Dr Zhirou Li is a Researcher at King's College London, where she works on a research project examining climate change and labour law. Before joining King's, she was a Researcher at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, working on banking and climate litigation. Her research applies law and economics to climate law, financial regulation, and the governance of artificial intelligence.

Zhirou holds a PhD in Law from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, where her thesis examined cross-border cooperation in bank resolution from a law and economics perspective. She also holds an LLM in Law and Economics and an MA in Regulation and Compliance from Queen Mary, both with Distinction, and a BEc in Actuarial Science and Risk Management from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. She previously served as a Teaching Fellow at Queen Mary, convening the LLM modules "Law & Economics" and "Advanced Law & Economics".

She has presented her research at international conferences, including the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, the Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics, and the China Bankruptcy Law Forum.

Research Interests

• Banking and Financial Law
• Law and Economics
• Regulation and Compliance
• Climate Law
• Insurance Law

Teaching Interests

• Law and Economics
• Banking and Financial Law
• Regulation and Compliance
• Bankruptcy Law
• Insurance Law

Membership of professional bodies

• Member of European Association of Law and Economics
• Member of American Law and Economics Association
• Member of American Risk and Insurance Association