Esther is the Secretary-General of the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona and is Lecturer in Public International Law and International Relations at the same university. She has been visiting professor at several European universities: Panthéon-Assas (France), Moscow State Law Academy (Russia) and Toulouse-Capitole (France). In recent years her research interests are focused on civil and criminal cooperation within the European Area of Security, Freedom, and Justice. She is also member of the Institute for the research on the practice of law, from the Catalan Government. She has also participated in several competitive research projects.