Books
Dos Santos Jr., AC and Garciandía Igal D, The Religious Freedom of Workers: The Corporate Duty of Reasonable Accommodation as a Mechanism for the Promotion of Human Rights (Iustel 2021) (In Spanish)
DPhil, MPhil, LLB, BBA
Dr David Garciandía Igal has been teaching EU law at Oriel College since 2023. He has also taught EU law at Hertford College (Oxford), Somerville College (Oxford), and SOAS University of London. He obtained a DPhil (PhD) in law from the University of Oxford in 2025, receiving the highest distinction (thesis accepted with no corrections). His doctoral research, funded by the Government of Navarre, explored the EU’s imprint on human rights law and policy in China, developing a theory that explains how and why this process of influence occurs within a legal system as seemingly closed as China’s, and in an area as sensitive as human rights.
He holds an MPhil in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge (Ramón Areces scholarship) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Public University of Navarre, where he received the Extraordinary Prize for the top GPA of the Faculty of Law.
He is a founder and former president of the Oxford University Spanish Society, a former convenor of the Oxford EU Law Discussion Group and a former DPhil associate at the Oxford China Centre. Additionally, he has been the research assistant to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, and has worked for the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations in Vienna and for different private companies (Siemens Gamesa) and law firms (Garrigues).
His main research interests cover EU law, comparative law, international law and international relations, with human rights and China as the main underlying themes.
Dos Santos Jr., AC and Garciandía Igal D, The Religious Freedom of Workers: The Corporate Duty of Reasonable Accommodation as a Mechanism for the Promotion of Human Rights (Iustel 2021) (In Spanish)
Garciandia Igal D, ‘EU Coordination in Multilateral Fora as a Means of Promoting Human Rights Laws Abroad’ (2024) 9(1) European Papers 423
Garciandía Igal D, ‘The Future of Secular Law in Spain: A Model Based on the Evolution of Religiosity and Religious Influence on Law’ (2023) 11 Journal of Law, Religion and State 59
Garciandía Igal D, ‘The Effectiveness of Freedom of Religion or Belief as a Framework in International Relations: The Case of Uyghur Muslims and Other Religious Minorities in Xinjiang, China’ (2023) 21(2) The Review of Faith & International Affairs 95
Garciandía Igal D, ‘The Rise of China: Narratives in International Relations and Civilizational Differences with the West’ (2021) 10(2) Brazilian Journal of International Relations 436
Garciandía Igal D, ‘Reshaping the International Economic Order: China’s Belt and Road Initiative’ (2020) 10 Anuario Latinoamericano – Ciencias Políticas Y Relaciones Internacionales 39
Garciandía Igal D, ‘Human Rights in the People’s Republic of China: The Legal Framework of Freedom of Religion’ (2020) 53 Revista General De Derecho Canónico Y Derecho Eclesiástico Del Estado 1 (In Spanish)
Garciandia Igal D, ‘Between Freedom and Persecution: State Policies of Control over Religions in Mainland China’ (2020) 20 Laicidad Y Libertades: Escritos jurídicos 213 (In Spanish)