About me
Dr Diana Sancho was appointed Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster in 2020. Diana is also an Associate Professor of law at the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid), where she taught during 2001-2013 before joining the University of Leicester (2013-2020). She studied law at the University Complutense (Madrid) and completed her postgraduate education with an LLM (London School of Economics) and a PhD (Complutense University, Madrid). Diana has authored three monographs and numerous papers and was awarded a national prize for her research on international data transfers by the Spanish Agency of Data Protection. Diana has undertaken research at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University and the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law and contributed to numerous research projects. Her research interests include global data privacy, law and technology and private international law.
Teaching
Dr Diana Sancho is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was nominated ‘Best Lecturer’ by the Students’ Union at the University of Leicester in 2019. Diana has taught law in Madrid (at the University Complutense and the Rey Juan Carlos University), in Germany (at the Hochschule Osnabrück, University of Applied Sciences), and at the Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo University, PUCMM). She gained further teaching experience collaborating with an academic NGO on higher education, which specialises in teaching in post-conflict societies. Diana taught at the University of Skopje in 2005 and at the University of Pristina, Kosovo, in 2008 with this NGO. She is currently the course director of the newly launched LLM in Law and Technology at the University of Westminster.
Research
- International data protection law
- Automated decision-making and data privacy
- International data transfers
- Choice of law (contracts, torts, company law)
- Jurisdiction
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.