OVERVIEW

Dr Ivana Damjanovic is a Lecturer at the Canberra Law School. Her research is interdisciplinary, encompassing issues of law and politics in the international investment global regime, with particular focus on the European Union and its external investment, trade and climate change policies. 

Ivana has qualified as a lawyer in Australia and Europe (Croatia) and has expertise in international law and international relations. She has taught law and guest lectured at universities in Asia (China, Bhutan, Indonesia) and Europe (Belgium, Croatia). Ivana has provided training to Australian government and industry stakeholders on trade and investment law and policy of the European Union, and presented her research at conferences in Australia, Europe (Luxembourg, Brussels, Maastricht, Zagreb), Asia (Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok) and the US (Yale University). Ivana's professional background encompasses nine years as a career diplomat for Croatia with diplomatic postings in Europe and Australia, work as trade advisor for the Delegation of the European Union to Australia and research and policy roles for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia. 

PUBLICATIONS

• The European Union and International Investment Law Reform: Between Aspirations and Reality, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in June 2023
• "Investment and EU International Agreements" in X Groussot, M Oberg and G Butler (eds), The EU Law of Investment: Past, Present and the Future, Hart Publishing, forthcoming in June 2023
• “Screening of Foreign Direct Investment in Europe: To have a Tiger by the Tail?” in O Quirico and KK Williams, The Evolving Architectures of International Economic Agreements, Springer, forthcoming in June 2023
• “Values and objectives of the EU in light of Opinion 1/17: ‘trade for all’, above all” (co-authored) (2020) 4(1) Europe and the World: A Law Review [25].
• “Intra-EU Investment Dispute Settlement in Light of Vattenfall and Achmea: A Matter of Priority” (co-authored) (2019) 26(1) Columbia Journal of European Law 102-156.
• “I would rather be a respondent state before a domestic court in the EU than before an international investment tribunal” (co-authored) (2019) 4(1) European Papers 19-60.

SELECT POLICY PUBLICATIONS

• "Between Interests, Power, and Rights: the Russian Conflict in Ukraine" (co-authored), Australian Outlook, 8 March 2022
• "The French-Australian Submarine Affair: Can it Sink the EU Indo-Pacific Strategy?" (co-authored), Australian Outlook, 1 October 2021
• "The Geopolitics of New European Bauhaus: Towards a Green Post-COVID-19 World", Australian Outlook, 11 December 2020
• "The EU Coronavirus Recovery: Between Political Realities and 'Next Generation' Aspirations" (co-authored), Australian Outlook, 7 August 2020

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• “The Evolving Nature of the Rule of Law in International Economic Law”, organiser and presenter, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 17 January 2023
• "The rule of Law and EU funds: Legal and political perspectives", co-presenter, webinar by Center for Advanced Studies University of Rijeka, 27 October 2022
• "The Energy Charter Treaty and the EU legal order", presented at "Investment protection treaties and the clean energy transition" webinar by Volterra Fietta, 7 September 2022
• "Fit for 55: Challenges of implementation", co-presented at Jean Monnet seminar, Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Zagreb, 7 July 2022
• "The rule of Law and EU funds: Legal and political perspectives", co-presented at Jean Monnet seminar, Effectus, Zagreb, 6 July 2022
• "Debating the future of the Energy Charter Treaty", organiser and presenter, Maastricht University Brussels, 29 June 2022
• "EU-UK investment regime after Brexit", presented at "EU trade policy and Brexit" conference, Brussels, 21 June 2022
• "Investment and EU International Agreements", presented at Swedish Network for European Legal Studies conference "Investment Treaties and the EU Legal Order: Litigation, Modernisation and Sustainability", Lund University, 19-20 May 2022
• "Advantages and drawbacks of ISDS: A legitimacy and the rule of law perspective" and "UNCITRAL reform of ISDS", presented at Jean Monnet International Symposium, Thammasat University, 4-5 April 2022
• "The environmental principles underpinning the European Green Deal and its geopolitical impact" and "CBAM as an obstacle to Chinese imports", co-presented at Jean Monnet seminar, Maastricht University, 1 December 2021
• “Climate Change and International Trade: The European Union’s Approach Through Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism”, organiser and presenter, Australian National University, 16 September 2021
• “The ‘geopolitical’ EU and the rule of law: An opportunity or a challenge in a changing world trading order?”, presented at 2020-2021 Conference “Europe Today: Challenges and Opportunities”, MacMillan Center, Yale University, 16-17 April 2021 
• "EU Foreign Investment Screening: Between free movement of capital and national security issues" and "EU Climate Change Neutrality: Between solidarity and green economy", co-presented at European Studies Association Australia and New Zealand (ESAANZ) Conference, Melbourne, 1-3 December 2020  
• “EU free trade agreements with like-minded partners: acting together in facing global challenges?”, presented at the international interdisciplinary graduate conference “Europe in Flux”, Yale University, 6-7 December 2019
• “Sustainable development chapters in EU free trade agreements”, presented at International Forum on Chinese imports conference “International Trade and Sustainable Development in a Changing World”, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 4 November 2019
• “The EU and Global Investment Governance: From CETA to a Multilateral Investment Court”, Jean Monnet Seminar, Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb, 1 July 2019 
• “Preliminary Ruling Procedure: How does it work and why it is important?”, Jean Monnet Workshop, Croatian Bar Association, Zagreb, 2 July 2019
• “The Clash between International Investment Law and the Autonomy of the EU Legal Order”, Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law lecture, Luxembourg, 20 June 2019
• “The flaws of ISDS and UNCITRAL reform”, Université Libre de Bruxelles seminar, Brussels, 20 February 2019
• “EU reform of international investment dispute settlement and its impact on EU-China relations”, The First China International Import Forum, ECUST, Shanghai, 4 November 2018
• “Achmea judgment in the context of international investment law”, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) seminar, Brussels, 26 June 2018
• “Achmea judgment and the future of ISDS”, The UNCITRAL Coordination Committee for Australia Fourth Annual Seminar, Canberra, 25 May 2018
• “Understanding Achmea: What does it mean for the future of ISDS in Europe?”, German Australian Pacific Lawyers Association conference, Sydney, 27 April 2018
• “Inter-Treaty Relations in the EU”, European Union Centres Joint Conference, Melbourne, 16-18 October 2017
• “The Dialectics of Public Grounds as an Exception to Freedom of Investment: Lessons from the EU in the Vattenfall Saga”, European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific (EUSAAP) Annual Conference, Tokyo, 1-2 July 2017

PROJECTS

• Australia and the EU: Bilateral Perspectives on Global Governance, University of Canberra, Project Coordinator, 2022-2024;
• EU Climate Change Agenda in External Trade and Investment, ANU, Project Coordinator, 2020-2023;
• The EU-China Relationship in Rules-based Multilateral Investment System, Maastricht University, Key Investigator, 2020-2023;
• Internal Market and Migration as Catalysts for Regional Integration in SEE, University North (Croatia), Key Investigator, 2018-2022;
• Third Country Engagement with EU Trade Policy, ANU, Research Associate, 2018-2022;
• The rule of law in international investment law, St. Louis University Brussels, Visiting Fellow, 2019-2020;
• EU-Australia Centre for Economic Cooperation Visiting Fellowship 2019, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, ANU, August – December 2019
• Understanding EU Trade: A Guide for Australian Stakeholders, ANU Centre for European Studies, Jean Monnet Research Assistant, 2017-2018.

OTHER FUNDING

• Australian Government Research Training Program (2017-2020)
• Small Research Grant, School of Politics and International Relations, ANU (2019 & 2020)
• ANU IARU Scholarship (2019)
• Yale University travel grant (2019)
• Vice-Chancellor’s Travel Grant, ANU (2018)
• Irish and Croatian Government scholarships (2005-2006)