Catharine Titi, Dr iur., is a writer, international lawyer and Tenured Research Associate Professor at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the CERSA, research centre of Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. She is an expert in cultural heritage law, international investment law, and the settlement of international disputes. In addition to being a member of the Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, Catharine sits on the Academic Council of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) of the Center for American and International Law (CAIL), on the panel of arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA), and she is appointed to the roster of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s (USMCA) Annex 31-B panellists. In 2022, she was designated to the European Union’s pool of arbitrators and trade and sustainale development experts for disputes arising under EU trade agreements. She has formerly served as Co-Chair of the Academic Forum on ISDS [investor-state dispute settlement], whose work contributes to the discussions in Working Group III of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL WG III) and on the Board of the European Society of International Law (ESIL). She holds a PhD from the University of Siegen in Germany (summa cum laude, Rolf H. Brunswig PhD Prize) and she has previously been a consultant at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In 2016, Catharine was awarded the prestigious Smit-Lowenfeld Prize of the International Arbitration Club of New York for the best article published in the field of international arbitration. Catharine’s working languages are English, French, Greek, and Spanish. She is author of numerous academic monographs, such as The Function of Equity in International Law (Oxford University Press 2021), and co-author of the Spanish nonfiction book Arte secuestrado (Abducted Art) (Península 2026). Her 2023 monograph, The Parthenon Marbles and International Law (Springer), established her as one of the most influential voices at the intersection of law and cultural heritage. For more information, visit https://catharinetiti.com.