Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche

The PhD programme, taught in both Italian and English, aims to train modern and versatile legal professionals who combine institutional skills with analytical and research tools useful for understanding the relationships between legal systems belonging to the Western legal tradition and comparing them with non-Western legal systems. Particular attention is paid to the Mediterranean, Asian and Latin American areas, in relation to which the PhD programme aims to explore the main methodological approaches and fundamental concepts developed by public law from the formation of national legal systems to the most recent developments, influenced by processes of supranational integration and globalisation. Particular attention is also paid to the transformations that have affected the action of public authorities and the relationship between the public and private sectors as a result of major changes in the economy and society and the growing interdependence between state legal systems. The PhD programme is characterised by its interdisciplinary approach, which involves not only comparative aspects of public and private law, but also historical, philosophical and economic aspects. Particular attention is also paid to issues of environmental law, European public law and European administrative law.

Objectives of the PhD Course

The PhD programme aims to train scholars and experts in the areas of interest of the course according to an interdisciplinary approach that involves not only comparative aspects of public and private law, but also historical, philosophical and economic aspects, and in particular legal experts in environmental law, European public law and European administrative law. The doctoral programme is also aimed at training highly qualified and specialised professionals and researchers at universities, public bodies and private entities in the field of international and EU finance, as well as in the field of territorial policies, environmental protection and local development. Through its research on European and non-European comparative law, the PhD programme aims to train professionals with a cross-disciplinary approach, combining legal knowledge (national, comparative and international) with elements of economics, history, political science and sociology.

Occupational and professional outcomes

The PhD programme aims to promote:

- the pursuit of high-level research activities at universities, public bodies and private entities;

- employment in public and private organisations with a national, EU or transnational focus;

- successful participation in competitions organised by national and international bodies, foreign states and the European Union;

- the provision of consultancy services in the management of EU relations and transactions within national and multinational companies and organisations;

- employment in companies operating in the area with a focus on the European and international markets.

The training programme is also geared towards highly qualified professional and research activities at universities, public bodies and private entities in the field of international and EU finance, as well as in the field of regional policy, environmental protection and local development.
Through its research on European and non-European comparative law, the PhD programme aims to train cross-disciplinary professionals capable of integrating legal knowledge (national, comparative and international) with elements of economics, history, political science and sociology

Educational project

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