“Universities must spearhead the 2030 Agenda”, by Cristina Gallach
Raquel Xalabarder
Raquel Xalabarder is a professor of intellectual property law and dean of the UOC's Faculty of Law and Political Science. She was also assistant director to the Vice President for Faculty and Academic Organization (November 2008–September 2013) and director of the law degree programme (February 2002–September 2007). She is coordinator of the UOC's Internet Law research group.
She has a law degree from the University of Barcelona (1988); a Master of Laws degree from Columbia University Law School, New York (1992–1993); and a Doctorate in Law (cum laude), with her thesis on "The international protection of audiovisual works. Questions related to authorship", from the University of Barcelona (1997). She was a visiting scholar at Columbia University Law School, New York (2000-2001) and Honorarvertrag at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Munich (2008 and 2011). Since 2000 she has been a tutor for courses run by the World Intellectual Property Organization Academy.
She is chair of ALADDA, the Spanish Literary and Artistic Copyright Defence Association, a member of ALAI, the International Literary and Artistic Association, treasurer of ATRIP, the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property and a member of ECS, the European Copyright Society . She is also a substitute member of the Spanish Ministry of Culture's intellectual property commission (first section).
She has extensive experience teaching and publishing in the fields of intellectual property law, private international law and internet law. She has been invited as an expert speaker to the principal events in these fields, both in Spain and internationally.