Mariela de Amstalden

Dr Mariela de Amstalden is an interdisciplinary legal scholar working on law, technology and innovation, global economic governance, and intellectual property rights. She is currently a UK Royal Society/Leverhulme Trust/British Academy APEX Award grantee (Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary research; 2024-2026) and incoming Law Foundation Chair in Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Otago, Faculty of Law (2026-). Formerly, she was an associate professor in Law and Technology at the University of Exeter, Faculty of Law (2023-2024) and an assistant professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law at the University of Birmingham, School of Law School (2021-2023; tenured). Her international academic experience includes a lectureship at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, research fellowships at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has also held a number of visiting appointments, including at Georgetown University, Washington, DC, and the University of Edinburgh, among others. Being admitted to the bar, she has practiced law, primarily in international dispute settlement and legal forensics, and acted as court clerk. She has also advised Swiss and British governments on law reform matters related to public health, food technology and international trade. She regularly consults with the bar, the private sector, industry and the not-for-profit sector.