Professor Susy Frankel inducted as Royal Society Fellow
Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Law Susy Frankel has been inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. She is one of 20 Fellows, including three others from Victoria University, inducted as part of the Society‘s Academy Centenary, which marks 100 years since the first 20 Fellows were inducted in 1919.
The Society highlighted Professor Frankel’s role as an international research leader and preeminent New Zealand-based scholar in international intellectual property law and its links with international trade, as well as the protection of Indigenous peoples’ knowledge, and noted that her scholarship has influenced the development of New Zealand’s intellectual property law and the interpretation of international agreements in the formation of domestic policy.
Chair of the Academy and Royal Society Te Apārangi Vice President Richard Blaikie offered his congratulations. “The election process is rigorous and being elected recognises truly stellar achievements in uncovering new knowledge and innovative scholarship,” he said.
Professor Frankel was the founding Programme Director of Victoria University’s Master of International Trade degree, the first of its kind in Australasia, which offers multidisciplinary study into the cultural, economic, legal, and political aspects of international trade.