Dr. Annelise Riles

Biography

Annelise Riles is a Professor at the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and serves as the Associate Provost for Global Affairs. Her scholarship covers a wide range of substantive areas, particularly in human rights, cultural differences, and the regulation of global financial markets. Her legal studies focus on comparative law, conflict laws, financial regulation, socio-legal studies, and international law. In anthropology, she is recognized for her methodological contributions to the study of international institutions. Riles has conducted legal anthropological research in China, Japan, and the Pacific and is fluent in Chinese, Japanese, French, and Fijian. Her published works include significant titles on comparative law and financial regulation, with a notable book, "Network Inside," which earned the American Society of International Law's Certificate of Merit in 2000-2002. She founded and directs Meridian 180, a multilingual forum that brings together thought leaders from academia, government, and business to address pressing global governance issues. She has held teaching positions at the London School of Economics, University of Tokyo, and Yale University, and was awarded the Anneliese Maier Award for lifetime achievement in social sciences by the German government’s Humboldt Foundation. Riles earned her AB from Princeton University, MSc from the London School of Economics, JD from Harvard Law School, and PhD from the University of Cambridge.

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