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VIOLETA RUIZ ALMENDRAL

She teaches Tax Law, as well as a number of courses on International and European taxation, Sub-national taxation and Public spending (Budget Law).

She has been a Law Counsel (Letrada) at the Spanish Constitutional Court (2011-2020) where, among other, she has dealt with environmental taxation cases.

International fellowships include DAAD Fellow at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster (Münster), 2003/2004, Visiting Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence, 2008) and the London School of Economics (London, 2010).

Her research has received funding from many different institutions, including post-doctoral scholarships from the Jean Monnet and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst –DAAD programmes. She has been awarded several academic prizes, including the leading tax law prize in Spain (Premio Estudios Financieros), granted in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2010 as well as the “Award of Excellence” (Premio de Excelencia),  granted in 2009 by the Fundación Universidad Carlos III for Professors under 45 (30.000€).

She has authored and co-authored four books and more than fifty papers on her main lines of research: (namely; fiscal federalism and sub-national taxation, tax avoidance in the European and international arena, European tax harmonization, deficit and budgetary rules, fundamental rights and tax procedures, environmental taxation)

Ruiz Almendral has also participated in a number of international projects, including a Constitution-building project to provide legal assistance to the Iraqi constitutional process, under the auspices of a program financed by the United Nations, which took place in Iraq (2005) and in Jordan (2007 and 2008). She has also been a consultant on different tax issues for political institutions (municipalities and autonomous communities) and private companies.