Paula García Andrade

Institution: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Period of stay: 1/09/2026 - 11/12/2026

Contact: 

E-Mail: paula.garciaandrade@uam.es

https://portalcientifico.uam.es/es/ipublic/researcher/332607

Profile: 

Paula García Andrade is a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow in Public international law and European Union law at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Her research focuses on EU external relations law and on the external dimension of EU migration and asylum policies, with particular emphasis on the distribution of external competences, institutional balance, judicial review, and the use of international soft law. In these fields, she has authored a monograph, co-edited several collective volumes, and published around 50 contributions in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes.

She is currently the Principal Investigator of the nationally funded research project “The Impact of the European Union on International Law: A Problem-Solving Perspective” (EU-IMPACT, 2026–2029), and collaborates in the ERC project "Gatekeepers to International Refugee Law – The Role of Courts in Shaping Access to Asylum" (ACCESS, 2024-2028), led by M. Moraru (University of Bologna).

She is the national expert for Spain in the Odysseus Academic Network for Legal Studies on Immigration and Asylum, co-managing editor of the European Journal of Migration and Law, and serves on the editorial board of the Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo.

Research Area:

Sources of public international law / Law of international organisations / International law and domestic law

Research Title:

“The impact of the European Union on the sources of international law”

Research Outline:

Her research examines the impact of the European Union on the international legal order. In particular, it explores how the EU, especially through its external action, influences the development of international rules and principles, examining the implications of its practice for the system of sources of international law.

The research focuses on the Union's contribution, through its external practice and the ECJ's case law, to the development of the law of treaties, customary international law, and unilateral acts. It also examines the Union's role in the development of non-legally binding agreements. More broadly, it considers how the distinctive legal nature of the EU shapes the development of international law and the extent to which international law accommodates the growing norm-generating role of international organisations and the EU’s ‘exceptionalism’.

Drawing on doctrinal legal analysis and a problem-solving approach, the research engages with current debates on the evolution of the sources of international law and the role of international organisations in contemporary international law-making.

Publications:

Selected publications:

• García Andrade, P. (2025). Migration Partnership. In V. Chetail (ed.), Elgar Concise Encyclopaedia of Migration and Asylum Law (pp. 335-340). Edward Elgar.

• García Andrade, P. (2025). El control judicial de la PESC tras los asuntos Neves 77 Solutions y KS y KD: los principios constitucionales del Derecho de la UE como fundamento y límite de la jurisdicción del TJUE. Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo 80, 61-96.

• García Andrade, P. and Frasca, E. (2024). The Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and Tunisia: Issues of procedure and substance on the informalisation of migration cooperation. EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Blog.

• García Andrade, P. (2023). Tackling Migration Externally Through the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy: A Question of Legal Basis. European Papers, 8(2), 959-984.

• García Andrade, P. (ed.) (2023). Interacciones entre el Derecho de la Unión Europea y el Derecho internacional público. Tirant Lo Blanch.

• García Andrade, P. (2022). The external dimension of the EU migration policy: the legal framing of building partnerships with third countries. In P. De Bruycker and L. Tsourdi (eds.), Research Handbook on EU Migration and Asylum Law (pp. 365-388). Edward Elgar.

• García Andrade, P. (2022). Respect for Institutional Balance in the Adoption of Non-legally Binding Agreements: France v Commission II. In G. Butler, R. A. Wessel (eds.), EU External Relations Law. The Cases in Context (pp. 443-454), Hart.

• García Andrade, P. (2021). Outside the opt-out: legal consequences of the UK's withdrawal from the EU for external action in the AFSJ. In J. Santos Vara, R. A. Wessel (eds.), The Routledge Handbook on the International Dimension of Brexit (pp. 104-116). Routledge.

• García Andrade, P. (2019). The role of the European Parliament in the adoption of non- legally binding agreements with third countries. In J. Santos Vara, S. Sánchez Rodríguez-Tabernero (eds.), The Democratisation of EU International Relations through EU Law (pp. 115-131). Routledge.

• García Andrade, P. (2018). EU External Competences in the Field of Migration: How to Act Externally When Thinking Internally. Common Market Law Review 55 (1), 157-200.

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