David U. Socol de la Osa is a Senior Associate at Oxford EARTH and an Assistant Professor of Law & Technology at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. His work focuses on law, technology, and the evolving dynamics of corporate and international economic governance. Through Oxford EARTH, his research examines critical mineral supply chains and the geopolitics of sustainable resource management, exploring how legal and institutional frameworks can advance equitable, resilient, and sustainable approaches to the global energy and technology transitions.
His interests are in Law & technology; corporate governance; international economic law and geopolitics; critical minerals governance and economics; sustainable supply chains; technology infrastructure; AI law & policy; deep-sea mining.
