Dr Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao

Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao is the Global Challenges Fellow at the Sheffield Institute for International Development (SIID) and interdisciplinary legal scholar specializing in transboundary conservation areas, environmental peacebuilding and indigenous/community conservation. Currently, she is Co-Chairing the IUCN CEESP Theme on Environment and Peace, under which she established a Task Force on Environmental Change, Migration and Conflict, and is an Honorary Member of the ICCA Consortium. She has a PhD in Resource Management & Environmental Studies from the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and a JD and LLM in International and Environmental Law from Pace Law School.