Dr. Peng Guo is Lecturer in Law at the Swinburne University of Technology. He has worked across several Australian universities and has held visiting positions at different European universities. He has received scholarships awarded by renowned research institutions and international organisations, including the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, and the European Union. His research interests lie in comparative contract law and international commercial law with a particular focus on the international sale of goods and international commercial arbitration. His research has been published in leading international and Australian peer-reviewed journals. His monograph on good faith and hardship under the UNIDROIT Principles was published by Springer in 2021.
Dr Haicong Zuo is Professor in Law School at University ofInternational Business and Economics (UIBC). Prior to joining UIBC Law School, he was Dean and Professor at Law School of Nankai University and Professor at Law School of Wuhan University. His research interests include, but not limited to international commercial law, WTO law, international economic law, and international dispute resolution. He has published on various topic on a number of books and leading journals in both Chinese and English and has chaired or co-chaired different research projects funded by various stakeholders.
Dr. Shu Zhang is Lecturer in Commercial Law in the Deakin Law School, Deakin University (Australia), and coached Deakin Law School's Vis Moot team. Before joining the Deakin Law School, Dr. Zhang was Post-doctoral Fellow in the Chinese International Business and Economic Law Initiative, Law School, University of New South Wales (Australia). Her research interests include international commercial law, dispute resolution and international arbitration, as well as comparative contract law. She also completed internships at both the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and the Chinese International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC). She is also admitted to practise in New South Wales, Australia. Dr. Zhang obtained her Ph.D. in Law from University of New South Wales (Australia) and her LLM, LLB, and BA in Economics (Double Degree) from Peking University (China). She is interested in international commercial law and dispute resolution and has published various manuscripts with leading journals in this area, such as the Journal of Contract Law, Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, China Quarterly.