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Katia Bodard, Dra., Adv. M., M.A., Aggr., LL.M., Lic. R.

Assistant Professor 

E-mail: katia.bodard@vub.ac.be

Subjects taught:

  • Intellectual Property Rights

Education:

Certificate doctoral programme in Law and Criminology
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1999

Specialized Studies: Multilingual Business Communications
University of Antwerp (UIA) - 1997  (Cum Laude)

Master of Arts (M.A.) in Eastern European Studies
Interuniversity Institute for Eastern Europe
University of Ghent, Louvain and Brussels - 1996 (Magna Cum Laude)

LL.M. in International and Comparative Law (Program on International Legal Cooperation: International and European Law – English programme)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - 1994 (Cum Laude)

‘Licentiaat Rechten’ (Law Degree)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - 1993 (Magna Cum Laude)

Research Interests:

  • Globalisation issues
  • WTO law
  • International trade law
  • International environmental law
  • ICT law
  • Intellectual property rights

Select Publications:

“The impact on national environmental policy of TBT-rules”, in K. Byttebier en K. Van der Borght (eds.), J. Wouters en F. Z. Mansoor (ass. eds.), WTO Obligations and Opportunities: Challenges of Implementation, Cameron May, 2007, 155-172.

“WTO legal constraints and opportunities for national environmental product regulations” in M. Pallemaerts (ed.), (Proceedings of the colloquium The EU Internal Market and the WTO Multilateral Trading System: constraints and opportunities for national environmental product regulation), VUBPress, 2006.

“Restricting the Import of Timber and Timber Products Harvested through Illegal Logging: A Review of relevant multilateral environmental agreements”, Pallemaerts, M. and Bodard K. in M. BERGLUND (ed.) International Environmental law-Making and Diplomacy Review 2005.

Languages:

English, Dutch and French

Nationality:

Belgian