Dr.iur. (International law) University of Latvia
LL.M. (International trade and business law) Universidade Catolicica Portuguese, Portugal
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martaurbane/
Significant Professional Experience
- Associate professor at Riga Stradins university, since 2022
- Attorney at law, since 2020
- Certified mediator, since 2020
- Chairperson of The Consumer Dispute Settlement Commission, Consumer Rights Protection Centre, since 2024
- Visiting lecturer at Università di Firenze, 2024; 2025
- Dean, Faculty of European studies, RSU, 2022-2023
Current research
- Research focuses on EU law, with a particular emphasis on contemporary consumer protection in digital markets and the regulatory challenges posed by artificial intelligence.
Main publications
- Jūrmalis, N., Berķe-Berga, A., & Urbāne, M. (2025). Advancing Asset Tokenization in the European Union and Latvia: A Regulatory and Policy Perspective. Laws, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/laws14010007 (Scopus)
- Urbāne, M. (2024). Balancing Flexibility and Fairness: Legal Implications for Defining Decent Telework in the EU in an Era of Digitalization. In S. Kot, B. Khalid, & A. U. Haque (Eds.), Corporate Practices: Policies, Methodologies, and Insights in Organizational Management : International Conference on Entrepreneurship an the Economy in an Era of Uncertainty 2023: Conference proceedings (pp. 605-614). (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0996-0_36 (Scopus)
- • Urbane, M. (2023). Legal preconditions for sustainable remote work in EU in the time of emerging technologies. In T. Ahram, & R. Taiar (Eds.), Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2023): Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications (pp. 566-572). (AHFE International; Vol. 111). https://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004063
- • M. Urbane. (2023) The impact of digitalization on the working time in the EU: legal considerations of the right to disconnect. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICTE), Kaunas, Lithuania, 2023, pp. 14-19.(Scopus)
- Bormane, S., & Urbane, M. The factors influencing legal and ethical digital marketing communication. In A. Auziņa (Ed.), 24th International Scientific Conference "Economic Science for Rural Development": Proceedings, 2023 (Vol. 57, pp. 188-196). (Economic Science for Rural Development; Vol. 57). Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies.
- M.Urbāne. The Future of the Employee’s Right to Disconnect in the European Union and Latvia. In: Vesa Salminen (eds) Human Factors, Business Management and Society. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 56. AHFE International, USA, 2022, p.329-335.