SSI - School of International Studies

Public event / Meeting

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The Role of Indigenous Peoples in International Economic Law
13 May 2025, start time 14:15 - 16:00
Room 001
Free
Organizer: School of International Studies
Target audience: Everyone
Referent: Marco Pertile
Contacts: 
Staff of the School of International Studies - SIS
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Speaker: Sergio Puig De La Parra (European University Institute)

Bio: Sergio Puig de la Parra specialises in international economic law, including investment and trade law, business and human rights, and empirical legal methods. He holds a joint Chair in International Economic Law at the European University Institute and serves at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies. He is also the Evo DeConcini Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, where he was the director of the International Trade and Business Law Program.

Puig has held teaching positions at Stanford University, Duke University, University of Sydney, and the University of Colorado Boulder. He is a co-founder of TradeLab, an organization aimed at promoting clinical education and providing legal assistance in international trade and investment law.

As an active scholar, Puig has published extensively in leading journals and has co-edited the Journal of International Economic Law since 2020. His book, "At the Margins of Globalization: Indigenous Peoples and International Economic Law," highlights his commitment to exploring complex issues within international law and governance and his interest in the boundaries and intersections of different legal fields.