• International investment law
• EU external trade and investment policy
• Sustainable development and trade and investment
• Comparative legal systems and institutions

Dr Ivana Damjanovic is a Visiting Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies and a Lecturer at the Canberra Law School. Her research is interdisciplinary, encompassing issues of law and politics in the international investment global regime, with particular focus on the European Union and its external investment, trade and climate change policies. Her monograph The European Union and International Investment Law Reform: Between Aspirations and Reality was published by Cambridge University Press in 2023.

Ivana has qualified as a lawyer in Australia and Europe (Croatia) and has expertise in international law and international relations. She has taught law as a guest lecturer at universities in Asia (China, Bhutan, Indonesia) and Europe (Belgium, Croatia). Ivana has provided training to Australian government and industry stakeholders on EU trade and investment law and policy, and has presented her research at different conferences in Australia, Europe (Luxembourg, Brussels, Maastricht), Asia (Tokyo, Shanghai, Bangkok, Jakarta) and the US (Yale University). Her professional background encompasses trade advisory role with the Delegation of the European Union to Australia, consultancy work and nine years as a career diplomat for Croatia. 

• EU Climate Change Agenda in External Trade and Investment, ANU, Project coordinator;
• Australia and the EU: Bilateral Perspectives on Global Governance, University of Canberra, Project coordinator;
• The EU-China Relationship in Rules-based Multilateral Investment System, Maastricht University, key project member; 
• Internal Market and Migration as Catalysts for Regional Integration in SEE, University North (Croatia), key project member;
• The rule of law in international investment law, St. Louis University Brussels, Visiting Fellow, 2019-2020;
• EU-Australia Centre for Economic Cooperation Visiting Fellowship 2019, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, ANU, August – December 2019
• Understanding EU Trade: A Guide for Australian Stakeholders, ANU Centre for European Studies, Jean Monnet Research Assistant, 2017-2018.