Anthea Roberts

Anthea Roberts is a Professor at the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) at the Australian National University (ANU), and a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School. She leads the ANU Centre for International Governance and Justice and chairs the ANU Working Group on Geoeconomics. Formerly, she taught at the London School of Economics, Columbia Law School, and Harvard Law School.

Her research focuses on international law, trade and investment, global governance, and complex systems analysis. She explores how geopolitical shifts and systemic complexity shape global regulatory frameworks. Her work bridges legal, economic, and political perspectives to address transnational challenges.

Key Awards:

• 2019 League of Scholars' World’s Leading International Law Scholar
• 2018 ASIL Certificate of Merit for Is International Law International?
• Financial Times and Fortune Magazine Best Books of 2021 for Six Faces of Globalization

Her publications include influential works like Six Faces of Globalization (2021) and Is International Law International? (2017/2022), which critically analyze globalization’s impact and the evolving role of international law. Current projects explore complexity, risk, and resilience in global systems.

She also founded Dragonfly Thinking, a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration. Her work emphasizes adaptive governance strategies and reform initiatives in international investment law, as seen in her contributions to UNCITRAL’s ISDS reform discussions.