Law and Sustainability

Brussels andpresident of the Belgian Branch of the International Law Association. Recently, Van der Borght has become the series editor of the Economic & Financial Law & Policy - Shifting Insights & Values (Springer) - which he conceived together with Koen Byttebier. In the past, Van der Borght held professorships at the University of Westminster and the University of Hull. Van der Borght is listed on several national and international panels, amongst which The Governmental Roster of Panelists of the World Trade Organization (WTO), The Roster of Panelists for the Treaty between the European Union and Central America, and The Roster of Panellists for the Treaties between the European Union and Peru and Colombia (since March 2013). Kim Van der Borght is, moreover, an accredited specialist with the European Commission (since 2014). Van der Borght also acts an accredited arbitrator (CEPANI) and as a legal adviser on issues of international trade, investment, and intellectual property rights affiliated to the dispute settlement programme of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). He acted in the past as an independent expert advisor to the Secretary of State for Development, Federal Government of Belgium, and as an independent advisor for the Strategic Council on the International Relations of the Flemish Region. Van der Borght has been a visiting professor at various national and foreign universities, such as the School of WTO Research and Education at Shanghai University of International Business & Economics (formerly Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade) (Shanghai, China) (2013-2014), the University of Georgia (USA), Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent at Canterbury), Columbia University Law School, Tongji University, Hainan Institute for Reform and Development at Hainan University, Xiamen University, the University of Georgia, City University of Hong Kong, Kansas University, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Moscow State University, th