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Dr Adrienne Yong

Senior Lecturer

The City Law School Academic law programmes

Contact details

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Dr Adrienne Yong F308, Whiskin Street Building
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

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 feminist socio-legal perspective.

Her recent research examines women’s rights during crises – firstly, the effect of the UK's withdrawal from the EU and how the EU Settlement Scheme disproportionately affects vulnerable women and secondly, how vulnerable women from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds have been affected during the COVID-19 pandemic in an interdisciplinary project with Dr Sabrina Germain (The City Law School).

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 (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.

Dr Yong is the module leader for Law, Rights & Context, previously module leader for Foundations of EU Law and also teaches Immigration Law, Contemporary Issues in EU Constitutional Law & Foundations of Land Law, all on the LLB Programme. She has previously 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 (International Recruitment), Sep 2020 – present
  2. Postgraduate Assessments Officer (2019/20), Nov 2019 – Aug 2020
  3. Co-Director, Institute for the Study of European Laws
  4. Managing Editor, City Law School Working Paper Series
  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

Publications

Publications by category

Book

  1. Yong, A. (2019). The Rise and Decline of Fundamental Rights in EU Citizenship. Hart Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5099-1793-8.

Chapter

  1. Yong, A. (2019). Human rights protection as justice in post-Brexit Britain: a case study of deportation. In Fahey, E. and Ahmed, T. (Eds.), On Brexit: Law, Justice & Injustice Edward Elgar.

Internet publications (8)

  1. Germain, S. and Yong, A. (2020). Coronavirus shows how hard it is for ethnic minority and migrant women to access healthcare. The Conversation UK.
  2. Yong, A. (2019). Boris Johnson’s dramatic immigration u-turn leaves 2.5m uncertain of their future. The Conversation.
  3. Yong, A. (2019). Settled status for EU citizens – Q&A with law expert on what it does and doesn’t guarantee. The Conversation.
  4. Yong, A., Hayward, K., Garcia, M., Gordon, M., Campos, N.F., Perez-Solorzano, N. … Syrpis, P. (2018). Brexit draft withdrawal agreement – experts react. The Conversation.
  5. Yong, A. (2018). EU citizens in the UK and a no-deal Brexit – what remains unclear. The Conversation.
  6. Yong, A. (2018). EU citizens: what settled status after Brexit really means – a legal expert explains. The Conversation.
  7. Yong, A. (2018). Britons shouldn’t get their hopes up about keeping EU citizenship after Brexit. The Conversation.
  8. Yong, A. (2017). When Britain can deport EU citizens – according to the law. The Conversation.

Journal articles (6)

  1. Yong, A. (2021). The future of EU citizenship status during crisis – is there a role for fundamental rights protection? Journal of International and Comparative Law, 7(2), pp. 471–489.
  2. Germain, S. and Yong, A. (2020). COVID-19 Highlighting Inequalities in Access to Healthcare in England: A Case Study of Ethnic Minority and Migrant Women. Feminist Legal Studies, 28(3), pp. 301–310. doi:10.1007/s10691-020-09437-z.
  3. Yong, A. (2017). Forgetting human rights - the Brexit debate. European Human Rights Law Review, (5), pp. 469–479.
  4. Yong, A. (2016). Driving a wedge between friends?: The Court of Justice of the EU and its citizens in the case of welfare benefits. European Human Rights Law Review, (6), pp. 664–671.
  5. Yong, A. (2014). Opinion of AG Sharpston (12 December 2013) and Grand Chamber Judgment (12 March 2014) In Cases C-456/12 O and B and C-457/12 S and G. King's Law Journal, 25(2), pp. 155–158. doi:10.5235/09615768.25.2.155.
  6. Yong, A. (2014). THE LIMITS TO BENEFIT TOURISM: The Case of Elisabeta Dano v Jobcenter Leipzig. Cyprus Human Rights Law Review, 3(2), pp. 217–217.

Reports (3)

  1. Lock, T., Boyle, K., Greene, A., Harvey, D., Jancic, D., Kramer, A. … Zahn, R. (2019). Brexit, Rights and Devolution. Edinburgh School of Law Research Paper No. 2019/06.
  2. Yong, A., Benson, M., Bica, M.C., Desira, C., Erdunast, P., Masri, N. … Zarkovic, M. Brexit’s Effect on Citizens, Human Rights & Immigration. City Law School Working Paper Series 2019/03.
  3. Yong, A., O'Connor, N., Jancic, D., Harvey, D., Boyle, K. and Zahn, R. The Adjudication and Enforcement of Rights After Brexit..

Working papers (4)

  1. Germain, S. and Yong, A. (2021). Written evidence from the Gender & Sexualities Research Centre (GSRC) at City, University of London for Women’s Health Strategy. London: City Law School.
  2. Karaivanova, I., Blunt, D., Couture-Ménard, M.-.È., Bernier, L., Breton, M., Ménard, J.F. … Germain, S. (2021). Beyond the Virus: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives on Inequalities raised by COVID-19. London, UK: The City Law School.
  3. Yong, A. (2020). The future of EU citizenship status during crisis – is there a role for fundamental rights protection? London, UK: City Law School, City, University of London.
  4. Germain, S. and Yong, A. (2020). COVID-19 highlighting inequalities in access to healthcare in England: a case study of ethnic minority and migrant women. London, UK: City Law School, City, University of London.

Professional activities

Editorial activity

  1. Bulletin on the Charter of Fundamental Rights, European Human Rights Law Review Editorial Board Member.

Events/conferences (26)

  1. Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) Annual Conference 2021. (Conference) Virtual (2021). Panel Member.
    Paper: A gendered EU Settlement Scheme: women as vulnerable in a post-Brexit Britain
    Author: Yong, A
  2. Europe Talks, Eastwest European Institute. (Public lecture) (2021).
    Paper: The future of EU citizenship status during crisis - is there a role for fundamental rights protection?
    Author: Yong, A
  3. Brexit and Citizenship. (Public lecture) Webinar (2020). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Women as vulnerable in the EU Settlement Scheme
  4. UACES Virtual Conference 2020. (Conference) Online (2020). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Teaching Europe Under Crisis
  5. Symposium on Future-Mapping the directions of European Union Law. (Seminar) Webinar (2020). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Is there a future for EU citizenship status in the EU’s constitutional crisis?
    Author: Yong, A
  6. UACES Graduate Forum Doctoral Training Academy. (Workshop) Brussels, Belgium (2019). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: The challenges of teaching EU Law in Brexit Britain
  7. 3rd PLEAS (Protection in the Law of Expulsion and Aid in Scotland) Workshop. (Workshop) Edinburgh, UK (2019). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Brexit and the Right to Remain in the UK
  8. UACES 49th Annual Conference. (Conference) Lisbon, Portugal (2019). Panel Member.
    Paper: Deportation in Brexit Britain as a Challenge to Sovereignty
    Author: Yong, Adrienne
  9. 26th International Conference of Europeanists 2019. (Conference) Madrid, Spain (2019). Panel Member.
    Paper: Deportation in Brexit Britain as a challenge to sovereignty
    Author: Yong, Adrienne
  10. Brexit’s Effect on Citizens, Human Rights & Immigration. (Workshop) London, UK (2019). Organising Committee and Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Retaining rights to protection from expulsion as a fundamental right in Brexit Britain
    Author: Yong, Adrienne
  11. European Union Studies Association (EUSA) Biennial Conference. (Conference) Denver, USA (2019). Panel Member.
    Paper: Retaining rights to protection from expulsion as a fundamental right in Brexit Britain
    Author: Yong, A
  12. Modern Law Review Seminar ‘The Future of Human Rights at Work: Brexit and Beyond’. (Workshop) Colchester, UK (2019). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Employment Statuses Affecting EU Settled Status and Human Rights
  13. Migration and New Governance in the EU. (Workshop) Glasgow, UK (2019). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Deportation as a challenge to “new governance"
  14. Goldsmiths Roundtable: From 'Bargaining Chips' to 'Collateral Damage': The Continuing Battle to Safeguard Citizens' RIghts After Brexit. (Public lecture) London, UK (2019). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: 'Settled Status', Unsettled Lives? Asserting (Theoretical) Rights in Practice
  15. Brexit, Rights and Devolution. (Conference) London, UK (2018). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
    Paper: Future adjudication of EU derived rights in the UK
  16. Brexit Rights Engagement Network (BREN) Roundtable on Rights Adjudication and Enforcement After Brexit. (Workshop) University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (2018). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Missing Parts in the Future Adjudication of EU Citizens’ Rights in the UK
  17. International Society of Public Law (ICON·S) 2018 Conference on Identity, Security, Democracy: Challenges for Public Law. (Conference) Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2018). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Human rights protection as justice in post-Brexit Britain
  18. Young Researchers' Symposium on The Future of Europe. (Conference) Helsinki, Finland (2018). Invited speaker.
    Paper: A "Just" Brexit for EU Citizens?
  19. 25th International Conference of Europeanists 2018. (Conference) Chicago, USA (2018). Invited speaker.
    Paper: A "Just" Brexit for EU Citizens?
  20. EU Citizens Rights Post-Brexit: a right to remain in the UK? (Public lecture) London, United Kingdom (2018). Panel Member. Invited speaker.
  21. 24th International Conference of Europeanists 2017. (Conference) Glasgow, United Kingdom (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The Future of EU Citizens’ Rights – Will Fundamental Rights be Further Forgotten?
    Author: Yong, A.
  22. The Inter-relationship between the European Convention on Human Rights and European Union Law. (Conference) Nicosia, Cyprus (2017). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Articles 8 ECHR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights – do the Courts understand the right to data protection?
    Author: Yong, A.
    Co-authors: Pearce, H.
  23. Edinburgh Europa Research Group Seminar Series 2016/17. (Public lecture) Edinburgh, United Kingdom (2016). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The constitutional crisis of the EU citizen in fundamental rights protection and EU citizenship law
    Author: Yong, A.
  24. Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2016. (Conference) Lancaster, United Kingdom (2016). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The constitutional crisis of the EU citizen in fundamental rights protection and EU citizenship law
    Author: Yong, A.
  25. The Age of Austerity: A New Challenge for State Powers. (Workshop) Edinburgh, United Kingdom (2016). Invited speaker.
    Paper: The austerity crisis in the EU: a damning effect on citizenship and fundamental rights protection
    Author: Yong, A.
  26. UACES Student Forum. (Conference) Birmingham, United Kingdom (2014). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Commonality, not Diversity: A Legitimate Union Citizenship towards a More Legitimate EU
    Author: Yong, A.

Media appearances (3)

  1. France24 Live News.
  2. Rai TV7 (Italy).
  3. Brexit talks, France24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0G1GRk9FIQ

Online articles (9)

  1. Brexit Briefing: The case for associate EU citizenship. (2016). Financial Times Quoted from the EUtopia Law blog
  2. Can Britons keep their EU citizenship after Brexit? (2017). The Economist Directly cited.
  3. The problems associated with associate citizenship of the EU. (2016). EUtopia Law Blog
  4. Can Britons keep their EU citizenship? (2018). Financial Times Quoted from The Conversation
  5. Britons scramble to get E.U. passports before Brexit. (2018). NBC News Quoted directly.
  6. Women Will Be Hit Hard by U.K.’s New Immigration Rules, Experts Warn. (2020). The New York Times Quoted directly.
  7. Executives Brace for Post-Brexit Changes. (2020). Wall Street Journal Quoted directly.
  8. ‘Life and death’: Barriers to healthcare for ethnic minorities. (2021). AlJazeera Cited.
  9. Leben im Krebsgang. (2021). Der Freitag Quoted with Dr Sabrina Germain on COVID-19 inequalities in German.

Radio programmes (2)

  1. Brexit Brits Abroad Podcast.
  2. Bouche à Oreille. Radio Verulam BREXIT: Situation légale des ressortissants de l’UE en GB

Other

  1. Expert witness before House of Commons Home Affairs Committee for the EU Settlement Scheme inquiry (Feb 2019) https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/f3e5154b-8809-4417-8100-90c48500072d.