Dr Julieta Lobato
- Research Associate (School of Law)
email:
Julieta.Lobato@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351Biography
Julieta holds an LLB, LLM, and PhD from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, she has a Postgraduate Certificate in Pedagogy and Legal Education from the same university. Julieta joined the University of Glasgow in October 2024 as a British Academy International Fellow. Prior to this, she was a teaching assistant and lecturer in labour law at the University of Buenos Aires (2017-2024) and a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (2022–2024). Before entering academia, Julieta worked as a paralegal and legal practitioner, handling both employment and collective labour law cases in Argentina (2012-2017).
Julieta has worked with several international institutions, including the ILO (in Spain 2019–2020, and as an external collaborator 2020-2021) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (as a visiting professional in 2023).
At the national level, Julieta has provided training for the Judiciary in Argentina, the Argentinian Ministry of Labour, the Peruvian Ministry of Labour and the Research Center of the Supreme Court of Mexico (Center for Constitutional Studies).
Julieta's research has been funded by prestigious institutions, including the British Academy (current postdoctoral project), the Max Planck Society, the DAAD (bi-national PhD), and the University of Buenos Aires (PhD). In 2022, the University of Buenos Aires awarded Julieta a Distinction for Exceptional Academic Careers.
Research interests
Julieta employs a socio-legal approach to work regulation. Her research integrates legal analysis with economic sociology and political economy, embedding questions of labour law within broader discussions on the dynamics of work in the global political economy.
Julieta's current research explores:
- The connections between theories of labour law and economic theories concerning labour market governance.
- Work in the informal economy and the regulation of work alongside and beyond state-law.
- Patterns of gender and race in the legal regulation of work.
- Labour governance under authoritarian regimes.
Publications
2025
Lobato, Julieta 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351
(2025)
Unveiling the structural character of informal work: new labour subject and financial exploitation beyond the promise of transition.
Industrial Law Journal,
(doi: 10.1093/indlaw/dwae057)
(Early Online Publication)
Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351
(2025)
International labour law and social rights: the Inter-American Court of Human Rights case law concerning workers’ rights.
In: Binder, Christina, Hofbauer, Jane A., Piovesan, Flávia and Úbeda de Torres, Amaya (eds.)
Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights, 2nd edition.
Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
(In Press)
2024
Cantamutto, Francisco, Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351, Rodríguez, Corina, Féliz, Enríquez and Féliz, Mariano
(2024)
Sustentabilidad de la deuda y derechos humanos desde la perspectiva de la sostenibilidad de la vida.
In: Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo and Clérico, María Laura (eds.)
Deuda y Derechos Humanos: Claves desde el Sistema Interamericano.
Series: Derechos Humanos.
Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (EDULP): La Plata, pp. 170-195.
ISBN 9786316568410
Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351
(2024)
Derecho del Trabajo y Neoliberalismo(s) = Labour law and neoliberalism(s).
Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, 32,
pp. 191-214.
Articles
Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351
(2025)
Unveiling the structural character of informal work: new labour subject and financial exploitation beyond the promise of transition.
Industrial Law Journal,
(doi: 10.1093/indlaw/dwae057)
(Early Online Publication)
Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351
(2024)
Derecho del Trabajo y Neoliberalismo(s) = Labour law and neoliberalism(s).
Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, 32,
pp. 191-214.
Book Sections
Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351
(2025)
International labour law and social rights: the Inter-American Court of Human Rights case law concerning workers’ rights.
In: Binder, Christina, Hofbauer, Jane A., Piovesan, Flávia and Úbeda de Torres, Amaya (eds.)
Research Handbook on International Law and Social Rights, 2nd edition.
Edward Elgar: Cheltenham.
(In Press)
Cantamutto, Francisco, Lobato, Julieta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6881-5351, Rodríguez, Corina, Féliz, Enríquez and Féliz, Mariano
(2024)
Sustentabilidad de la deuda y derechos humanos desde la perspectiva de la sostenibilidad de la vida.
In: Bohoslavsky, Juan Pablo and Clérico, María Laura (eds.)
Deuda y Derechos Humanos: Claves desde el Sistema Interamericano.
Series: Derechos Humanos.
Editorial de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata (EDULP): La Plata, pp. 170-195.
ISBN 9786316568410
Prior publications
Article
Julieta Lobato (2025) Crisis and Legal Scholarship Crossref. (doi: 10.59704/15cc6eddb302ab02)
Julieta Lobato (2024) Legal-Conflict Constellations. A Political Approach to the ‘Labour Rights-Human Rights’ Debate Human Rights Law Review Julieta Lobato. ISSN 1744-1021 (doi: 10.1093/hrlr/ngae020)
Julieta Lobato (2024) Labour Law and Transformative Constitutionalism: Towards Transformative Labour Law in Latin America International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations Julieta Lobato. ISSN 0952-617X (doi: 10.54648/ijcl2024007)
Julieta Lobato (2023) Le droit de grève dans le Système interaméricain des droits de l’homme Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale Julieta Lobato. ISSN 2262-9815 (doi: 10.4000/rdctss.6049)
Julieta Lobato (2022) Las disputas por la igualdad. El giro restrictivo de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Argentina en materia de discriminación en el trabajo en cruce con la libertad sindical Trabajo y Sociedad Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato (2022) Imaginar lo (im)posible. Aportes feministas-sindicales para repensar el Derecho del Trabajo post COVID-19 Investigaciones Feministas Julieta Lobato. ISSN 2171-6080 (doi: 10.5209/infe.77731)
Julieta Lobato (2022) Las normas de la OIT en la jurisprudencia laboral de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Argentina (2003-2014) Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios del Trabajo Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato, Leticia Vita (2021) Elevar nuestra voz a los constituyentes: Las peticiones de mujeres ante la reforma constitucional de 1949 Pasado Abierto Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato (2021) Abordaje de la violencia laboral contra las mujeres en la justicia ordinaria laboral argentina Estudios Socio-Jurídicos Julieta Lobato. ISSN 0124-0579 (doi: 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/sociojuridicos/a.8684)
Julieta Lobato (2019) Ampliación de la matriz de igualdad en los tribunales ordinarios. El caso “Erica Borda” y la justicia laboral Derecho y Ciencias Sociales Julieta Lobato. ISSN 1852-2971 (doi: 10.24215/18522971e063)
Julieta Lobato (2019) Cláusula de igualdad en el ámbito laboral y perspectiva de género. Aportes desde el Derecho del Trabajo argentino a partir del caso “Sisnero” Revista de la Facultad de Derecho Crossref. (doi: 10.22187/rfd2019n46a9)
Book Section
Julieta Lobato, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi (2024) Un ius constitutionale commune en América Latina de los derechos laborales: hacia un nuevo paradigma de la función consultiva de la Corte IDH Ius Constiutionale Commune e Interpretación Conforme Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato (2023) El reconocimiento de derechos laborales a las mujeres en la primera mitad del siglo XX ¿La Constitución de Perón? La Reforma Constitucional Argentina de 1949 en Perspectiva Transnacional Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi (2022) Un Paso Al Frente: La Huelga Como Derecho Humano En El Sistema Interamericano De Derechos Humanos La dimensión laboral del constitucionalismo transformador en América Latina : construcción de un ius commune Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato (2022) El acceso de las mujeres a segmentos laborales segregados por razones de género. Entre la movilización legal, la potencia de los derechos y las limitaciones del litigio Derecho Laboral Feminista Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato (2021) Prestación de servicios personales a domicilio. Semejanzas y diferencias con el trabajo eventual El Trabajo en la Economía de Plataformas Julieta Lobato.
Julieta Lobato (2020) Género y Trabajo en el Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos Tratado de Género, Derecho y Justicia Julieta Lobato.
Book
Julieta Lobato, Sabrina Haboba, Judith Carreras (2021) Congreso Interuniversitario OIT sobre el futuro del trabajo Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social Julieta Lobato.
Book Review
Julieta Lobato (2018) Juan Manuel Palacio (2018) La justicia peronista. La construcción de un nuevo orden legal en la Argentina (1943-1955). Julieta Lobato.
Grants
2024 – British Academy International Fellowship (£226,228).
2022-2024 – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdients (DAAD). Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Degrees.
2021 – Max Planck Society for research project on the right to strike in international human rights law (€2,730).
2019-2022 – University of Buenos Aires. Doctoral Scholarship.
Teaching
At the University of Glasgow, Julieta contributes to teaching in the following modules:
- The Politics of Labour Law
- Law and Political Economy
Before joining the University of Glasgow, Julieta was a teaching assistant and lecturer in labour law at the University of Buenos Aires (2017-2024) and served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Castilla La Mancha, Spain (2020, invited by Profs. Antonio Baylos and Nunzia Castelli) as well as at the Universidad del Norte, Colombia (2021, invited by Mariela Morales Antoniazzi).
Additional information
Blogposts and media:
- 'Crisis and Legal Scholarship. In Search of New (Meta-)Narratives? Verfassungsblog, 06 August 2025.
- 'The Necropolitics of Milei's Labor Governance'. Law and Political Economy Blog, 11 March 2024.
- '25 Years after the Adoption of the ILO 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work: What is New in the Human Rights Turn in Labour Law?'. EJIL:Talk!, 04 July 2023.
- 'El tiempo de los cuidados'. Agenda Pública - El País, 02 September 2020.
- 'La transición justa en la Cumbre del Clima de Madrid' (with Joaquín Nieto Sainz). Agenda Pública - El País, 17 December 2019.
Participation in research groups:
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Sovereign Debt and the Inter-American Human Rights System. PIs: Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky and Laura Clérico. Funding Institution: Argentinian National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology. Duration: 2023-2026.
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What Work for What Future? PIs: Adoración Guamán Hernández and Nora Goren. Funding Institution: Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). Duration: 2023-2025.
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International Trade and Labour Standards. PIs: Guillermo Gianibelli and Wilfredo Sanguineti Raymond. Funding Institution: International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL). Duration: 2020.
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The 1949 Argentinian Constitution. PI: Leticia Vita. Funding Institution: University of Buenos Aires. Duration: 2017-2022.
