PUBLICATIONS

Research

Yoriko's academic research examines cross-cultural histories of global governance, focusing on animals and commodities. She has written and edited key publications in human-animal studies, including 'Law and the Question of the Animal' (with Edward Mussawir), and 'Making Milk' (with Mathilde Cohen). Her latest monograph, 'Unconditional Life: The International Law Settlement' was published by Oxford University Press. She is currently working on two collaborative book projects, and is happy to be contacted by fellow scholars, publishers, and the press.

​Her most recent artistic collaboration (using her work on animals) was with the duo Ben and Sebastian, whose work 'Silent Parties' at the Court of Aarhus received a national award (Snedkerprisen 2021). It is currently on tour.
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Shortlisted for the Penny Pether Prize.

'This book is a triumph. It is an exquisite expression of how much can still be done in and with international legal thought." Professor Flour Johns,
University of New South Wales, Australia.

'This is an outstanding piece of scholarly prose."
Professor Gregor Noll,
Lund University, Sweden
"This book will introduce you to some of today's most exciting and creative food studies scholars as they take on the topic of milk."
E.Melanie Dupuis, Pace University, USA. 

"I was enchanted, shocked, and intrigued."
Professor Joanna Bourke,
Birkbeck, University of London
"I have been challenged and excited - at the same time! - by the original  insights contained in some of the chapters of Law and the Question of the Animal."
John Mancy, Editor for Australian Animal Protection Law Journal 
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Contributions to Edited Collections

Peer-Reviewed Articles
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Reviews

I act as a peer reviewer for publishers, good journals. I have most recently reviewed articles and book proposals for: Oxford University Press; Routledge Press; Cambridge University Press; the Journal for Critical Animal Studies; the Quebec Journal of International Law; Law and Social Inquiry, and Cogent Social Science.  I also reviews project proposals for universities and funding bodies, most recently for the French National Center for Scientific Research; Research Foundation Flanders, and the Georgian Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation.

Newspaper Articles and Blog Posts


​The End of the City and the Last Man: Urban Animals and the Law

"If we begin to think about law and the absence of urban animals, or of law and the urban and the absence of animals, or even of the law and its production of lawful animals, we are overwhelmed by the evidence of what John Berger calls ‘the loneliness of man as a species'."

Consulting

I have experience working with a range of clients, including governments, public interest groups and international organizations. Over the last ten years I have acted as an expert consultant for the Danish Institute for Human Rights (2011); the Institute of Advanced Studies, UN University (2010); Humane Society International (2008), and the Ministry of Environment, Cambodia (2006). I have also worked at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change (London); Bleyer Lawyers (Melbourne); UNEP (Geneva); the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (Oceania), and the Environment Defenders Office (Victoria).