Maria José Plana Casado

Dr Maria José Plana Casado is Assistant Professor in the LAW group at Wageningen University (WUR, the Netherlands) and was previously a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Bioethics & Law Observatory (OBD) of the University of Barcelona (UB, Spain).

At WUR, she is the coordinator of the Comparative Food Law Course and Lecturer of the Food Law Course, organised by the Law Group. She is also a research member of the OBD, and co-director of the University of Barcelona's Master in Food Ethics & Law (MAED).

She holds a Phd in Law & Politcal Science from the University of Barcelona and has conducted research visits at internationally renowned institutions such as Harvard's Food Law & Policy Clinic (Boston, MA), the Berman Institute of Bioethics at Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) and the CIRSFID (Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca in Storia del Diritto, Filosofia e Sociologia del Diritto e Informatica Giuridica dell'Università di Bologna, in Italy).

Her research focuses on Food and Agricultural Law in the European Union and the USA. Using a holistic approach, it also encompasses relevant underlying issues such as digital technologies (i.e. e-commerce and big data), ethics in public procurement (i.e. sustainability in school lunch programs), and food waste and taxation.

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Law Wageningen University & Research (2020)
• Researcher member, Co-director, Master Food Ethics & Law (MAED) Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho (OBD) - UB (2020)
• Researcher, "Bioethics, Food & Law" research line of the Bioethics & Law Observatory Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho (OBD) - UB (2016 — 2020)
• Visiting Research Scholar Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (2019 — 2019)
• Visiting Research Scholar Harvard Law School (2019 — 2019)
• Lecturer Wageningen University & Research (2017 — 2019)
• Regulatory Affairs Specialist. Lawyer & Phd Candidate Food and Beverages Industry (2014 — 2017)
• Legal Adviser, Food & Beverage Industries ainia, Centro Tecnológico (2012 — 2014)
• Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Food Technology University of Barcelona (2013 — 2013)