
Xuejiao (Katniss) Li
S.J.D. Candidate
xli at sjd.law.harvard.edu
Dissertation
Economic Sanctions Symbolism
Fields of Research and Supervisors
- International Trade and Economic Statecraft with Professor Mark Wu, Harvard Law School, Principal Faculty Supervisor
- Chinese Law and Political Economy with Professor William Alford, Harvard Law School
- U.S. Foreign Relations Law with Professor Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law School
- Political Science and International Relations with Professor Christina Davis, Department of Government, Harvard University
Additional Research Interests
- International Law
- Global Economic Governance
Education
- Harvard Law School, LL.M. Program 2022-2023 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
- Renmin University, LL.M. in International Law, 2020
- Minzu University of China, LL.B., 2018
Academic Appointments and Fellowships
- Harvard Law School, 2024-2025 Writing Workshop Advisor for Long-Paper Writers
- Harvard Law School, 2022-2025, F.Y. Chang Scholarship
- Harvard Law School, 2022-2023, Yong K. Kim ‘95 Memorial Prize
Representative Publications
- Performative Economic Sanctions: How Sanctions Work Without Economic Harm, 15:2 Harvard National Security Journal 327 (2024) (Harvard Law School Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize)
- Leaving the shore: Marine-based substitutes and alternatives to plastics (UNCTAD/TCS/DITC/INF/2025/4). United Nations (as one of the three substantial contributors). https://unctad.org/publication/leaving-shore-marine-based-substitutes-and-alternatives-plastics
Additional Information
Languages: English, Chinese (Native)
Last Updated: September 23, 2024