Luz Daniel

Luz Daniel is a Lecturer at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, where she teaches Competition Law LLM. She is also a PhD candidate in Law at Cambridge (St John's College) since 2022 and holds affiliations with the Cambridge Private Law Centre and the Centre for European Legal Studies. Her academic career spans roles as a Lecturer at Universidad Alberto Hurtado (2021) and Teaching Assistant at Universidad de Chile (2012-2021).

• PhD in Law, University of Cambridge (2022-)
• MSc in Law & SPILS fellow, Stanford Law School (2022)
• LLB (summa cum laude), Universidad de Chile Law School (2017)

Her research focuses on Competition Law, Consumer Protection, and Empirical Legal Research, often integrating Behavioral Economics and Health Law perspectives. Recent work examines consumer decision-making in Chilean private health insurance markets and competition law applications in low-and-middle-income countries.

The 2020-2023 publications highlight her expertise in Market Regulation, Health Insurance, and Behavioral Law, with reports for the Chilean Competition Authority and empirical studies on consumer literacy. Her 2025 chapter in Politics, Policy and Private Law extends these themes to broader private law contexts.

Scientific awards:

• Cambridge Trust Scholar (2022-2025)
• Stanford Law School Scholarship (2021-2022)
• Stanford grants for health insurance research (2022)
• Yale Law School Linkage Program (2015)

She supervises students under Professors Jodi Gardner and Albertina Albors-Llorens and has contributed to Chilean competition enforcement via the Chilean Competition Authority (2018-2021).