Single-cycle master's degree program in Law
Jean Monnet Chair
The Jean Monnet Chairs aim to promote excellence in teaching and research activities in the field of European Union studies worldwide by fostering training, research and dialogue between academia and civil society for a period of three years, thus contributing to the dissemination of knowledge on European Union integration issues.
EUGREENEXT a.y. 2022/23
European Green Rights: re-shaping fundamental rights for next generations
Prof. Ilaria Amelia Caggiano
Objectives and areas
Starting from the academic year 2021/2022, a second Jean Monnet Chair
entitled "European Green Rights: re-shaping fundamental rights for next
generations" [EUGREENEXT] will be active at the Department of
Legal Sciences of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University, with the aim of
introducing an innovative approach to fundamental rights recognized by the
European Union (EU Green Rights) in a perspective of protection and
sustainability, with reference to:
a. The right to health and sustainability.
b. The right to the environment and sustainability.
c. The right to nature and animals and sustainability.
Activities
The activities of the JM EUGREENEXT Chair concern
- teaching, based on the use of specific methodologies (flipped classroom,
problem solving, playfulness) and the use of digital tools (e-learning/online
environment, digital devices) that enhance active learning, with the use
of case studies and individual or group presentations;
- research, by using a multi-disciplinary method to understand and
address the actual needs to be regulated, stimulating 'cross-fertilisation'
and cross-border dialogue on sustainability issues;
- dialogue with civil society, through events that foster knowledge
exchange such as workshops, webinars, roundtables and summer schools
involving not only scholars, researchers, students and various academics, but
also stakeholders, professionals with different backgrounds, representatives of
political institutions and members of civil society.
The chair aims to produce knowledge and skills for new professional profiles, stimulate scientific reflection, and raise awareness, support EU policy making.
Teaching and events
The JM EUGREENEXT Chair develops the analysis of current challenges in
the field of sustainable development and the effective protection of individual
rights according to European values, from a domestic but also a globalised
perspective, in the following subjects:
- Private Law, Degree Course in Business Economics and Green Economy
- Law and Consumer Protection, Interdepartmental Master's Degree Course
in Economics, Management and Sustainability
- Institutions of Private Law, Degree Course in Law
The Chair's teaching activities and events (workshops, webinars, roundtables, lectures and advanced seminars) can be attended by all students of the Suor Orsola Benincasa University.
Workshop, webinars, roundtables, advanced lectures and seminars can be attended by the wider civil society.
The summer school planned for the academic year 2022/23 will be open to all those interested, according to the conditions of the call for applications.
To find out more visit www.eugreenext.eu
PROTECH a.y.-a.y. 2019/22
European Protection Law of Individuals in Relation to New Technologies
Prof. Lucilla Gatt
Goals
Beginning with the a.y. 2019/2020, the JEAN MONNET Chair in "European
Protection Law of Individuals in Relation to New Technologies" (PROTECH) has
been established at the Department of Legal Sciences of the Università degli
Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, with the aim of promoting and investigating a new
concept of vulnerability, focused on the possible relationship between human
beings and the digital environment with specific reference to cases in which it
is the relationship itself with the technological environment that creates a
position of ontological vulnerability for all human beings involved even in the
absence of specific disabilities:
(a.) Those interested in the processing of their data in the digital
environment with particular regard to minors and the elderly and disabled;
(b.) Consumers who purchase goods in the digital environment, with
particular regard to minors and the elderly and disabled;
(c.) Embryos, unborn children and new life forms created in the
laboratory as well as forms of transhumanism consisting of human-machine
hybridization.
The JM Chair promotes the idea of the "vulnerable individual" referring to anyone acting in a technological environment where the risk of exposure to harm of various kinds and types is always very high for the physical person at every stage of his or her development. In doing so, the JM Chair aims to provide a perspective for assessing the effectiveness of the protection offered by hard and soft law measures and more generally of the actions taken at the national and European level.
Activities
The activities of the JM PROTECH Chair concern:
- didactics, based on the use of interdisciplinarity and specific
innovative methodologies (Challenge Based Learning Methodology, (CBL),
problem solving, legal design) and the use of digital tools
(e-learning/online environment, digital devices) that enhance active learning,
with recourse to case studies and individual or group presentations;
- research using a multidisciplinary and applied method to understand and
address the actual needs to be regulated from an anthropocentric perspective and
in compliance with the ethical-legal principles found in national and European
fundamental charters;
- dialogue with civil society, through events that foster knowledge
exchange such as workshops and webinars, roundtables, and debates involving
not only scholars, researchers, students, and other academics but also
stakeholders,
professionals with different backgrounds, representatives of institutions,
and members of civil society.
The JM Chair intends to produce knowledge and skills for new professional profiles, stimulate scientific reflection, raise awareness, and support national and European initiatives aimed at fostering the development of technology while respecting human beings, especially those who are particularly vulnerable.
Teaching and events
The JM PROTECH Chair carries out its activities within the framework of the
following educational tracks:
- New Technology Law (Master's Degree in Law);
- Legal Profile of the Doctoral Program in Human Sciences and New
Technologies (University Ph.D. Program).
The Chair extends its reach over the pre- and post-graduate phase of university education, fostering the development of knowledge at different levels and focusing its analyses on current challenges in the field of new technologies and effective protection of human beings while respecting the fundamental values and principles of European law.
The workshops, webinars, lectures and advanced seminars can be attended by all students of Suor Orsola Benincasa University and the wider civil society.
To learn more visit www.protech-jeanmonnet.eu