{"id":1614,"date":"2025-04-29T08:42:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmugenderequality\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:42:58","slug":"maria-carolina-romero-lares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conferences.wmu.se\/wmugenderequality\/maria-carolina-romero-lares\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar\u00eda Carolina Romero Lares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Associate Professor; Head of Maritime Law and Policy Specialization<br>World Maritime University<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:post-content --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Mar\u00eda Carolina Romero Lares<\/strong> has been a member of the Faculty of Law at the World Maritime University since 2011 and currently serves as the Head of the Maritime Law and Policy Specialization. She received her Law degree from the Andr\u00e9s Bello Catholic University in Venezuela and an LL.M. degree from Tulane University in the U.S. before earning a Ph.D. with honors (<i>cum laude<\/i>) from <i>Leibniz Universit\u00e4t Hannover<\/i> in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Romero&#8217;s academic career began in 2005 when she joined the Venezuelan Maritime University as a part-time professor. In addition to her teaching duties, she served as Coordinator at the International Affairs Office of the Venezuelan Maritime Administration. She later became the Head of that office and represented her country at several international meetings at the International Maritime Organization and the International Oil Pollution Funds in London.<\/p>\n<p>\nWith firsthand professional experience both as a delegate at international forums representing her homeland and in the classroom, Dr. Romero brings a unique perspective to the Maritime Law and Policy Specialization. She lectures on International Organizations and Maritime Conventions, the Law of the Sea, and the Protection of the Marine Environment and oversees these courses. In addition, she organizes the annual Moot Court Competition, which focuses on current issues of the Law of the Sea, along with a field study trip to The Hague and Hamburg. 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