Associate Professor Emma Aisbett
B.Eng. (Chemical), MSc.(Env.Mgmt.), PhD (Economics)
Associate Professor ANU School of Law and Associate Director (Research) Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific Grand Challenge
ANU College of Law
Areas of expertise
- International Trade And Investment Law 480308
- International Economics 380110
- Public Economics Public Choice 380113
- Environment And Resource Economics 380105
- Panel Data Analysis 140304
Research interests
- International investment governance
- Trade-related climate policy
- International Green Industrial Policy
- Political economy of trade policy
- International political economy
Biography
Emma Aisbett is an Associate Professor at the School of Law and Associate Director (Research) for the ANU's Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific initiative. She holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (UNSW), Master of Environmental Change and Management (Oxon.) and PhD in Economics (UC Berkeley). Emma’s research spans economic globalization, environmental policy, developing countries, and political economy. Her work on international investment agreements has influenced both policy and international debate and was recognised with the John Jackson Prize for advancing understanding of international economic law. On this topic Emma has been an invited expert at both the OECD and the UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Emma’s current research centres on trade-related climate policy and international Green Industrial Policy, with particular emphasis on embedded emissions accounting frameworks, certification, and international green-economy collaborations. Her transdisciplinary approach combines expertise and collaboration across both disciplines and sectors. Her list of recent collaborations include Australian Government and industry, as well as international organisations including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
Researcher's projects
ANU Grand Challenge: Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific
https://www.anu.edu.au/zerocarbon
Publications
- Aisbett, E, Raynal, W, Steinhauser, R et al. 2023, 'International green economy collaborations: Chasing mutual gains in the energy transition', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 104.
- Aslam, H & Aisbett, E 2023, Why embedded emissions accounting is key to unleashing the power of circularity.
- Aisbett, E 2023, 'Green protectionism', in Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon (ed.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Massachusetts, pp. 253-254.
- Aisbett, E 2023, 'Green trade policy', in Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon (ed.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Massachusetts, p. 255.
- Aisbett, E 2023, 'Trade-related climate policy', in Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon (ed.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Massachusetts, pp. 552-553.
- Aisbett, E 2023, 'Green industrial policy', in Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon (ed.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Massachusetts, pp. 251-252.
- Aisbett, E 2023, 'Trade liberalization', in Brent M. Haddad and Barry D. Solomon (ed.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Massachusetts, p. 552.
- Aisbett, E 2022, Submission to the OECD Public Consultation on Investment Treaties and Climate Change .
- Aisbett, E, Cheng, W, MacGill, I et al. 2022, Approaches to certifying Australia-Germany Green Hydrogen Supply Chains: informing discussion.
- Brahmadesham Venkataraman, M, Csereklyei, Z, Aisbett, E et al. 2022, 'Zero-carbon steel production: The opportunities and role for Australia', Energy Policy, vol. 163.
- Reeve, A & Aisbett, E 2022, 'National accounting systems as a foundation for embedded emissions accounting in trade-related climate policies', Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 371.
- Aisbett, E, Beck, F, Burke, P et al. 2022, Submission to Australia's transition to a green energy superpower inquiry.
- Burke, P, Beck, F, Aisbett, E, Hunt J.et al. 2022, 'Contributing to regional decarbonization: Australia's potential to supply zero-carbon commodities to the Asia-Pacific', Energy, vol. 248, pp. 1-12.
- Aisbett, E, Silberberger, M & Silberberger, M 2021, 'Tariff liberalization and product standards: Regulatory chill and race to the bottom?', Regulation & Governance, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 987-1006.
- Aisbett, E, Harrison, A, Levine, D et al. 2021, 'Do Multinational Corporations Exploit Foreign Workers?', in FRITZ FOLEY, JAMES R. HINES, and DAVID WESSEL (ed.), Global Goliaths: Multinational Corporations in the 21st Century Economy, Brookings Institution Press, Washington DC, pp. 257ââ¬â98.
- Kenny, M, Jotzo, F & Aisbett, E 2021, Democracy Sausage with Mark Kenny: Technology, targets, and Australia’s climate challenge.
- Aisbett, E & Bonnitcha, J 2021, 'A Pareto-Improving Compensation Rule for Investment Treaties', Journal of International Economic Law, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 181-202.
- Bonnitcha, J & Aisbett, E 2021, 'Against balancing: Revisiting the use/regulation distinction to reform liability and compensation under investment treaties', University of Michigan journal of law reform. University of Michigan. Law School, vol. 42, pp. 231-290.
- Aisbett, E, Pirlot, A, Mehling, M et al. 2021, 'Close the carbon loophole', One Earth, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 587-590.
- Aisbett, E 2021, Scoping Study on New and Emerging Environmental Goods.
- Aisbett, E, Baldwin, K, Beck, F et al. 2020, Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth .
- White, L, Fazeli, R, Cheng, W et al. 2020, 'Towards emissions certification systems for international trade in hydrogen: the policy challenge of defining boundaries for emissions accounting', Energy, vol. 215, no. A.
- Aisbett, E 2020, 'Submission to Review of Australia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties'.
- Schram, A, Aisbett, E, Townsend, B et al 2020, 'Toxic trade: the impact of preferential trade agreements on alcohol imports from Australia in partner countries", Addiction, 115(7): 1277- 1284. doi.org/10.1111/add.14925
- Baldwin, K, Dreise, A, Hunt, J et al. 2019, Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the effectiveness of the Australian Government's Northern Australia agenda.
- Baldwin, K, Aisbett, E, White, L, Dreise, T, Hunt, J, O'Neill, L, Thorburn, K, Riley, B, Bai, X, Peng, Y, Beck, F, Brahmadesham Venkataraman, M, Blakers, A, Stocks, M, Lu, B, Bridges, T, Purchase, R, Burke, P, Anjum, Z, 2019, Submission to the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation: WA Climate Change Strategy Issues Paper.
- Burke, Paul J., Widnyana, Jinnie, Anjum, Zeba, Aisbett, Emma, Resosudarmo, Budy P., and Baldwin, Kenneth G.H. 2019. Overcoming barriers to solar and wind energy adoption in two Asian giants: India and Indonesia. Energy Policy 132, 1216–1228.
- Aisbett, E, Busse, M & Nunnenkamp, P 2018, 'Bilateral Investment Treaties as Deterrents of Host-country Discretion: The Impact of Investor-State Disputes on Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries ', Review of World Economics, vol. 154, no. 1, pp. 119-155pp.
- Aisbett, E, Choudhury, B, De Schutter, O et al. 2018, Rethinking International Investment Governance: Principles for the 21st Century.
- Aisbett, E, Doupé, P, & Tacconi, L 2017, 'Dynamic adjustment and the specification of empirical economic models of deforestation', Environment and Development Economics, pp. 1-20.
- Skovgaard Poulsen, L & Aisbett, E 2016, 'Diplomats Want Treaties: Diplomatic Agendas and Perks in the Investment Regime', Journal of International Dispute Settlement , vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 72-91.
- Aisbett, E & Steinhauser, R 2014, 'Maintaining the Common Pool: Voluntary Water Conservation in Response to Varying Scarcity', Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 167-185.
- Aisbett, E & McAusland, C 2013, 'Firm characteristics and influence on government rule-making: Theory and evidence', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 29, pp. 214-235.
- Skovgaard Poulsen, L & Aisbett, E 2013, 'When the Claim Hits: Bilateral Investment Treaties and Bounded Rational Learning', World Politics, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 273-313.
- Aisbett, E, Karp, L & McAusland, C 2010, 'Police Powers, Regulatory Takings and the Efficient Compensation of Domestic and Foreign Investors', Economic Record, vol. 86, no. 274, pp. 367-383.
- Aisbett, E, Karp, L & MCAUSLAND, C 2010, 'Compensation for Indirect Expropriation in International Investment Agreements: Implications of National Treatment and Rights to Invest', Journal of Globalization and Development, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-33.
- Aisbett, E 2009, 'Bilateral Investment Treaties and Foreign Direct Investment: Correlation versus Causation', in Karl Sauvant and Lisa Sachs (ed.), The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties, and Investment Flows, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 395-437.
- Aisbett, E, Harrison, A & Peterson Zwane, A 2008, 'Globalization and Poverty: what is the evidence?', in E Dinopoulos, P Krishna, A Panagariya and K-Y Wong (ed.), Trade, Globalization and Poverty, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Oxon, UK, pp. 33-61.
- Aisbett, E 2007, 'Why are the Critics So Convinced that Globalization is Bad for the Poor?', in Ann Harrison (ed.), Globalization and Poverty, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, pp. 33-86.
- Aisbett, E 2005, 'Book review: Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading?', Journal of Economic Literature, vol. tba, pp. tba.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- ARC Research Hub for Carbon Utilisation and Recycling (Primary Investigator)
- ADB AEIR 2023 Background Paper Embedded Emissions Accounting (Primary Investigator)
- Public Embedded Emissions Accounting Framework Design (Primary Investigator)
- Embedded emissions accounting: frameworks for trade in a net-zero world (Primary Investigator)
- ADB Background paper; Trade and climate: lessons from the past and ways forward (Primary Investigator)
- Australia-Germany Hydrogen from Renewable Energy Supply Chain Feasibility Study (Secondary Investigator)
- The Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnerships (ETP): Energy Transition Round Table (Secondary Investigator)
- ZCEAP Grand Challenge - Environmental Goods List report (Primary Investigator)
- Disruptive Technologies: Model-based Scenario Analysis of Decarbonisation and National Security Risks in the Indo-Pacific (Secondary Investigator)
- Estimating the impact of fiscal stimulus on household expenditure. (Secondary Investigator)
- Governance and economic incentives for reducing the contribution of tropical deforestation to climate change (Secondary Investigator)
