Ilil Gabison

Thesis title

Obscure Chains, Transparent Prices: Contested Commodification in Global Value Chains

Supervisors

Professor Stephen Humphreys and Dr Marie Petersmann

Research interests/areas

Ilil’s research investigates non-economic loss and damage incurred by, and channelled through, global value chains. Her work explores legal avenues to render these costs more tangible and reducible, while striving for harmony with nature. To this end, her research adopts a cross-disciplinary approach, drawing on law, economic theory, ecology, and anthropology.

Ilil is a PhD candidate at the LSE Law School. She holds an LLB (magna cum laude) and an MA in Economics from Tel Aviv University, where she also graduated from the Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Programme for Outstanding Students. Prior to starting her PhD, Ilil clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel and engaged in litigation and advocacy projects aimed at countering democratic backsliding.

Publications

The Climate Change Turn in Human Rights, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Human Rights Law (Neha Jain & Mila Versteeg eds., 2025) (with Doreen Lustig)

The Constitutional Turn in Climate Litigation: Two Decades after the Adam Teva Ve-Din Decision 46 TAU L. Rev. 349 (with Doreen Lustig) (2024) [Hebrew]

Affiliations / Memberships

Israel Bar Association

Awards / Scholarships

AHRC London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) DTP Studentship (2025–2028)

Tel Aviv University Master’s-level Research Scholarship (2022–2023)

The Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students Scholarship (four-year tuition, 2018–2022)