{"id":111202,"date":"2025-08-19T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/?page_id=111202"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:49:03","slug":"dr-geoffrey-upton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/dr-geoffrey-upton\/","title":{"rendered":"DR. GEOFFREY UPTON"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"111202\" class=\"elementor elementor-111202\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-103cfd6 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"103cfd6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in-out&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:40,&quot;end&quot;:60}},&quot;background_motion_fx_range&quot;:&quot;viewport&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-559cc73\" data-id=\"559cc73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77c0d291 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77c0d291\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-77cc8a49\" data-id=\"77cc8a49\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e6dbe46 people_back elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e6dbe46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cuhk.edu.hk\/app\/people\/\">&lt;  People<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63ada4e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63ada4e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-796b18d4\" data-id=\"796b18d4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e08dc53 people_name elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e08dc53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DR. GEOFFREY UPTON<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-196bee3b people_title elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"196bee3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Professional Consultant<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b301b7c people_info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b301b7c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a29714\" data-id=\"8a29714\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span>Room 639<br \/><\/span><span>Faculty of Law<br \/><\/span><span>6\/F, Lee Shau Kee Building<br \/><\/span><span>The Chinese University of Hong Kong<br \/><\/span><span>Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-11e6f0cd people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"11e6f0cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-574e4abf\" data-id=\"574e4abf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-169fb52f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"169fb52f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--Anatole Boute, PhD in Law (2011, University of Groningen), is a Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, specializing in the fields of energy, environmental and investment law. His research focuses on the legal aspects of the transition of energy systems towards sustainability, with a special interest for energy market reforms in emerging economies.\n\nAnatole Boute graduated in Political Sciences (2003) and Law (2004) from the University of Leuven and holds an advanced master (LLM) in Energy and Environmental Law (2005) from the same university. In 2005, he was called to the Brussels bar where he practiced until 2009 with the Energy Law team of Janson Baugniet. He advised on and was involved in litigation concerning the promotion of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions trading, the liberalization of energy markets and nuclear energy.\n\nIn January 2011, he defended his PhD on the modernization of the Russian electricity production sector at the University of Groningen under the supervision of Professor Martha Roggenkamp. Based on the results of this research, he advised the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (World Investment Report 2010), the International Energy Agency (2014 In-Depth Review of the Russian Energy Sector) and the Energy Charter Secretariat (Power Sector Reform in Central Asia). Between 2011 and 2016, he was legal advisor to the International Finance Corporation Russia Renewable Energy Program (The World Bank).\n\nHe is the author of <em>Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law <\/em>(Leiden\/Boston: Brill Nijhoff, 2015) and of articles in several internationally peer reviewed journals, including the Fordham International Law Journal, ICSID Review, Common Market Law Review, Transnational Environmental Law, Journal of Environmental Law, European Law Review, Europe-Asia Studies, Energy Policy. In 2009, he received the Willoughby Prize for his articles published in the Journal of Energy <span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&amp;<\/span> Natural Resources Law. His research output is partly available<span> at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/cf_dev\/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=878060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/cf_dev\/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=878060<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=I8YWV8gAAAAJ&amp;hl=fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=I8YWV8gAAAAJ&amp;hl=fr<\/a>.\n\nAnatole Boute is the founder of the LLM program in Energy and Environmental Law and is in charge of the program\u2019s coordination.\n\nAnatole Boute is the Principal Investigator of \"Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading in China: Insights from the EU's Experience\" funded by the General Research Fund of Hong Kong (GRF 2016) and of \u201cChina\u2019s Shaping of the Eurasian Energy Market: Protecting Chinese Outbound Investments Along the Belt and Road\u201d (GRF 2018). He co-organized the conference on \"The Regulation of Energy Investments along the Belt and Road\" (2017, CUHK-KAS-ECS).-->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e528c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e528c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/p-->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94e05be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94e05be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--Books\n<ul>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/energy-security-along-the-new-silk-road\/4C3A23053BD9D3B48EE2D30627A8A79F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Security along the New Silk Road: Energy Law and Geopolitics in Central Asia<\/a><\/em> (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019).<\/li>\n \t<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brill.com\/cn\/products\/book\/russian-electricity-and-energy-investment-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian Electricity and Energy Investment Law<\/a> <\/em>(<a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/view\/journals\/rela\/42\/1\/article-p95_95.xml?language=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leiden\/Boston: Brill Nijhoff, 2015<\/a>), reviewed in <em>Journal of Comparative Law <\/em>(2016) 1; <em>Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law <\/em>(2017) 1; <em>Europe-Asia Studies<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>(2017) 2; <em>Review of Central and East European Law <\/em>(2017) 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSelected book chapters\n<ul>\n \t<li>\"The Rights of Environmental Investors: the Case of Renewable Energy\", in S. Bogojevic and R. Rayfuse (eds.), <em>Environmental Rights in Europe and Beyond <\/em>(Hart Publishing, forthcoming 2018).<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Water Management in Central Asia: the Role of Energy, Trade and Investment Law\", in Julien Chaisse (ed.), <em>The Regulation of the Global Water Services Market <\/em>(CUP, 2017).<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Principle of 'Good Neighbourliness' in the EU's External Energy Relations: The Case of Energy Transit\", in D. Kochenov and E. Basheska (eds.), <em>The Principle of Good Neighbourliness in the European Legal Context <\/em>(Brill Nijhoff, 2015) 354-387.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Energy Trade and Investment Law: International Limits to EU Energy Law and Policy\", in M. Roggenkamp et al. (eds.), <em>Energy Law in Europe \u2013 Third Edition <\/em>(OUP, 2016) 137-185.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Russian Electricity Market Reform: Towards the Re-regulation of the Liberalized Market\", in F. Sioshansi (ed.), <em>The Evolution of Global Electricity Markets <\/em>(Elsevier, 2013) 461-496.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The EU's Shaping of an International Law on Energy Efficiency\", in D. Kochenov and F. Amtenbrink (eds.), <em>The EU's Shaping of International Law <\/em>(CUP, 2013) 238-260.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Yukos Decision on Jurisdiction and its Impact on Energy Investments in Russia\", in M. Roggenkamp and U. Hammer (eds.), <em>European Energy Law Report VIII <\/em>(Intersentia, 2011) 165-182.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\nSelected articles\n<ul>\n \t<li>\u201cEnvironmental Force Majeure: Relief from Fossil Energy Contracts in the Decarbonisation Era\u201d Journal of Environmental Law (2021, forthcoming).<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cThe Principle of Solidarity and the Geopolitics of Energy: <em>Poland v. Commission (OPAL pipeline)<\/em>\u201d Common Market Law Review (2020) 889\u2013914 (case note).<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cRegulatory Stability and Renewable Energy Investment: the Case of Kazakhstan\u201d (2020) <i>Renewable &amp; Sustainable Energy Reviews<\/i> 109673.<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cEmissions Trading in Regulated Electricity Markets\u201d (2020) <i>Climate Policy<\/i> (with William Acworth, Mariza Montes de Oca, Carlotta Piantieri &amp; Felix Christian Matthes) 60-70.<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cPrice Stabilization Mechanisms in China\u2019s Pilot Emissions Trading Schemes: Design and Performance\u201d (2020) <em>Climate Policy<\/em> (with Banban Wang and Xiujie Tan) 46-59.<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cVested Interests as Driver of the Clean Energy Transition: Evidence from Russia\u2019s Solar Energy Policy\u201d (2019) 133 <em>Energy Policy<\/em> 110910 (with Alexey Zhikharev).<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cEconomic Statecraft and Investment Arbitration\u201d (2019) <em>University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law <\/em>(forthcoming).<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cFixing the Emissions Trading Scheme: Carbon Price Stability in the EU and China\u201d (2019) 26 <em>European Law Journal <\/em>(with Hao Zhang) (forthcoming)<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cChina\u2019s External Energy Security: Energy Trade and Investment Along the \u2018Belt and Road\u2019\u201d (2019) 20(2) <em>Journal of World Investment <span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&amp;<\/span> Trade <\/em>(forthcoming)<\/li>\n \t<li>\u201cThe Role of the Market and Direct Regulation in Decarbonising China\u2019s Energy Supply\u201d (2018) 30(2) <em>Journal of Environmental Law <\/em>261\u2013284 (with Hao Zhang)<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Impossible Transplant of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme: The Challenge of Energy Market Regulation\" (2017) <em>Transnational Environmental Law <\/em>59-85.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Water-Energy-Climate Nexus under International Law: A Central Asian Perspective\" (2016) <em>Michigan Journal of Environmental <span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&amp;<\/span> Administrative Law <\/em>371-434.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Off-grid Renewable Energy in Remote Arctic Areas\" (2016) <em>Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews <\/em>1029-1037.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Regulatory Stability under Russian and EU Energy Law\" (2015) <em>Maastricht Journal of European <span style=\"font-family: arial;\">&amp;<\/span> Comparative Law <\/em>506-529.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Toward an EU-Russia Energy Agreement: Principles of Liberalization under EU and Russian Energy Law\" (2015) <em>Review of Central and East European Law <\/em>109-141.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Protection of Russian Investments in the EU Energy Market: A Case in Support of Russia's Ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty\" (2014)\u00a0<em>ICSID Foreign Investment Law Journal <\/em>525-547.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Renewable Energy Federalism in Russia: Regions as New Actors for the Promotion of Clean Energy\" (2013) <em>Journal of Environmental Law <\/em>261-291.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Energy Efficiency as a New Paradigm of the European External Energy Policy \u2013 The Case of the EU-Russian Energy Dialogue\" (2013) <em>Europe-Asia Studies <\/em>1021-154.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"International Trade and Investment Law and Carbon Management Technologies\" (2013) <em>Natural Resources Journal\u00a0<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>285-324 (with Shi-Ling Hsu, Nigel Bankes, Steve Charnovitz, Sara McCalla, Nic Rivers and Liz Whitsitt).<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Combating Climate Change through Investment Arbitration\" (2012) <em>Fordham International Law Journal <\/em>613-664.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Modernizing the Russian District Heating Sector: Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments under the New Federal Heat Law\" (2012) <em>Pace Environmental Law Review <\/em>746-810.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Quest for Regulatory Stability in the EU Energy Market: An Analysis through the Prism of Legal Certainty\" (2012) <em>European Law Review <\/em>675-692.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"RUSTEC: Greening Europe's Energy Supplying by Developing Russia's Renewable Energy Potential\" (2012) 51 <em>Energy Policy <\/em>618-629 (with Patrick Willems).<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Promoting Renewable Energy through Capacity Markets: An Analysis of the Russian Support Scheme\" (2012) 46 <em>Energy Policy <\/em>68-77.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Challenging the Re-regulation of Liberalized Electricity Prices under Investment Arbitration\" (2011) <em>Energy Law Journal <\/em>497-439.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"The Protection of Property Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Promotion of Low-Carbon Investments\" (2010) <em>Climate Law <\/em>93-132<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>\"Carbon Capture and Storage under the Clean Development Mechanism \u2013 An Overview of Regulatory Challenges\" (2008) <em>Carbon and Climate Law Review <\/em>339-352.<\/li>\n \t<li>\"Environmental Protection and EC Antitrust Law: The Commission's Approach for Packaging Waste Management Systems\" (2006) <em>Review of European Community and International Environmental Law <\/em>146-159.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nSelected book reviews\n<ul>\n \t<li>Review of V. Pogoretskyy, Freedom of Transit and Access to Gas Pipeline Networks under WTO Law (CUP, 2017), in (2018) 77(3) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>659-661.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of D. Azaria, Treaties on Transit of Energy via Pipelines and Countermeasures (OUP, 2015), in (2016) 75(1) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>169-171.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of L. Hancher, A. de Hauteclocque and M. Sadowska (eds.), Capacity Mechanisms in the EU Energy Market: Law, Policy and Economics (OUP, 2015), in (2017) 42(5) <em>European Law Review <\/em>781-783.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of M. Sadowska, Committed to Reform? Pragmatic Antitrust Enforcement in Electricity Markets (Intersentia, 2014), in (2016) <em>Common Market Law Review<\/em>.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of P. M\u00e4ntysaari, EU Electricity Trade Law: The Legal Tools of Electricity Producers in the Internal Electricity Market (Springer, 2015), in (2016) <em>European Law Review.<\/em><\/li>\n \t<li>Review of J. Vi\u00f1uales (ed.), The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development: A Commentary (OUP, 2015), in (2016) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>166-169.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of N. De Sadeleer, EU Environmental Law and the Internal Market (OUP, 2014), in (2015) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>178-180.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of S. Bogojevi\u0107, Emissions Trading Schemes: Markets, States and the Law (Hart Publishing, 2013), in (2014) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>188-191.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of C. Rodgers, The Law of Nature Conservation (OUP, 2013) in (2013) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>796-199.<\/li>\n \t<li>Review of T. Roe and M. Happold, Settlement of Investment Disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty (CUP, 2011), in (2013) <em>Cambridge Law Journal <\/em>475-477.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\nReports\n<ul>\n \t<li><em>Towards Secure and Sustainable Energy Supply in Central Asia: Electricity Market Reform and Investment Protection<\/em> (Brussels: Energy Charter Secretariat, 2015), available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energycharter.org\/what-we-do\/investment\/investment-thematic-reports\/towards-secure-and-sustainable-energy-supply-in-central-asia-electricity-market-reform-and-investment-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><em>Financing Off-Grid Renewable Energy Investments in Russia's Isolated Areas <\/em>(Washington, DC: The World Bank Group, forthcoming).<\/li>\n \t<li><em>Russia's New Capacity-based Renewable Energy Support Scheme: An Analysis of Decree No. 449<\/em> (Washington, DC: The World Bank Group, 2013) (also published in Russian), available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifc.org\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/topics_ext_content\/ifc_external_corporate_site\/ifc+sustainability\/learning+and+adapting\/knowledge+products\/publications\/russias-new-capacity-based-renewable-energy-support-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><em>Regional Renewable Energy Tariffs in Russia <\/em>(Washington, DC: The World Bank Group, 2013), available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifc.org\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/topics_ext_content\/ifc_external_corporate_site\/ifc+sustainability\/learning+and+adapting\/knowledge+products\/publications\/regional_renewable_energy_tariffs_in_russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><em>Financing Renewable Energy Investments in Russia: Legal Challenges and Opportunities <\/em>(Washington, DC: The World Bank Group, 2012) (also published in Russian), available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifc.org\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/region__ext_content\/ifc_external_corporate_site\/europe+and+central+asia\/resources\/financing+renewable+energy+investments+in+russia+-+legal+challenges+and+opportunities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n \t<li><em>Renewable Energy Policy in Russia: Waking the Green Giant<\/em> (Washington, DC: The World Bank Group, 2011) (also published in Russian), available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifc.org\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/region__ext_content\/ifc_external_corporate_site\/europe+and+central+asia\/resources\/renewable+energy+policy+in+russia+-+waking+the+green+giant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul-->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-626908f people_content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"626908f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9afa740\" data-id=\"9afa740\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61af3d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61af3d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Originally from New York City, Geoffrey Upton is an educator and scholar with diverse interests and professional experiences. Before joining CUHK, he was at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, where he served as undergraduate pre-law advisor and assistant professor of political science and also taught Torts and Professional Responsibility at the JD level. His extensive experience also includes teaching courses in public law, constitutional law, and political theory at UC Berkeley, Mills College, Stanford University Pre-Collegiate Studies, and Columbia University Pre-College Programs. Before entering academia, Dr. Upton practiced law in New York as a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &amp; Garrison LLP and Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP, handling complex commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, intellectual property matters, and pro bono cases. He later served as legislative counsel to the New York City Council, advising local elected officials on legal and policy issues. His career started in journalism as a writer and editor, and he also spent a year living and working in Berlin as a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e60eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5e60eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed07a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eed07a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e17d64e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e17d64e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>BA, Social Studies, Harvard College<\/li><li>JD, Harvard Law School<\/li><li>PhD, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley<\/li><li>State Bar of New York (2004)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8176e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8176e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da8777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7da8777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Torts<\/li><li>Law and Society<\/li><li>Comparative Law<\/li><li>Gender and the Law<\/li><li>Legal Writing<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-637b1d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"637b1d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"color: #ac1618;\">SELECTED PUBLICATIONS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bbb42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97bbb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>&#8220;Religious Minorities\u2019 Resistance to State Mandates: A Cautionary Tale of Authority and Power,&#8221; <em>Stato, Chiese E Pluralismo Confessionale<\/em> (2026)<\/li><li>\u201cNeoliberalism, Legalism, and Human Rights in Medium-Sized International Non-Governmental Organizations,\u201d in <em>The Handbook of Critical Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizing and Voluntary Action: Concepts, Applications and Future Directions<\/em>\u00a0(eds., Roseanne Mirabella, Tracey Coule, and Angela Eikenberry) (2024)<\/li><li>\u201cLocke in Lakewood: Locating the Proper Meaning of the Free Exercise of Religion in the Time of COVID-19,\u201d 64 <em>Journal of Church and State <\/em>4 (2022)<\/li><\/ul><ul><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6814f88e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6814f88e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdd21b4\" data-id=\"fdd21b4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cce875e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7cce875e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; 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