)
Books
• Interpretation of International Investment Treaties (Hart, 2016)
• The African Renaissance in the Age of Globalization: What Role of International Investment Law? (CUP, 2026), ed. with Vadi, Mwakaje, forthcoming
• Public Participation and Foreign Investment Law. From the Creation of Rights and Obligations to the Settlement of Disputes (Brill, 2021), ed. with Kent, de Brabandere
• International Law as a Profession (CUP, 2017), ed. with d’Aspremont, Nollkaemper, Werner
Articles and chapters
• The Right to Regulate in International Investment Law, in Collins, Vadi (eds.), Routledge Handbook on International Economic Law (Routledge, 2025) forthcoming
• Investment, in R. Kolb (ed.), International Law at the Times of the League of Nations, Vol. 6 of R. Lesaffer (gen. ed.), Cambridge History of International Law (CUP, 2025) 435
• The Impact of the Pandemic on the Reform of Investment Treaty Standards, in Faccio et al. (eds.), International Investment Law and the Pandemic (Brill, 2024) 24 (with Vadi)
• L’operazione di sicurezza marittima dell’Unione europea volta a salvaguardare la libertà di navigazione in relazione alla crisi nel Mar Rosso, RDI (2024) 787
• Parallel Proceedings. Foreign Investment and Human Rights Claims, in Tsagourias et al. (ed.), The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement. Prospects and Challenges (CUP, 2024) 45 (with Pietrobon)
• International Community? What International Community? 25 ICLR (2023) 508
• Treaty Interpretation, in Tams et al. (eds.), Investment Law as a Motor of Legal Development: Assessing Radiating Effects in General International Law (Edgard, 2023) 80 (with Boknik)
• Beyond Protection: The Role of the Home State in Modern Investment Treaties, in Titi (ed.), Public Actors in International Investment Law - European Yearbook of International Economic Law (2021) 19
• Catalonian Independence Claim. An Analysis from the Standpoint of International Law, 4 SYIL (2021) (with Kolb)
• Interpretation of Awards: Investment Arbitration, MPEPIL, 2021
• Rethinking the promotion and protection of foreign investments: South Africa’s Protection of Investment Act 22 of 2015, in Ngangjoh Hodu, Mbengue (eds.), African Perspectives in International Investment Law (MUP, 2020) 131
• Reconsidering Multilingualism in EU Trade and Investment Agreements in the Light of the Relocation Case (with Pietrobon) 12 JELS (2020) 43
• Beyond Antagonism: Legal Protection of Foreign Investment in the Natural Resources Sector, 9 EYIEL (2019) 113
• Regional Courts and the Development of International Investment Law, in Kamto et al. (eds.), Tribunaux régionaux et développement du droit international (Pedone, 2019) 75
• Travelling the Domestic Route. The South African Investment Act 2015, 25 AJICL (2018) 242
• Intervention in Iraq’s Kurdish Region: Operation Provide Comfort and the Creation of the No-fly Zones (1991-8), in Ruys, Corten (eds.), International Law and the Use of Force: A Case-based Approach (OUP, 2018) 469
• Provisional Measures in ICSID Arbitration. From “Wonderland’s Jurisprudence” to Informal Modification of Treaties, 17 LPICT (2017) 159 (with R. Kolb)
• Role of Sub-Regional Organizations in the Promotion and Protection of Foreign Investment in Africa, 18 JWI&T (2017) 449 (with Denters)
• Teaching International Law in the Age of Communication (editorial), 29 LJIL (2017) 971
