Sarah Dadush's research explores (public and private) mechanisms
for regulating the social and environmental performance of corporations.
She is particularly interested in the rise of social finance or impact
investing and in the emergence of new corporate structures that promise
to improve the role of business in society.
Before joining the Rutgers faculty, Professor Dadush served as legal counsel and partnership officer for the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United
Nations based in Rome. Prior to that, she was a fellow at NYU's
Institute for International Law and Justice, where she was staffed on
the institute's research program on financing for development. She also
worked as an associate attorney at the global law firm, Allen &
Overy L.L.P., specializing in international investment arbitration and
cross-border banking transactions.
She received her J.D. and LL.M. in international and comparative law from Duke University School of Law in 2004.
She teaches Contracts, Transnational Business Regulation, and International Development Law and Finance.
