J.G. (José Grabiel) Luis Cordova

José Grabiel Luis Cordova is Assistant Professor at the Groningen Centre of Energy Law and Sustainability (GCELS) and the Security, Technology and e-Privacy (STeP) Research Group since 2024. Associate researcher at the Private and Economic Law Group, Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) since 2018.

Luis Cordova developed a Joint PhD between the VUB, Belgium, and the Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas (UCLV), Cuba. His PhD research was focused on the Right to Energy and was successfully defended in 2024.

His research has been oriented to Energy Law and Policy from a comparative perspective, with a special focus on Cuba, Latin America, and the Caribbean. His research has also explored EU Energy Law & Policy, especially regarding the promotion and regulation of energy democracy, food-energy nexus, energy consumer protection, energy transition, the Right to Energy from human and fundamental rights perspectives, Geographic Information Systems within energy transition from a legal perspective, energy access, energy poverty, and power purchase agreements under the Cuban legal framework, among other related topics.