Nadia García-Santaolalla is a professor of international law and public policy at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and an incoming Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law (CIL), National University of Singapore. Her work focuses on international trade law, economic governance, and sustainable development. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, where her doctoral research examined the evolution of security exceptions in international trade law and their implications for global economic governance.
Prior to her appointment at CIL, she was a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, where she worked on trade resilience, supply chain vulnerabilities, and the increasing use of national security justifications in trade policy. At the Monterrey Institute of Technology, she teaches courses in international economic law, trade compliance, global logistics, and international business.
Her research combines doctrinal legal analysis with socio-legal approaches, and she collaborates with policymakers and academics to address contemporary challenges at the intersection of trade and development. She has also advised SMEs on trade regulation and compliance, and co-led business initiatives focused on sustainability and responsible supply chains. Her contributions to trade and development have been recognised by the United Nations.
