Associate Professor Liu Nengye teaches and conducts research the law of the sea and international environmental law at Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law.

Professor Liu has taken the lead to edit four books: “The European Union and the Arctic” (Brill, 2017), “Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions” (Edward Elgar, 2019); “The Law of the Sea and the Planetary Crisis” (Routledge, 2025); “Asian Cities and the International Legal Order” (Hart, 2027); published 50+ refereed journal articlesand book chapters; and delivered 100+ presentations about his research findings across five continents.

Professor Liu regularly features in international media, including, for example, ABC News, The Atlantic and Channel News Asia (CNA). He sits on the editorial board of Marine Policy (Elsevier), Ocean Development and International Law (Taylor & Francis) and Polar Record (Cambridge University Press). Professor Liu is the Founding Chair of Steering Committee of Asia Pacific Research Alliance on Law and Sustainability (2024 – present) and Founding Director of Singapore Sustainability Futures Initiative (2025 – present) at SMU’s Centre for Commercial Law in Asia. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Law of the Sea Interest Group, American Society of International Law (2025 – 2028).