Taylor St John

Taylor St John is a Researcher at the University of Oslo's Department of Public and International Law (2022-2025), on leave from her permanent Lecturer position at the University of St Andrews' School of International Relations. She co-leads the Compliance Politics of International Investment Disputes (COPIID) project with Malcolm Langford. Her research focuses on investment arbitration, international dispute settlement, and the political economy of global legal frameworks.

Education includes a DPhil from the University of Oxford (2015), followed by postdoctoral roles at UiO/PluriCourts (2016-2018), the London School of Economics (2015-2016), and the University of Oxford's Global Economic Governance Programme.

Her work examines sovereignty dynamics in investment law, treaty design innovation, and compliance mechanisms in transnational disputes. Notable contributions include co-winning the International Political Economy Best Book Award for The Rise of Investor-State Arbitration and co-authoring the EJIL: Talk! blog series on ISDS reform since 2017.

Key research outputs span international journals like the European Journal of International Law and American Journal of International Law, addressing topics such as adjudicator selection, compliance politics, and institutional evolution in global investment governance.