Biography
Teresa M. Cabrita is an Assistant Professor of EU Law at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels.
Before joining UCLouvain, Teresa worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History and Theory of Law (Frankfurt), as a research associate at the KU Leuven (Belgium), and as a senior project manager for European projects in the field of judicial training.
Teresa holds a PhD in European and International Law from the University of Amsterdam (2023). Her research interests include the relationship between EU and international law, EU external relations law, EU legal history and European and international disaster law.
Research
Her research interests include the relationship between EU and international law, EU external relations law, EU legal history and European and international disaster law.
Her work has been published in the Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, European Papers, Europe and the World: A law review and European Constitutional Law Review.
Key Publications
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| Monograph | The European Union and Regionalism: Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives. Brill (2025). |
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| Book Chapters | Introduction: The EU as a Regional International Organization. In by Eva Kassoti, Teresa Cabrita, Narin Idriz (Contributors) (ed.), The European Union and Regionalism: Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives. Brill (2025). |
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The European Union’s Engagement with the United Nations International Law Commission: Process, Principles and Purpose. In Kathrin Maria Scherr, Erika de Wet (ed.), Assessing the International Law Commission: the past, present and future. Brill (2024). |
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| Conference Paper | Untangling family bonds: natural disasters and EU emergency law. Workshop: EU Crises and Emergencies: What’s in a Name?, University of Maastricht (2025). |
Teaching
- EU Legal System & Political System
- EU Trade policy
- Internal Market & Competition Law
- Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
- Training and master’s thesis
- Environmental Security
