Dr. Yilly Vanessa Pacheco, LL.M.
Dr. Yilly Pacheco is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department for International Economic and Environmental Law of the Institute of International Law and European Law at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany. She was awarded a postdoctoral position in the Dorothea Schlözer Postdoctoral Program at the University of Göttingen. She holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Göttingen, and an LL.B. and an LL.M from Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Since 2021, she has worked as a coordinator, researcher, and lecturer at the University of Göttingen for the Erasmus+ project “European Citizen´s Initiative: A tool for engagement and active citizenship | ECI from A to Z” with the universities of Coimbra (Portugal), Vigo (Spain), and Iasi (Romania). In 2022, she was named European Citizens’ Initiative Ambassador. Yilly has experience as a lecturer and researcher in Germany and Colombia and has published several papers and book chapters on multilevel environmental governance, climate change regime, labor law, international forest law, and Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in US and EU Preferential Trade Agreements.
Main Fields of Research
- Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in EU Preferential Trade Agreements
- EU New Approaches on Sustainability in Trade
- International Forest Law
- Regime Interaction in International Environmental Law
Education
| 2016 - 2021 | Doctoral Program “Public International Law: Human Rights - Economic and Environmental law - Criminal Law”. Georg-August University of Göttingen |
| 2010 - 2011 | Magister in Law. Universidad Santiago de Cali, USC, Colombia |
| 2004 - 2009 | Bachelor’s Degree in Law. Universidad Santiago de Cali, USC, Colombia |
Academic Work Experience
| 2022 - 2024 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Dorothea Schlözer Postdoctoral Program Faculty of Law, University of Göttingen |
| 2021 | Senior Research Fellow - Prof. Dr. Peter-Tobias Stoll / Project: “European Citizen´s Initiative: A tool for engagement and active citizenship. ECI from A to Z”, in cooperation with University of Coimbra (Portugal) – University of Vigo (Spain) – University Alexandru Ioan Cuza Diniasi (Rumania) – University of Göttingen (Germany), funded by Erasmus+ |
| 2019 - 2020 | Research Assistant – Prof. Dr. Peter-Tobias Stoll / Coordinator of the Writing School - Jean Monnet Chair for European Union and Global Sustainable Development Through Law, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 2019 to current | Research Assistant - Prof. Dr. Peter-Tobias Stoll / Assistant Coordinator for the Doctoral Program “Public International Law: Human Rights - Economic and Environmental law - Criminal Law”. Georg-August Universität of Göttingen, Germany |
| 2015 | Coordinator of Centre of Research of the Law Faculty, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia |
| 2013 - 2015 | Course Lecturer (Epistemology - Environmental Law – Constitutional Law), Faculty of Law - Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia |
| 2014 - 2015 | Course Lecturer (Human Rights – Comparative Law), Faculty of Law – Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Palmira, Colombia |
| 2012 | Academic Assistant – Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Colombia. Project: Colombia: A developing power? Foreign Policy Scenarios and Challenges, Bogotá, Colombia |
| 2010 - 2013 | Course Lecturer (Epistemology – European Law – International Law), Faculty of Law and Political Science - Universidad de San Buenaventura Cali, Colombia |
| 2011 - 2012 | Research Fellow, Universidad Santiago de Cali – Colciencias, Colombia |
| 2009 - 2010 | Research Assistant, Research Group on Political Science, Law, and International Relations, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Colombia |
Memberships and Networks
- International Society of Public Law (since 2022)
- International Law Association, Colombian branch (since 2022)
- Community of Practice Centre for International Development Law
- European Society of International Law (since 2019)
- Red Colombiana de Derecho Internacional (since 2015)
- Red de Grupos y Centros de Investigación Jurídica y Sociojurídica (2008 - 2015)
Selected awards, prizes, and scholarships
| 2022 | European Citizens’ Ambassador | European Citizens’ Ambassador Program of the European Commission |
| 2022 | Dorothea Schlötzer Program | University of Göttingen. Call for Applications 2022. Postdoctoral position. Period 2022-2024. |
| 2021 | Santander Scholarships Women | Emerging Leaders – LSE, The London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 2021 | Doctoral Thesis Magna Cum Laude. Faculty of Law at the Georg-August University of Göttingen |
| 2020 | Finishing Grant for International Ph.D. students, awarded by the Postgraduate School of Social Sciences, University of Göttingen |
| 2020 | Scholarship for the Second Winter Course at The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands |
| 2018 - 2020 | Scholarship for doctoral studies, awarded by the Catholic Academic Exchange Service, Germany |
| 2010 | Laureate Thesis (Summa Cum Laude) of the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Santiago de Cali for the best monograph, Colombia |
| 2010 | Gold Medal - Honors Degree in Law, Universidad Santiago de Cali, Best GPA: 4.72/5,00 |