Who is?
Teacher and researcher
Since graduating in law in 1984, he has devoted his career to teaching and researching Administrative Law, at times also managing public institutions in tasks related to this branch of law (such as his stints as director of three public administration schools/institutes of the Canary Islands, Galicia and the National Institute of Public Administration, in collaboration with judicial institutions (as a substitute judge in the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands), or as an advisor to international organisations (as a member of the UN Committee of Experts on Public Administration).
Rodríguez-Arana, Jaime
Birth
07/04/1961
Nationality
Spanish
ResearchID
A-2405-2019
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Education
1979-1984
Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1984-1986
PhD in Law, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Current position
1993-2020
Professor of Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain.
Previous positions
1986-1987
Associate Professor in Administrative Law, School of Labour Relations and Social Security Law Consultants, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1987-1993
Senior Professor in Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain.
Fellowships and awards
1987 and 1988
Winner of two Legal Research Awards: “Decano Raimundo D’Abadal”, received from Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona, and “Decano Zarate i Penichet”, received from Colegio de Abogados de Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
2003
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (award for “exceptional civil services, carried out by Spanish and foreign nationals, that benefit the Nation or that significantly contribute to developing friendly relations and cooperation between the Spanish Nation and the rest of the International Community”).
2009 and 2019
Doctor Honoris Causa, received from the Universidad Hispanoamericana de Nicaragua and from the Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho de Costa Rica.
2015 and 2106
Honorary Professor, received from the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste de la República Argentina and the Universidad Católica de la República Oriental del Uruguay.
2019 and 2020
Two Commemorative Books of the 25th anniversary of his appointment to professorship (in Spain and America).
Teaching activities
1987-1993
Senior Lecturer in Administrative Law, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain.
2006-2010
Lecturer in Public Ethics, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.
2010-2011
Visiting Lecturer in Administrative Law, Universidad Católica Portuguesa, Portugal.
Since 1993
Lecturer in Administrative Law, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain.
Since 2015
Associate Lecturer in Administrative Law, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Argentine Republic.
Since 2016
Honorary Lecturer, Universidad Católica de la República Oriental del Uruguay.
Since 2019
Lecturer in the Diploma in Public Procurement, Universidad del Salvador, Argentine Republic.
Since 2008
Senior Lecturer in the Master’s Degree on Administrative Law, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico.
Since 2011
Senior Lecturer in Good Administration in the Master’s Degree on Government and Public Policies of the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico.
Since 2012
Visiting Lecturer in the Nucleus of Constitutional Investigations, Universidad Federal de Paraná, Brazil.
Since 2013
Lecturer in the PhD Programme in Public Law, Universidad de Santo Tomás de Colombia.
Since 2001
Visiting Lecturer in Administrative Law, Universidad de Táchira, Venezuela.
Since 2003
Associate Lecturer in Administrative Law: Universidad Católica de Salta, Argentine Republic.
Since 2004
Guest Lecturer in the postgraduate course in Administrative Law: Universidad Austral, Argentine Republic.
Since 2005
Visiting Lecturer in Administrative Law, Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Institutional responsibilities
2009-2017
Department Head of Special Public Law, Universidad de A Coruña, Spain.
1988-1990
Director of the Instituto Canario de Administración Pública, Spain.
1990-1996
Director of the Escola Galega de Administración Pública, Spain.
2000-2003
Director of the Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública, Spain.
Memberships of scientific societies
2001-2005
Member of the Commission of Experts on Public Administration of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
Since 2001
President of the Spanish Section of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
Since 2004
President of the Iberoamerican Forum of Administrative Law
Since 2006
Founding Member of the International Association of Administrative Law.
Since 2008
Honorary President of the Central American Association of Administrative Law.
Since 2011
Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
Since 2011
Member of the Iberoamerican Association of Electoral Law.
Since 2015
General Coordinator of the Iberoamerican Public Procurement Network.
Since 2017
Member of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
2020
Founding Member of the Comparative Administrative Law Association.
