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José Juan Castelló Pastor is Lecturer of Private International Law at the University of Valencia, with a solid and recognized academic and research background at the intersection of law, technology, and international trade. He holds a Law Degree (UVEG), an LLM from Queen Mary University of London, and a Doctorate in Law from the UVEG, with honors ‘Cum Laude’ and ‘Doctor Internacional’. He has been awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize and the Juan de la Cierva-Formación postdoctoral scholarship, and has two six-year periods of research (CNEAI) and two five-year periods of teaching.
His specialization focuses on digital law, intellectual and industrial property, e-commerce, and the regulatory challenges of innovation in the European Union. He has a proven track record of consistent and impactful scientific output: two monographs, 17 articles in indexed scientific journals, and 32 book chapters. He maintains a strong international presence, participating in conferences, seminars, and presentations at leading forums such as WIPO (Geneva), Fordham University (New York), the University of Bologna, and the Federal University of Paraná (Brazil), as well as numerous Spanish venues.
He has led competitive research as Principal Investigator in three projects: (1) ‘Towards a person-centered digital transition in the European Union’ (TED2021-129307A-I00, 2022-2025); (2) ‘The protection of rights in the digital environment’ (GV/2019/118, 2019-2021); and (3) ‘Protection of inventions of interest to national defense’ (CUD-UNIZAR). He is currently part of teams working on strategic projects on the modernization of the industrial and intellectual property regime in light of the digital agenda and sustainability (PID2022-136567NB-I00) and on digitization and genomic editing in agriculture (CIAICO/2023/2695). His experience is complemented by participation in state and European projects, including EUFAM'S II (JUST-JCOO-AG-2017-800780) and Save Comp (JUST/2014/ACTION GRANTS), reinforcing a profile focused on complex and cross-border regulatory issues.
He has conducted research stays at centers of excellence (Max Planck Institute in Munich on Innovation and Competition) and top-tier universities such as Columbia University, Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Fordham University, Università di Bologna, Universität Mainz, and Universidade do Porto, consolidating a comparative perspective that is particularly relevant to legal practice in digital and internal market scenarios.
In academic management, he promotes collective works with high editorial impact (‘Towards a person-centered digital transition: legal studies from the perspective of the European Union’, Aranzadi La Ley, 2025; ‘Analysis of the EU Digital Services Regulation and its interrelation with other European Union regulations’, Aranzadi, 2024; 'Legal challenges facing digital integration: European and international aspects', Aranzadi, 2021; and ‘Electronic contracting and e-commerce law in the European Union and Spain’, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2021). He also directs the International Congress ‘The Protection of Rights in the Digital Environment’ (I-IV editions: 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025), which has established itself as a leading forum for scientific and legal debate on rights, innovation, and regulation.
In teaching, he regularly lectures on private international law and international trade law in bachelor's and double degree programs at the University of Valencia, as well as subjects in master's programs (international trade law in the Master's Degree in Economic Internationalization: International Trade Management; arbitration as ADR in the Master's Degree in Mediation, Arbitration, and Conflict Management in Private Law; Competition and Intellectual Property in the Double Master's Degree in Law and Business Law, among others), and the subject ‘Regulatory Framework for Subjects in the Digital Environment’ in the Master's Degree in LegalTech & Compliance Officer (UVEG). He has also taught ICT and video game law (Jaume I University) and engineering degrees (CUD-UNIZAR), as well as teaching in English in international programs (Business Law and International Business Law in MBA). Internationally, he has taught postgraduate and doctoral courses in Central America (Guatemala and Honduras) and seminars in the Joint International Doctoral (Ph.D.) in Law, Science and Technology (C.I.R.S.F.I.D., Università di Bologna).
He is a member of the University Institute of Property Law - Patrimonium (UV) and the research groups GEDPED (European and Digital Private Law Study Group) and GIPI (Intellectual and Industrial Property R&D Group) at the University of Valencia, actively contributing to the modernization of the European and international legal framework in the areas of digital technology, innovation, and intangible assets.