José M. de Areilza has a double appointment as Professor in the Department of Law and in the Department of General Management and Strategy.
Also, since 2013, he holds the Jean Monnet Chair at ESADE, awarded by the European Commission. Between 2018 and 2020 he was a Visiting Professor at INSEAD Business School's MBA Program, where he taught the course 'Power and Politics'. In 2023 he is a Guest Lecturer at London Business School, responsible for the course 'Paths to Power'.
His two areas of teaching and research are Law and Politics in the European Union and Power and Influence in Organizations.
He has published more than sixty academic articles. He is the author of the book 'Power and Law in the European Union' Civitas and has co-authored and edited the books 'Internet, a prophecy' Ariel and 'The transformations of Spain in the European Union' Faes.
Professor Areilza is also Secretary General of the Aspen Institute Spain, partner of The Aspen Institute in the United States, a non partisan philanthropic institution for values-based leadership and the exchange of ideas.
He has been a Visiting Professor at ten diferent European and American universities and has worked as Advisor on European and North American affairs in President of the Government of Spain's Office. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Madrid Bar Association 2007-12, Dean and founder of IE Law School at IE Business School-IE University and President of the Center for European Studies-IE.
He writes a weekly column on international affairs in the ABC newspaper. In 2017 he received the Antonio Fontán Prize for Political Journalism and in 2020 the Aquí Europa-Vocento Prize for European Journalism. He is a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations ECFR, Vice President of the US-Spain Council Foundation, Academy Adjunct Faculty at the Royal Institute of International Affairs -Chatham House, London. Between 2017 and 2022 he served as Co-Chair of the British-Spanish Tertulias, the leading Spain-United Kingdom forum. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Naval Museum of Spain, Ministry of Defence and of the Board of Governors of the Real Maestranza de Ronda.
José M. de Areilza holds a Licenciado en Derecho LL.B. degree, Special Graduation Prize from Complutense University of Madrid, a Doctorate in Law SJD and a Masters of Laws LL.M. from Harvard University and Master in International Relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. In 1991 he was admitted to the New York Bar.
