Dr. Maria A. Gwynn, MJur (Oxon)
+++ Dr. Maria Gwynn, MJur (Oxon) is currently on leave. During this time, contact Michaela Musselmann+++
+++ Dr. Maria Gwynn, MJur (Oxon) ist derzeit von Ihren Tätigkeiten am Institut freigestellt. Bitte kontaktieren Sie Frau Musselmann+++
Dr. Maria A. Gwynn, MJur (Oxon) joined the Institute for Public International Law in October 2018. She is currently on leave following her appointment as a member of the Governing Council of ITAIPU by decree of the President of Paraguay.
Her areas of interests are international law and international relations, focusing on diverse areas such as shared natural resources (especially international water law); international treaties; renewable energy and climate change; the international investment framework; international dispute settlement mechanisms, international arbitration; and international sports law.
She was previously an Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellow (2016-2018): Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government and SCR Research Associate, University College, University of Oxford (2017-2018); and at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, US (2016-2017).
She also currently holds positions as (i) International Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) (ii) Senior Research Associate at the Global Economic Governance Programme, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and (iii) Professor of the Strategic Studies Institute of Paraguay (iii) Representative to the Paraguayan National Climate Change Commission on behalf of ITAIPU.
A detailed CV is available here.
List of Publications
Books
- “Adapting Watercourse Agreements to Developments in International Law: The Case of the Itaipu Treaty” Brill Research Perspectives in International Water Law. Vol 4. Issue 1, 2019
- “Power in the International Investment Framework” (Palgrave Macmillan UK 2016)
- “Contratos Internacionales para el sector Privado” (Editorial El Lector Asuncion-Paraguay 2007)
- “Bilateral Investment Treaties of South American Countries and their Consequences at the International Level” Publication with Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany, 2015.
Book Chapters
- (Forthcoming) “Settlement of Water-Related Disputes in International Law” In: Russell Buchan Daniel Franchini Nicholas Tsagourias (eds), The Changing Character of International Dispute Settlement: Challenges and Prospects. Cambridge University Press.
- (Forthcoming) "La Adaptación de Tratados sobre Usos de Ríos Internacionales - para Producción de Energía Hidroeléctrica - al Derecho International". In Miguel Carter (ed), Itaipu. Causa Nacional. La Riqueza Energética Perdida del Paraguay. De Caras a la Revisión del 2023. Editorial Intercontinental, Paraguay.
- (2017) “Susan Strange: Trade as a Secondary Structure”. Book Chapter in German language. In: Handelspolitik und Welthandel in der Internationalen Politischen Okonomie (ed Holger Janusch). Springer VS. Read the english version here.
Articles
- “The Uses of Common and Shared Natural Resources: A Tragedy or a Chance for Governance?” 3 Unweltrechtliche Beiträge aus Wissenschaft und Praxis 2020: 97–156
- “How to share a river” Project Syndicate. September, 2020 (with Bedasso, B).
- “South America and the Living Principle of Reasonable and Equitable Uses of International Watercourses” Water Science Policy, Geography Department Oxford. December, 2020.
- "El Derecho Internacional de Aguas, la Convención de Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho sobre los Usos de Cursos de Agua Internacionales para Fines Distintos a la Navegación, y el Tratado de Itaipu" Revista Diplomática, Academia Diplomática y Consular “Carlos Antonio López”, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la República del Paraguay, Año 9, Número 10 (2020).
- “Structural Power and International Regimes” Journal of Political Power. 2019.
- “Balancing the State’s Right to Regulate with Foreign Investment Protection: A Perspective considering Investment Disputes of the South American Region” Groningen Journal of International Law, Vol.6, Issue 1, 2018
- “Susan Strange: Trade as a Secondary Structure”. Book Chapter in German language. In: Handelspolitik und Welthandel in der Internationalen Politischen Okonomie (ed Holger Janusch). Springer VS, 2017
- “UNCITRAL and the Possibility of Returning to the Multilateral Regulation of Foreign Investments”, Vol. 4 of the “Proceedings of the Congress of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law”, 2017
- “South American Countries’ Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Structuralist Perspective” Journal of International Dispute Settlement, Vol. 6, pp. 97-117, 2015
- “Legal Developments in the Enforcement of International Environmental Commitments (GEG Working Paper 2018/138)
- “Investment Disputes, Sovereignty Costs and the Strategies of States” (GEG Working Paper 2017/132)
- “China and Brazil’s Infrastructure Initiatives and the Role of Regional Counterparts” (GEG Working Paper 2017/135)
Oxford Global Economic Governance Working Paper Preprints
- Public Consultation for the European Union on modalities for investment protection and Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic, Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), 2014.
- World Bank Publications, Doing Business. World Bank Publishing 2007, 2009, 2010.
- International Bar Association, Anti-Money Laundering Forum (Paraguay Chapter). Last updated. 27/05/2014.
Other contributions
- Public Consultation for the European Union on modalities for investment protection and Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the Transatlantic, Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), 2014.
- World Bank Publications, Doing Business. World Bank Publishing 2007, 2009, 2010.
- International Bar Association, Anti-Money Laundering Forum (Paraguay Chapter). Last updated. 27/05/2014
Contact
Institut für Völkerrecht
Adenauerallee 24-42
D-53113 Bonn
Tel: +49 (0) 228 73 9174
Email: maria.gwynn[AT]uni-bonn.de
Currently on leave: Gov. Council ITAIPU