Professor Jean-Marc Coicaud is a Fudan University distinguished chair professor, university distinguished professor of Law and Political Science at Rutgers University, an elected member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He also served as a Senior Academic Officer and Research Director with the United Nations University. His research areas are political legitimacy, global justice and international law, etc.

He has published more than 100 papers and dozens of books with Oxford University, Cambridge University and many other top publishers in the world. His books Legitimacy and Politics: A Contribution to the Study of Political Right and Political Responsibility;  Towards the International Rule of Law have been translated into other languages, which enjoy wide academic attention and influence.

His new book The Law and Politics of International Legitimacy  was published by Cambridge University Press in 2025.