Professor, Department of Strategy and General Management at
Esade
URL Associate Professor
Biography
José M. de Areilza has a double appointment as Professor in the Department of Law
and in the Department of General Management and Strategy. Also, since 2013, he holds
the Jean Monnet Chair at ESADE, awarded by the European Commission.Between 2018 and
2020 he was a Visiting Professor at INSEAD Business School's MBA Program, where he
taught the course 'Power and Politics'. In 2023 he is a Guest Lecturer at London Business
School, responsible for the course 'Paths to Power'.His two areas of teaching and
research are Law and Politics in the European Union and Power and Influence in Organizations.
He has published more than sixty academic articles. He is the author of the book 'Power
and Law in the European Union' Civitas and has co-authored and edited the books 'Internet,
a prophecy' Ariel and 'The transformations of Spain in the European Union' Faes. Professor
Areilza is also Secretary General of the Aspen Institute Spain, partner of The Aspen
Institute in the United States, a non partisan philanthropic institution for values-based
leadership and the exchange of ideas.He has been a Visiting Professor at ten diferent
European and American universities and has worked as Advisor on European and North
American affairs in President of the Government of Spain's Office. He was a Member
of the Board of Governors of the Madrid Bar Association 2007-12, Dean and founder
of IE Law School at IE Business School-IE University and President of the Center for
European Studies-IE.He writes a weekly column on international affairs in the ABC
newspaper. In 2017 he received the Antonio Fontán Prize for Political Journalism and
in 2020 the Aquí Europa-Vocento Prize for European Journalism. He is a member of the
European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR, Vice President of the US-Spain Council
Foundation, Academy Adjunct Faculty at the Royal Institute of International Affairs
-Chatham House, London. Between 2017 and 2022 he served as Co-Chair of the British-Spanish
Tertulias, the leading Spain-United Kingdom forum.He is a Member of the Board of Trustees
of the Naval Museum of Spain, Ministry of Defence and of the Board of Governors of
the Real Maestranza de Ronda.José M. de Areilza holds a Licenciado en Derecho LL.B.
degree, Special Graduation Prize from Complutense University of Madrid, a Doctorate
in Law SJD and a Masters of Laws LL.M. from Harvard University and Master in International
Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In 1991 he was admitted to
the New York Bar.
Contact details
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