![Dr Gloria Alvarez Dr Gloria Alvarez](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/s05ga6/avatar/LWFoxVLyABJx5QwXZDSzSGsnBb92ETr3cGtV93M8.jpeg)
FCIArb, PhD (School of International Arbitration, QMUL), LLM (London), LLB (Hons)
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- gloria.alvarez@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272531
- School/Department
- School of Law
Biography
Gloria is an international academic on international dispute resolution energy and investment law. She has in-depth knowledge of commercial law in civil and common law systems, acts as legal expert and independent arbitrator (ICC, ICSID, LCIA, CAM, CCL and CANACO experience). She worked as in-house lawyer in a multinational company and arbitration case manager in an arbitral institution.
Her academic work spans in the areas of international economic law, climate and social justice. She has held prestigious academic posts at the Shanghai University of Finance, Queen Mary University of London, Max Planck Institute (Luxemburg), Lauterpacht Centre (University of Cambridge) and a Research Associate at UKERC (EPSRC Grant).Gloria has published the following leading books:
International Arbitration in Latin America: Energy and Natural Resources Disputes, Kluwer 2021
Routledge Handbook of Energy Law, Routledge 2020
The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules: A Practical Commentary, Elgar 2019
Gloria has held commissions of trust, including Associate Editor at Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2013-2019), Young ICCA Mentoring Programme Co-coordinator (2017-2019) and Steering Member of the Alumni and Friends of the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London. She is the founder of “Hydrogen Talks” and co-founder of “Arbitration Links”, initiatives to learn about the use of hydrogen in the energy transition and promote international arbitration from a Mexican perspective, respectively. Gloria a Member of the Academic Forum on ISDS (PluriCourts) and sits in the Editorial Board of ICSID Review, Journal of International Arbitration and European Investment Law and Arbitration Review.
She is currently working in two major publications: Arbitration in Mexico (Wolters Kluwer) and International Investment Arbitration and Energy Disputes (Hart). She is also a visiting lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School in Canada.
- Research
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Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Law.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Gloria's Research
Manifestations of social justice in international dispute resolution, including: the energy transition, indigenous rights and SMEs.
Decision-making, behavioural economics and the role of psychology in international arbitration.
The ISDS Reform, multilateralism and third party participation in investment treaty practice.
- Teaching
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