Leïla Choukroune is Professor of International Law and Director of the University of Portsmouth thematic area in Democratic Citizenship. She is regularly approached as an independent expert on international economic law and business and human rights. Her research focuses on the interactions between international trade and investment law, human rights, development studies, jurisprudence and social theory. She has published numerous scientific articles, book chapters and special issues in English, French, Spanish and Chinese, and has authored more than ten books, including, recently, Judging the State in International Trade and Investment Law (2016), Exploring Indian Modernities (2018), and Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy (in press). She is the Editor of both International Law and the Global South series, and Human Rights, Citizenship and the Law series. She is also Associate Editor of the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law.