She studied law, philosophy and sinology in Heidelberg, London and Beijing. Her scholarship focuses on human rights and China, with publications addressing the role and situation of Chinese human rights defenders, property law and land rights in China, the status of migrant workers, the Chinese petitioning system and conceptions of justice in China. She has written on these topics in both academic publications and the popular press. Her book China’s Human Rights Lawyers: Advocacy and Resistance is due to be published later this year. Eva was the founding (co-) director and is a member of CUHK’s Centre for Rights and Justice, and a Nonresident Senior Research Fellow at NYU’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute.