Dr. Monika Prusinowska is a scholar at the University of Barcelona, Spain. She recently (2024) received the Ramon y Cajal Fellowship Grant awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science to top scientists. Monika is also a research associate at the Oxford University’s project “China, Law and Development”. 

Monika’s work perspective has been shaped by nearly a decade of experience in China, where she studied Chinese law and worked at the China-EU School of Law at the University of Political Science and Law, as a foreign counsel at one of the largest Chinese law firms, a lecturer at the Polish embassy in Beijing, as well as collaborated with Asian arbitration institutions.

In her research, Monika concentrates on the intricate legal connections between China and the rest of the world. She looks into: a variety of aspects concerning dispute resolution involving China, legal implications of China's foreign investments, China's role in the energy transition, and the legal relationship between China and the European Union. Monika obtained law degrees in Europe and China, as well as mastered a number of foreign languages, including Mandarin and Spanish. She is also qualified as an attorney-at-law in Poland.