Full Professor of Administrative Law and Professor-Researcher in the Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Political and Economic Law at Presbyterian University Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brazil. Irene Nohara (b. 1975) graduated in Law from the University of São Paulo (USP, 1999), holds a Master’s degree in State Law from USP (2003), and earned her Ph.D. in State Law from the same university (2006). She also obtained her Habilitation (Livre-Docência) in Administrative Law from USP in 2012.
She serves as co-arbitrator in administrative contracts at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Her research focuses on Administrative Law, Public Governance, Comparative Administrative Law, Administrative Reform, State-Owned Enterprises, Regulation and Public Contracts, and Development Policies, all approached from a “law-in-context” perspective. She is currently working on the impacts of new technologies on Public Administration, including experimental instruments such as regulatory sandboxes for innovation and new public services.
She has organized and published more than thirty books on public law. Her most recent works include Administrative Law (14th ed., 2025, GEN), The New Bidding Law Compared (2nd ed., Thomson Reuters), Administrative Procedure (3rd ed., Thomson Reuters), and Governance of Regulation and Economic Power (co-edited with Felipe Chiarello, Dialética). She is the manager of the website www.direitoadm.com.br.
