MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale
MacMillan Center

Fan Huang

Fox International Fellow
Fox International Fellowship, MacMillan Center
Academic Year: 2026-27
Direction: To Yale
Exchange Partner: National University of Singapore
Project Title: In Division, We Trust? Reasoning the Developing-Developed Country Divide in International Adjudication

Huang Fan is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. His research focuses on the Third World, legal argumentation, and international dispute settlement. Particularly, he explores how the division between developing and developed countries has been used as an argumentative tool for legal reasoning in concrete disputes before international courts and tribunals across various fields, including international investment law, international trade law, international human rights law, and international climate change law.

Prior to his studies in Singapore, Huang Fan obtained academic qualifications from China University of Political Science and Law (LL.B.), University of Lisbon (Diploma),

University of Macau (LL.M.), and Leiden University (LL.M.). His professional experience includes working as a tribunal secretary in international arbitration, interning at the United Nations, and providing research assistance at various law schools. Huang Fan’s working languages are Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Portuguese, and Spanish.