Introduction

Young-OGEMID (YO) is pleased to hold the second instalments of its newly launched series: the author interview. The second virtual online interview took place from May 22 to May 27, 2022, and it featured Dr Anna Howard whose research focuses on mediation and investor state dispute settlement. Dr Howard is a Guest Lecturer at University College London, Research Fellow at the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy and the Founder of Anna Howard Mediation. Before moving into academia, Dr Howard practised EU competition law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Fieldfisher.

Dr Howard joined Professor Strong to discuss her latest book EU Cross-Border Commercial Mediation: Listening to Disputants, which was published by Wolters Kluwer in January 2021.