Diego Acosta

Global Distinguished Professor of Law
Notre Dame London Law Programme
Home Affiliation: Professor of European and Migration Law, University of Bristol

Dr Diego Acosta is a professor of European and Migration Law at the University of Bristol. He also holds the position of Director of the Global Chair Nebrija-Santander on Migration and Human Rights at Nebrija University in Madrid.

Professor Acosta is a leading international expert on European and international migration law. His work discusses migration law as a central aspect of globalization. It analyses various processes of inclusion and exclusion and their profound implications for the rule of law in Europe, South America and elsewhere. He is the author of more than 60 publications. His latest monograph, published in 2018 by Cambridge University Press, explores the legal construction of the national and the foreigner in South America from the early 19th century until today. For his new project, Professor Acosta has received external funding from the Open Society Foundations to map free movement of people regimes globally.

He has testified before the parliaments of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru on migration law reform. He has provided consultancy for various governments, international organizations, law firms, political parties, and NGOs in the USA, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa. He has also produced written observations for the applicant in various cases submitted to the European Court of Justice.