Saparya Sood

Saparya Sood is a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn, Germany, affiliated with the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS). She conducts interdisciplinary research within the External Research Group Engel, focusing on the intersection of legal frameworks and economic analysis in contemporary regulatory challenges.

Her educational background includes:

• Bachelor's in Business Administration and Law (India), followed by professional experience as a corporate lawyer in Indian law firms
• European Master's in Law and Economics (EMLE), 2021, jointly awarded by University of Hamburg (Germany), Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands), and University of Vienna (Austria)

Sood's research spans corporate governance, business and human rights, sustainability regulation, and disability inclusion. She employs law-and-economics methodologies to critique regulatory designs, emphasizing evidence-based policy formulation. Her work examines energy transition frameworks in Southeast Asia, insolvency mechanisms, and EU sustainability directives, consistently advocating for economically efficient yet socially equitable solutions that strengthen corporate accountability.

Recent publications reveal growing emphasis on EU regulatory innovation, particularly regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and disability inclusion mandates. Sood argues for mandatory civil liability provisions in sustainability frameworks and advocates for binding quotas rather than voluntary incentives to advance disability rights in corporate settings. Her commentaries in OpinioJuris and VIDHI demonstrate rigorous interdisciplinary analysis of emerging governance challenges.

Sood actively contributes to the Research Group Engel, which investigates institutional arrangements for collective goods provision. The group fosters collaboration between legal scholars, economists, and social scientists to address complex regulatory dilemmas through empirical and theoretical research.