Research Themes and Projects

The Department of Law has a well-established reputation for research in European law as well as in international law, comparative private and public law and social and cognitive theories of law.

International and European law are the strongest elements in the Department’s research programme, and a number of members of the Faculty are working on theories, processes and structures governing the interaction between legal systems.

The Faculty's research focus thus includes a long-standing experience in human-rights protection, international and comparative social law, competition, regulation and governance at national, European and internal levels, international economic and environmental law, the Europeanisation of private law, and the impact of globalisation on European and national legal systems and constitutional structures.

Professors in the Law Department are involved in research projects within the Department, with colleagues in other EUI Departments as well as with other universities and research centres.