Prof. Lourdes Mella Méndez (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Professor (Acreditado) of Labour Law and Social Security at the Faculty of Law, University of Santiago de Compostela. She is author of a large number of books including La formalización del despido disciplinario(1999), Sucesión de empresa y convenio colectivo aplicable (2000), La extinción de la relación laboral por jubilación del trabajador (2002), El compromiso de actividad del desempleado (2005), La reconvención en el proceso laboral (2008), Precontrato de trabajo (2010). She has also directed and co-authored Casos prácticos de seguridad social (2010), Práctica de seguridad social (2011) and Violencia de género y derecho del trabajo. Estudios actuales sobre puntos críticos (2012). She has written than one hundred articles and book chapters. From 1997 to 2012 she spent some time abroad as a professional working at prestigious universities. She is running projects of national and regional research and is the recipient of many national awards for legal research. She is also the Director of specialization courses, masters and national and international conferences. Besides, she is General Coordinator of the international network CIELO (www.cielolaboral.com).