Patricia Vargas-Leon

Patricia A. Vargas Leon is a visiting scholar in the Internet Governance Program at the Catholic University in Uruguay and a Visiting Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. She was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tufts University’s Fletcher School and has been a fellow with the Internet Society (ISOC).

Her research, which integrates law, policy, and technology, focuses on Internet governance, cybersecurity, international law, and the law of the sea. Key areas of interest include government control over Internet infrastructure, network neutrality, the parallels between law of the sea and cyberspace law, and privacy violations from metadata misuse. Her doctoral dissertation examines Internet blackouts in diverse political regimes.

With 20 years of international law experience, Patricia has consulted for the United Nations' DOALOS and served as a Google Policy Fellow. Prior to academia, she worked as a private sector attorney for nearly a decade.

Patricia holds a Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology, an M.S., and an M.Phil. from Syracuse University, along with a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.