{"id":4384,"date":"2025-08-18T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/sonia-elise-rolland-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:52:49","slug":"sonia-elise-rolland","status":"publish","type":"dmsb_person","link":"https:\/\/damore-mckim.northeastern.edu\/cem\/people\/sonia-elise-rolland\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonia Elise Rolland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PhD, Cambridge University (UK)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JD, University of Michigan Law School<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MA International and European Economic Law (with Honors), Universit\u00e9 Paris-10 (France)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA Political Science and International Relations, Institut d'\u00c9tudes Politiques de Paris (France)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards &amp; Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Excellence in Reviewing Award, Journal of International Economic Law (2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Innovation (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emerging Powers in the International Economic Order \u2013 Cooperation, Competition and Transformation (with David M. Trubek) 237 p., Cambridge University Press, 2019: listed as an \u201cOutstanding Title for 2020\u201d by the Association of College Research Librarians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (Ed.). 2025.\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-elgar.com\/shop\/gbp\/research-handbook-on-trade-law-and-development-9781035325955.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqmhmLRyZlj-i20bCkR7Xw7KYg6FGuncdz7pDrZXYx0Jf4ZeA39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Edward Elgar Publishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. 2025. Development as a Litmus Test for Trade Law and Policy. In Rolland, S. E. (Ed.).&nbsp;<em>Research Handbook on Trade Law and Development.<\/em>&nbsp;Edward Elgar Publishing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (2024). Supporting Trade Negotiations with Sustainable Development Impact Assessments.&nbsp;<em>Journal of International Economic Law<\/em>&nbsp;<em>27<\/em>(4), 683\u201389.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jiel\/jgae048\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jiel\/jgae048<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (2024). Sustainable Development and International Economic Law: Intersections or Convergence? In Claussen, K., &amp; Vidigal, G. (Eds.).&nbsp;<em>The Sustainability Revolution in International Trade Agreements.&nbsp;<\/em>Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (2024). Quelle place pour le d\u00e9veloppement dans les accords sur les commerce et les investissements? In Dubin, L.,&nbsp;El Boudouhi, S., &amp; Bachand, R. (Eds.).&nbsp;<em>Vers l'\u00e9mergence d'un nouveau paradigme en droit \u00e9conomique international<\/em>. P\u00e9done.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E., &amp; Trubek, D. M. (2021). Development-Driven Post WTO World. In Kolsky Lewis, M., Junji Nakagawa J., Neuwirth, R. J., Picker, C. B., &amp;Peter-Tobias Stoll, P.-T. (Eds.).&nbsp;<em>A Post-WTO International Legal Order: Utopian, Dystopian and Other Scenarios.&nbsp;<\/em>Springer Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (2020). The Impact of Trade and Investment Treaties on Fiscal Resources and Taxation in Developing Countries.&nbsp;<em>Chicago Journal of International Law 21<\/em>(1), 48-82.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E., &amp; Trubek, D. M. (2019).\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/emerging-powers-in-the-international-economic-order\/1D194EF892E0D44CBB9BEF3E3C0788CD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emerging Powers in the International Economic Order \u2013 Cooperation, Competition and Transformation<\/a><\/em>. Cambridge University Press.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (2019). Retooling or Redesigning Trade Law?&nbsp;<em>University of Illinois Law Review Online<\/em>&nbsp;<em>2019<\/em>(Spring), 22-31.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolland, S. E. (2012).\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/development-at-the-wto-9780199600885?cc=gb&amp;lang=en&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Development at the WTO<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Presentations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sustainable Development as a Litmus Test for Trade Law and Policy,&nbsp;<em>Law &amp; Society Association Annual Meeting<\/em>, Chicago, IL, May 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawfare &amp; Economics,&nbsp;<em>US Army War College, School of Strategic Landpower<\/em>, Carlisle PA, April 2025.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Court of Justice and the World Trade Organization: Theory and Practice,&nbsp;<em>US Army War College, School of Strategic Landpower<\/em>, Carlisle PA, March 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>T<\/em>rade Law, Development and Indigenous Peoples,&nbsp;<em>Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica del Per\u00fa, International School Indigenous Rights, Responsibilities and Ethics.&nbsp;<\/em>Lima, Peru, Jan. 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trade, Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation,&nbsp;<em>Remaking the World Trading System Workshop and presentation, ITAM<\/em>, Mexico City, Mexico, July 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor, International Business &amp; 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