Alberto Atxabal Rada

Alberto Atxabal Rada is a full-time professor in the Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Deusto. He is an active researcher specializing in tax law, cooperative law, and Basque civil law, with a strong focus on the fiscal treatment of cooperatives, social economy entities, and regional taxation systems such as the Basque Economic Agreement. His academic work is deeply rooted in both national and international legal frameworks.

His research interests include tax policy, cooperative identity, fiscal incentives, succession law, and legal linguistics. He has extensively published on the fiscal aspects of cooperatives, the Basque civil law system, and the integration of social economy entities into public finance. His work emphasizes the democratic nature of cooperatives and their role in social and economic development.

The recent articles highlight a consistent focus on cooperative taxation, regional fiscal regimes, and the legal treatment of social economy entities. Key themes include COFIP, succession agreements under Basque law, remote work taxation, and corporate tax for housing leasing entities. His publications appear in specialized journals such as REVESCO, Boletín de la Asociación Internacional de Derecho Cooperativo, and Forum Fiscal.

• Member of the Basque Academy of Law (2003–present)
• Secretary General of the International Association of Cooperative Law (2018–present)
• Member of the Scientific Committee of major international cooperatives conferences
• Evaluator for REVESCO: Revista de Estudios Cooperativos
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Colección de Investigaciones Jurídicas (Prismas, Brazil)

He has supervised several master's theses on topics such as the Basque Economic Agreement, local public finance, and the legal defense of historical rights. He is actively involved in research projects funded by the Basque Government and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, focusing on cooperatives, labor law, and social protection. He frequently participates in academic conferences as an organizer, scientific committee president, or speaker, both nationally and internationally.

He leads and contributes to research teams focused on cooperativism, fiscal policy, labor relations, and social protection. His projects include studies on digital, ecological, and social transitions in labor law, the role of cooperatives in employment policy, and the fiscal aspects of cooperative education funds (COFIP). He also coordinates interdisciplinary teams working on legal dictionaries and guides for nonprofit organizations.