Dr Jennifer Lander

My research is in socio-legal studies, more specifically at the intersection of transnational economic law and constitutionalism. My current research focuses on the influence of transnational legal norms on mining governance in "frontier" economies like Mongolia, and engages conceptually with the question of how international economic processes interact with the constitution of states more broadly. Where my 2020 monograph focused on legal and economic processes of state transformation, my current research explores the grassroots impact of these shifts upon practices and paradigms of citizenship. I am Principal Investigator on two grants from the British Academy and the Independent Social Research Foundation.

The Institute for Evidence-Based Law Reform (IELR)

Lander, J. (2020) Transnational Law and State Transformation: The Case of Extractive Development in Mongolia. Abingdon: Routledge.

Lander, J. (2020) “Community Development Agreements and the State’s Extractive Strategy in Mongolia: Participatory Governance or Governance Participation?” in A. Paliwala and S. Adelman (eds.) The Limits of Law and Development: Neoliberalism, Governance and Social Justice. Abingdon: Routledge.

Lander, J. (2019) “Doing ‘Law in/and Development’: Theoretical, Methodological and Ethical Reflections” in N. Creutzfeldt, M. Mason & K. Mcconnachie (eds) Routledge Handbook on Socio-Legal Theory and Methods. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 206-219.

Lander, J. (2014) ‘Book Review: Maria Eriksson Baaz and Maria Stern: Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War? Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond’ Feminist Legal Studies 1(22).

Lander, J. (2014) ‘A Critical Reflection on Oyu Tolgoi and the Risk of a Resource Trap in Mongolia: Troubling the “Resource Nationalism” Frame’ Law, Social Justice and Global Development Journal 2013(2). Available online (peer reviewed)

Public engagement outputs:

Lander, J. (2020) "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Investor-State Arbitration and Mongolia's Rapidly Shrinking Policy Space." Guest post on Mongolia Focus blog, 11th March 2020. 

Lander, J., Hatcher, P. & Jargalsaikhan, S. (2019) “Summary Brief: Civil Society Engagement and the World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework in Mongolia.” Internal briefing document for civil society submitted to the UN Independent Expert on Debt.

Stewart, A. & Lander, J. 2018. 'Transforming Gender Relations in an Ageing World: A Policy Discussion Paper.' HelpAge International 

Lander, J. (2015) ‘Building Sandcastles on the Steppe? Mining, Herding and Water Governance in the Gobi’ Lacuna Magazine.

development studies; constitutional theory; international economic law; transnational law; governance

Constitutional and administrative law

Gender and the law

Law and development

PhD in Law (University of Warwick); LLM in International Development, Law and Human Rights (Distinction, University of Warwick); BA in International Relations and Development Studies (1st Class, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand)

Public Law, Gender and the Law

Faculty Early Career Researcher of the Year, Faculty of Business and Law, De Montfort University (2020)

Early Career Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick (2017-2018)

Warwick Law Scholarship for PhD study (2013-2016)

Best Graduating Student, International Development, Law and Human Rights LLM, University of Warwick (December 2013)

Diplomatic Corps Prize for International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ) (2011)

Higher Education Academy (Associate Fellow) 
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) 
International Economic Law Collective 
Law and Development Research Network (LDRN)

'Forced Identities in the Last Capitalist Frontiers? Insights into Local Pastoralist Communities' Contestation Strategies against Large-Scale Mining in Mongolia,' Conference paper (co-written with Dr Pascale Hatcher, University of Canterbury, NZ) on the panel 'Prefiguring Indigeneity at Capitalist Frontiers: Conservation-Extractivism and Resource-Making in the Age of Climate Change, POLLEN Conference (22nd-25th September 2020)

‘Transnational Law and State Transformation: The Case of Extractive Development in Mongolia’ Book Launch Conversation, Law and Development Research Network Conference, Humboldt University, Berlin (25^th-27^th September 2019)

‘Pastoralists in Mongolia’s Mining Economy: Negotiating Indigenous Identity in a New Governance Environment’ Conference Paper (co-written with Dr Pascale Hatcher, University of Canterbury NZ) ‘Lands of the Extracto-cene: The Extractive Industries, Climate Change and Mobile Pastoralists’ International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Inter-Congress “World Solidarities” Posnan, Poland (27-31^st August 2019)

‘The State has Forgotten Its Reason for Being? A Socio-Legal Analysis of Extractive Development and State Transformation in Mongolia’ Research Presentation, American Centre for Mongolian Studies Speaker Series, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (12^th June 2019) YouTube link.

‘Shifting States: The Constitutional Risks of Extractive Development’ Conference Paper, Social-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference, University of Leeds (3-5^th April 2019)

Research and Advisory Consultancy on Gender Equality with Prof. Ann Stewart (University of Warwick) for HelpAge International (December 2017-June 2018)

Principal Investigator (2020) “Extractive Citizenship: Transnational Claim-Makers and Mediators on New Resource Frontiers”, British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant (£9990) (Co-Investigator: Dr Pascale Hatcher, University of Canterbury, NZ)
Principal Investigator (2020) “Indigenous Rights Recognition in Mongolia: Challenges and Opportunities”, Independent Social Research Foundation Flexible Grants for Small Groups (£4920) (Co-Investigator: Dr Pascale Hatcher, University of Canterbury, NZ)

Principal Investigator, BAL GCRF Seedcorn funding award.

“Exploring the Minefield of Multi-level Regulatory Regimes in Extractive Development: Rethinking Governance Solutions for Sustainability and Social Justice through Co-Design, Collaboration and Critique”

Research and Advisory Consultancy with Prof. Ann Stewart (University of Warwick) for HelpAge International (December 2017-June 2018)

Research Assistant, Leverhulme Research Fellowship (October 2016-September 2017) "Caring for Older Women in Kenya's Plural Legal System" [Principal Investigator: Prof. Ann Stewart, University of Warwick]

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