Profile

Lecturer

PhD in Law, European University Institute; LL.M. in Human Rights, Central European University; LL.B., Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Prior to becoming a Lecturer at UNSW Law, Lucas was the Dean's Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UNSW Law. Before that, he was a Postgraduate Fellow at the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas at Austin School of Law.

Lucas holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute, where he wrote a thesis on the protection of intangible cultural heritage in international law, recently published by Oxford University Press.

Areas of expertise

• International Law
• Fragmentation of International Law
• International Cultural Heritage Law
• International Human Rights Law
• Regional Economic Integration
• Comparative Constitutional Law
• International Legal History

Memberships

• Advisory Board, European Journal of Legal Studies
• Member, American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP)
• Member, International Law Association
• Member, Australia and New Zealand Society of International Law
• Member, American Society of International Law
• Member, European Society of International Law