Mimi Zou

Biography

Dr Mimi Zou is the inaugural Fangda Career Development Fellow in Chinese Commercial Law at St Hugh's College, in association with the Oxford Law Faculty and the Oxford China Centre. It is the first post in Chinese law at the University of Oxford. Dr Zou has the role of developing the subject as a new field of study and research at Oxford, exploring how best to understand Chinese law and the links between law, economy, politics, and society, both within China and as it affects transnational relations. Dr Zou also gives tutorials in the BA in Jurisprudence programme for undergraduate students at St Hugh's College.

Her areas of expertise are in Chinese and comparative contract law, employment law, corporate governance, and commercial dispute resolution, with over 60 publications in international journals, books, and professional magazines. 

Dr Zou obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Law and Bachelor of Civil Law (Distinction) degrees from St John's College and Christ Church, the University of Oxford on a Commonwealth Scholarship and a James Fairfax Oxford Australia Scholarship. She also graduated with first class honours degrees in Law, Economics, and Social Sciences (University Medal) from the University of Sydney. She is currently completing an Executive MBA programme. Dr Zou has been admitted as a lawyer in the state of New South Wales (Australia) and a solicitor of England and Wales. She has also been called to the Bar of England and Wales. 

Prior to her appointment at Oxford, Dr Zou was Edwards Fellow at Columbia Law School, Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Senior Researcher at Utrecht University. Dr Zou has also been a visitor at a number of leading Chinese universities and research institutes, including the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Renmin University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law, Zhejiang University, and Southwest University of Political Science and Law.

Dr Zou won the 2016 International Association of Labour Law Journals Marco Biagi Prize for Best Paper and was a finalist in the 2016 Taylor & Francis Commonwealth Scholar Best Journal Article Prize. She received the first Innovation in Teaching Award from the Faculty of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2015 for blended learning initiatives (such as a 'flipped classroom' project on Elder Law). Her research has been cited in an Australian appellate court and several parliamentary inquiries and covered by international media outlets such as The New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, Reuters, China Daily, and South China Morning Post.

Dr Zou has worked or served as an adviser and consultant for international organisations, government departments, and firms in tech and professional services sectors in China, Europe, USA, and Australasia for over 15 years. She provides training on China-related legal, economic, cultural, and strategic issues for senior civil servants, diplomats, officers of the armed forces, lawyers, and business professionals around the world. She is currently a special adviser to the Great Britain China Centre, a non-departmental public body set up by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). She is also a distinguished international expert of the Asia Society Policy Institute Belt and Road Initiative Task Force. In 2016, the Asia Society named Dr Zou an ‘Asia 21 Young Leader’. She is a finalist in the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, British Council's Education UK Alumni Awards, and Young Australian of the Year Awards. She is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese. 

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