Research output per year
Research output per year
Postdoctoral fellow
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Law of Lund University. I conduct my research within the interdisciplinary project 'Refugee Finance: Histories, Frameworks and Practices (REF-FIN)' led by Dr Daria Davitti and funded by the European Research Council (ERC), where I study innovative financial instruments aimed at refugees and migrants, particularly refugee impact bonds, outcome- and performance-based contracts and concessional loans, with a focus on the institutions, processes and actors involved.
I hold a PhD in Socio-Legal Studies from the University of Nottingham, which was funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and won the DJ Harris Prize for the Best PhD Thesis 2023 at the School of Law. I also hold degrees from the University of Salamanca (LLB/LLM), the Institute for European Studies of the Free University of Brussels (LLM in International and European Law) and the University of Nottingham (MA in Socio-Legal Research).
I am a Visiting Professor at Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (University of the Basque Country - UPV/EHU). There, I convene the course 'Sustainable Finance and Human Rights' on the Socio-Legal Master. I am a Research Affiliate of the Refugee Law Initiative of the University of London and a member of its Working Group on Courts and Refugee Protection. I also serve on the Coordinating Committee of the Interest Group on Migration and Refugee Law of the European Society of International Law (ESIL), and on the Board of the Think Tank Europe External Programme with Africa.
Before joining Lund University, I worked as a Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham. During my doctoral studies, I was a Research Associate at the University of Nottingham's Rights Lab Beacon of Excellence (2018-2020), where I worked for various large research projects on measures towards achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7. in contexts of forced displacement, conflict, and humanitarian crisis. I was also an Adjunct Professor of Human Rights at Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid (2020-2023).
I am a qualified lawyer at the Salamanca Bar Association (Spain). Before my academic career, I worked in the field of international refugee protection and human rights for organisations such as the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in London where I conducted a participatory study with newly recognised Eritrean refugees in the UK, and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) as a legal trainee of the Americas Office in Brussels.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Other contribution › Web publication/Blog post › Research
Research output: Other contribution › Web publication/Blog post › Research
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper, not in proceeding › peer-review
Davitti, D. (PI), Arapiles, S. (Researcher), Pastor Vidal, P. (Research student) & Cowan, C. (Research student)
European Commission - Horizon Europe
2024/01/01 → 2028/12/31
Project: Research
Pericoli, A. (Invited speaker), Pastor Vidal, P. (Session chair), Davitti, D. (Organiser), Vankova, Z. (Organiser), Arapiles, S. (Organiser) & Cowan, C. (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Arapiles, S. (Organiser), Davitti, D. (Member of programme committee), Almqvist, J. (Participant), Evans, C. (Participant), Martín Martínez, M. M. (Participant), Jinénez Sánchez, C. (Participant), Zamora Gómez, C. M. (Participant), Marin Marin, J. (Presenter), Cuervo Bedoya, G. P. (Participant) & Alvarez Ossa, L. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
Arapiles, S. (Presenter) & Mekonnen, D. (Presenter)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Arapiles, S. (Invited speaker) & Pastor Vidal, P. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Arapiles, S. (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Research or teaching at external organisation
Arapiles, S. (Recipient), 2025 Jan 7
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)