María Mercedes Albornoz

María Mercedes Albornoz

Researcher Professor at Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, CIDE), Mexico City.

Mexico

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She graduated in Law at the National University of Litoral in Santa Fe, in her country of origin, Argentina. Then, she obtained a Master Degree in Private International Law and International Commerce Law, and a PhD in Law, both at Université de Paris II, in France. She cooperates with the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an External Advisor in Private International Law.

Her research and teaching fields encompass Private International Law, International Contracts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Online Dispute Resolution (ODR). Some of her academic papers tackle the challenges of implementing ODR. They deal with electronic commerce, ODR and development, lack of trust in electronic commerce, and the feasibility of using ODR in developing countries, from a Latin American perspective.

Professor ALBORNOZ is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers, she also belongs to several academic associations like the American Association of Private International Law, ASADIP, and the Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law, AMEDIP.