Dr. Ayelet Berman
Navigating Health and Biosecurity Law & Policy in Asia and Globally
Dr. Ayelet Berman is Lead of the Law & Governance Program at the Asia Centre for Health Security and an honorary affiliate of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. She is also on the faculty of the Centre for Infectious Disease Emergencies (CIDER) of the NUS School of Medicine. She previously led the Global Health Law & Governance Programme at the National University of Singapore’s Centre for International Law (CIL), where she also served as a Senior Research Fellow in international investment law.
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Biosecurity is fundamentally about preventing harm, and the law plays a critical role in establishing the norms, standards, and enforcement mechanisms that make this possible.
Publications
My written work spans global health, biosecurity, global governance, international investment law, and more.
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T.M.C. Asser Press / Springer, “50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention”.
Policy
I engage in policy-making processes.
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Member, Intellectual Property Working Group
AI-IP_Global Health SecurityDownload
I represented the Asia Centre for Health Security (ACHS) at the Working Group session (Geneva, 4-8 December 2023).
A/Prof. Ayelet Berman, Dr. Marija Jovanovic (Essex), and Mayer Brown LLP (Singapore/New York) were granted leave by the European Court of Human Rights…
The law is central to global health security because it creates the obligations and structures necessary for collective action. Without legal commitments, global health security is fragmented and ineffective.
Speaking
I frequently speak at conferences, workshops, and other events.
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Geneva, 9 December 2025
Biological Weapons Convention Working Group on Strengthening the Convention | IBBIS Launch of the Global DNA Synthesis Map
Health Sciences Seminar
Bar Ilan University, School of Medicine
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical shortcomings in international law’s capacity to manage public health emergencies effectively and equitably. In …
IBBIS workshop on International Standards for DNA Synthesis Screening—Towards Common Global Standards for Biosecurity
The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) held a meeting on “International Standards for DNA Synthesis Screening—Towa…
Research
My research is focused on the fields of law, policy, and governance in global health and biosecurity.
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Synthetic nucleic acid has vastly improved our ability to engineer biological systems. While gene synthesis technology offers countless benefits in ma…
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light the shortcomings of the international legal framework for pandemics and public health emergencies. Since then, …
In May 2024, the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the “Policy for Oversight of Dual Use Research of Concern and Path…
Leadership
I hold professional leadership positions.
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2024
Member
Since 2024
Editorial Board Member
Since 2022
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