Dr Adrienne Yong

Overview

Dr Adrienne Yong is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The City Law School under the Institute for the Study of European Laws (ISEL) and a committee member of the Gender & Sexualities Research Centre (GSRC) at City. Dr Yong's research interests are in EU citizenship, immigration and human rights more broadly (international, domestic and European) especially that of marginalised groups from a intersectional feminist perspective.

Her recent research primarily focuses on the intersectional impact of gender and immigrant status on women's rights – firstly, the effect of the UK's withdrawal from the EU and how the EU Settlement Scheme disproportionately affects vulnerable immigrant women; secondly, how vulnerable women from ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds have been affected during the COVID-19 pandemic in an interdisciplinary project with Dr Sabrina Germain; thirdly, the impact of communities of practice for migrant domestic workers who are ethnic minority women on their labour protection, access to healthcare and immigration needs in an interdisciplinary project with the University of Westminster.

Dr Yong's monograph was published in March 2019 with Hart Publishing and is entitled 'The Rise and Decline of Fundamental Rights Protection in European Union Citizenship'. It critically examined the development of Union citizenship rights in the European Union and its relationship with fundamental rights protection in the Court of Justice of the EU.

Dr Yong has presented her research nationally and internationally at various conferences online and in-person. She has been quoted by the Financial Times, The Economist, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times & Al Jazeera English and has appeared on live TV with France24 and Rai7 (Italy) to speak about Brexit and citizens' rights. She has also given oral evidence as an expert witness before the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee for their inquiry on the EU Settlement Scheme (Feb 2019).

Dr Yong is the Assistant Dean (Internationalisation & International Recruitment), CLS Working Paper Series Managing Editor and ISEL's Co-Director. She co-convenes the EU & Competition Subject Section for the Society of Legal Scholars (with Dr Andriani Kalintiri).

Dr Yong is the module leader for GELLB module European Union Law & LLB2 module Law, Rights & Context. She also teaches LLB2 modules Foundations of EU Law and Immigration Law. She has previously been module leader for LLB2 module Foundations of EU Law and held roles as the Postgraduate Assessments Officer (2019-20), Undergraduate Assessments Officer (2018-19) and PGR methodology training coordinator (2017-18).

Qualifications

1. PhD, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
2. LLM (EU Law), King's College London, London, United Kingdom
3. LLB (Hons), Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
4. Fellowship, Higher Education Academy

Administrative roles

1. Assistant Dean (Internationalisation & International Recruitment), Sep 2020 – present
2. Postgraduate Assessments Officer (2019/20), Nov 2019 – Aug 2020
3. Managing Editor, City Law School Working Paper Series, Sep 2019 – present
4. Co-Director, Institute for the Study of European Laws, Oct 2017 – present
5. PGR Methodology Training Programme Co-ordinator (2017/18)
6. Undergraduate Assessments Officer (2018/19)

Employment

1. Senior Lecturer in Law, The City Law School, City, University of London, Aug 2020 – present
2. Lecturer in Law, City University London, London, Aug 2017 – Jul 2020
3. Lecturer in Law, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Sep 2015 – Aug 2017
4. Visiting Tutor in EU Law, King's College London, London, Sep 2013 – May 2014
5. Research Assistant, King's College London, London, May 2013 – May 2015

Memberships of professional organisations

1. UACES
2. Council for European Studies
3. European Union Studies Association (EUSA)
4. International Society of Public Law (ICON-S)
5. Fellow, Higher Education Academy
6. Society of Legal Scholars

Awards

1. Higher Education Innovation Fund (2020) (2019) Higher Education Innovation Fund (2019/20)
   £2350
2. Higher Education Innovation Fund (2019) Higher Education Innovation Fund 2018/19
   £5000
3. Higher Education Innovation Fund (2018) Higher Education Innovation Fund 2017/18
   £700
4. City, University of London (2017) Pump Priming Scheme
   £2980
5. University of Hertfordshire School of Law Dean’s Awards for Student of the Year (SOTYs) 2015/16 (2016) Tutor of the Year
6. King's Graduate School (2012) King's Overseas Research Scholarship
7. Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London (2012) Best Student on the LLM in European Law

Languages

Chinese (Cantonese) (can speak and understand spoken), Chinese (Mandarin) (can speak and understand spoken), English (can read, write, understand spoken and peer review) and French (can read, write, speak and understand spoken).

Expertise

Geographic Areas

• Europe

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