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Since 2016, the partnership between EDUM and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) has provided an opportunity for UPenn students to participate in summer internships as researchers at JusGov. As part of UPenn’s Global Summer Internship Program, this initiative offers students [...]

Marta Santos Silva, Postdoctoral Researcher at JusGov, participated as a speaker in a special episode of the “WeNeedtoAct” podcast, in partnership with Portugal’s largest sustainability festival, Greenfest. This episode focused on the potential of small changes in consumer choice architecture [...]

Marta Santos Silva, Postdoctoral Researcher at JusGov, will chair the workshop “Sustainability in the Food Chain”, the first workshop organized by the Legal Hub of the European Law Institute – which she co-coordinates – within the framework of an ELI [...]

The book “Assessing Policy Landscapes in Taxation Dynamics” is now available for pre-order at IGI GLOBAL, with researcher Sara Luís Dias serving as a member of the editorial board. The work also highlights the contribution of JusGov researchers Ricardo Cunha [...]

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) has generously funded the innovative dissemination of the White Paper on Digital Disruption, "By-Design" in the Circular Economy, focusing on digital product passports. This initiative is led by Marta Santos Silva, Postdoctoral Researcher at JusGov. [...]

JusGov’s researcher, Tiago Sérgio Cabral, was cited by the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Richard de la Tour, in his Conclusions in the case CK Dun & Bradstreet Austria. In these Conclusions, the Advocate [...]

The study session titled “The Image of Children on Social Media – Challenges,” held on September 24th, was attended by two JusGov researchers: Dr. Rossana Martingo Cruz and Dr. Jorge Martins Ribeiro, Judge of the Porto Court of Appeal. During [...]

JusGov researcher Maria Miguel Carvalho participated as a speaker in the IPSI Online Course on IP for Sustainable Innovations on September 24th, with a lecture titled "Understanding Trademarks." This course, coordinated by Giulia Priora, was organized by the NOVA Knowledge [...]

Postdoctoral Researcher at JusGov, Marta Santos Silva, will participate as a speaker in the session dedicated to sustainability at the Port Innovation Days, an event dedicated to innovation in ports and waterways. Her presentation will focus on the topic "Nudging [...]

Postdoctoral JusGov Researcher, Marta Santos Silva, will participate as a speaker at Greenfest. In particular, the researcher will be present on the panel titled "Prosperity," which will take place on September 27th, from 11 am to 12 pm. The panel [...]

Tirant Lo Blanch Publishing House has just released in free ebook format, the book “Organized Environmental Crime.” This work, co-organized by Eliomar Pereira, a doctoral researcher at JusGov, and Franco Perazzoni, is a must-read for those interested in the intersection [...]

Tomàs Gabriel Garcia-Micó, a researcher at JusGov, has recently published the article “Spanien: Testraum für Künstliche Intelligenz in der Europäischen Union” in the 9/2024 edition of the renowned journal Recht Digital (RDi), which specializes in topics related to digital law [...]

Quid Juris Podcast Ep. 13 - Law in Lusophone Countries With the aim of discussing old and uncovering new challenges for the legal world, contributing to the development of new lines of scientific research, the “Quid Juris Podcast” was created. [...]

The Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov) at the School of Law, University of Minho, is preparing the 6th edition of the Human Rights Yearbook. The call for papers for a new thematic volume, for the year 2024, will [...]

Postdoctoral Researcher Marta Santos Silva led the editorial team of the book “The Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability,” published by Routledge on June 5th. This new volume, partially available open access due to the sponsorship of the Manuel [...]

On July 1st, during a meeting of the Council of the European Law Institute (ELI), the Guiding Principles for the Design and Implementation of Ecological “Nudges” were approved with 36 votes in favor, two votes against, and two abstentions. These [...]

The next edition of the Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus Competition 2024, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), will be launched soon. The Research Centre for Justice and Governance (JusGov) will accept applications that align with the Centre's [...]

On July 9, 2024, a research meeting was held with five students from the University of Pennsylvania who, as part of a protocol with the School of Law at the University of Minho, are conducting a research stay at JusGov [...]

In this edition of UMinho R&D, JusGov researcher Bruno Reynaud de Sousa, together with researcher Sílvia Araújo from the School of Letters, Arts, and Human Sciences, discusses Artificial Intelligence as a means to understand the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). [...]

JusGov has been chosen as the Institutional Partner for Portugal for the NATO Public Forum 2024, the premier public conference that will take place on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., on July 10–11, 2024. This year, [...]

The Enterprise Europe Network at AEP, in close collaboration with JusGov, the School of Law, the ALGORITMI Centre, and the Centre for Legal Studies of Minho (CEJUR), are open to the participation of companies, research centers, universities, public administration bodies, [...]

Patrícia Jerónimo, integrated researcher at JusGov, will participate in an international conference on the loss, preservation, and recovery of nationality in former colonial powers from a comparative perspective. She will present a paper on the preservation, loss, and reacquisition of [...]

The work corresponding to the Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting on Law in the Lusophone World (organizing committee: Clovis Demarchi/Flávia Noversa Loureiro/Nestor Eduardo Araruna Santiago) is available for free access and consultation. This event took place at the University [...]

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships are part of the Horizon Europe programme. All proposals must be submitted jointly between the applicant and the hosting institution, which, in the case of JusGov, will be represented by the person responsible for the [...]

JusGov researcher, Professor Patrícia Jerónimo, lectured about the legal framework of Human Rights in Portugal. JusGov Assistant Researcher, Gema Souto, also participated in the open lecture. On February 23rd, under the Erasmus+ KA122-SCH programme “Agents of Change,” students and their [...]