GLOBAL INTEL is an emerging research group of the Autonomous University of Barcelona created in 2023 and funded by the Catalan Government ( 2021 SGR 00203). It is composed by researchers coming from different legal areas of expertise, who conduct joint research in the fields of human rights, data protection, security, international law and climate change / sustainability matters.
This group aims at producing specialised and novel knowledge in the field of EU and
international law, with a focus on global technological and security challenges.
The development of new technologies brings advantages and global challenges in areas such as migration, state surveillance, political elections, trafficking and smuggling of migrants and illegal goods, human rights and environmental protection. Global, regional and local legal systems are urged to adapt to the dual-use of new technologies, taking benefit from them to address global issues and tackling their misuse. GLOBAL INTEL seeks to combine the interdisciplinary backgrounds of its members in the fields of EU law, international law, policy and technology. Members of the group have extensive expertise on topics such as surveillance law, migration & border control, the enforcement of human rights, privacy & data protection, human security, sustainable development, environmental and global justice & international law.
In order to promote their research, GLOBAL INTEL members at the UAB collaborate with numerous practitioners and private organisations. Specially, this research group has incorporated 3 collaborating entities: (1) Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya, (2) FCC Medio Ambiente, S.A. (Barcelona), and (3) Organización no gubernamental de desarrollo para la sostenibilidad social, económica y ambiental de los territorios (Chile). These companies are relevant for bringing practical knowledge in topics of this research group related to environmental law, health and sustainability.
