Elena Carolina Díaz Galán
Professor of Public International Law and International Relations. Academic Director for the International Promotion of Hispanic Programs and Global Responsibility at King Juan Carlos University in Madrid, Spain. Her main research lines are: Human Rights, the 2030 Agenda, sustainable development, International Organizations, and international security and peace. She has taught in both Spanish and English across various subjects in different undergraduate and master's degrees. She is a member of several research projects and chairs related to the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development, including having been a member of the United Nations Chair on the Sustainable Development Goals, established by agreement between King Juan Carlos University and the United Nations (United Nations Development Fund); the Chair on Sustainability, Social Inclusion, Diversity, and Human Rights of the Ministry of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda; and she is also a member of the project: "Normative Gaps and Progressive Development of the 2030 Agenda and the Principle of Sustainability," of special relevance for Spain, State Research Agency, Reference: PID2020-138339OB-I00, 2023-2027. Furthermore, she is the Principal Investigator (PI) of various projects, among others: PI of the Jean Monnet Module Action Project (2023-2026) "CLAEU - European union policy in latin america and the caribbean: values, principles and areas of action," European Commission, External Reference: 101127378, Internal Reference: V1371, Duration: 09/10/2023 - 08/10/2026. She has conducted research stays at prestigious foreign universities and centers, including the University of Nevada, Reno, USA; the University of Havana, Cuba; the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, University of Lisbon (Portugal); and the Université Paris-Ouest-Nanterre-La Défense (Paris X).
She has undertaken extensive research work; among her most recent publications in monographs and scientific journals, the following can be highlighted: "La protección diplomática: El caso español," Dykinson, Madrid, 2024, 234 pp., ISBN: 9788410701182; "La contribución de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA) a la seguridad hemisférica," Dykinson, Madrid, 2023, 258 pp., ISBN: 978-841-170-837-1; "La Seguridad Internacional en las Américas: Logros normativos de la integración regional y subregional," Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, 2021, ISBN: 978-84-1378-663-6, 248 pages; "Contramedidas y uso de la fuerza armada: la ausencia de soluciones definitivas ¿o no?," Anuario Español de Derecho Internacional (AEDI), no. 39, 2023, ISSN: 0212-0747, pp. 443-496; "Posición geopolítica y defensa de los intereses nacionales de España: repensando el asunto del islote Perejil veinte años después," Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos, Ministry of Defence, no. 19, June 2022, NIPO 083-15-199-9 (online edition), ISSN 2255-3479 (online edition), pp. 59-83; "Venezuela ante la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI): algunas cuestiones sobre el crimen de lesa humanidad," Revista de Derecho YACHAQ, no. 14, 2022, Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho (CIED) Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, ISSN: 2707-1197 (online), ISSN: 1817-597X (print), pp. 165-184; "Cooperación Estructurada Permanente (PESCO): Algunas consecuencias para España y la OTAN," Cuadernos de Política Exterior Argentina, Nueva Época, (CUPEA), no. 136, December 2022, ISSN 1852-7213 (online edition), ISSN 0326-7806 (print edition), pp. 65-84; "Desarrollo Sostenible y Unión Europea: los términos de la política de cooperación tras la adopción de la Agenda 2030" in Monograph: "La política de Cooperación para el Desarrollo de la Unión Europea," Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación (REDC), vol. 49, no. 2, 2022, ISSN 1137-8875, eISSN 2794-0462, pp. 153-162; and "El valor jurídico de la Agenda 2030 sobre Desarrollo Sostenible: ¿una nueva tendencia normativa?," Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies, forthcoming, 2021, DOI: 10.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.634, pp. 1-27. She holds a six-year research recognition. All her publications can be consulted at: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/autor?codigo=3924603