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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 [...]

Mercília Pereira Gonçalves, a researcher at JusGov, a PhD candidate in Private Legal Sciences (EDUM), and a research fellow (FCT), has been selected to participate in the International Congress organized by the Faculty of Law at UNED, Madrid. The International [...]

We hereby inform that the application period is now open: For students of the Bachelor’s Degree in Law and the Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the School of Law at the University of Minho. For participation in [...]

This paper, authored by Prof. Dr. Maria Miguel Carvalho (Doctoral Researcher at JusGov) and Neha Krishna (B.S.E. candidate in Computer Science and Economics at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, who conducted a short [...]

The transition of our personal, social, and professional life into the digital environment is reflected beyond our lifetime. More and more, we leave behind a lasting trail on the Internet that endures after the death of its creators. We also [...]

The JusGov Researchers' School invites PhD Researchers in Law to participate in a webinar to be held on July 12, 2024. The aim of this Meeting is to document and disseminate the current state of legal research in progress, as [...]

As part of the Framework Agreement for Collaboration between the University of Vigo, Spain, and the University of Minho, a joint call for proposals was launched to support research projects of interest to both institutions. Following the evaluation process, four [...]

JusGov researchers Francisco Andrade, Joana Abreu, and Pedro Freitas have edited the book “Legal Developments on Cybersecurity and Related Fields” (Springer, Law, Governance and Technology Series). The publication also features contributions from researchers Alessandra Silveira, Isabel Fonseca, Pedro Venâncio, Bruno Reynaud, Joana [...]

On February 19th at 2:00 PM, the activities of the Portuguese Hub of the European Law Institute will be inaugurated. The Hub is coordinated by Dr. Marta Santos Silva, Auxiliary Researcher at JusGov (Research Centre for Justice and Governance), in [...]

Ep. 12 – The World of Artificial Intelligence With the aim of addressing longstanding issues and unveiling new challenges in the legal field—while contributing to the advancement of new avenues of scientific research—the “Quid Juris Podcast” was created. This initiative, [...]

Gema Souto, Assistant Researcher at JusGov (School of Law, University of Minho), will deliver a lecture as a Guest Speaker on May 17, at the invitation of Dr. Tomás García-Micó, at the University of Barcelona (UB). The lecture will focus [...]

Mercília Pereira Gonçalves, researcher at JusGov, doctoral student in Private Legal Sciences (EDUM) with FCT scholarship (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology), has been selected to participate in the Researchers’ Camp, organized by the Legal Institute of FDUC. The Researchers’ [...]

Ricardo Menna Barreto, a researcher affiliated with JusGov, publishes the book “Guide to Legal Research: Methodology of Scientific Investigation in Law – Theoretical and Practical Aspects” (Coimbra, Almedina, 2024), co-authored with Cristóvão Atílio Viero. This book presents, in a gradual [...]

Marta Santos Silva, Postdoctoral Researcher at JusGov, was commissioned by the European Law Institute with drafting the third Innovation Paper of the Institute on Guiding Principles for the Design and Implementation of Green Nudges. This draft Innovation Paper sets out [...]

The book "650 Anniversary of the Luso-British Alliance" marks two symbolic dates in the foundation of the Luso-British Alliance: the signing of the Treaty of Tagilde (10 July 1372) and the Treaty of London (16 June 1373). It brings together [...]

The ProChild CoLab Against Poverty and Social Exclusion (ProChild CoLAB) received the Human Rights Award 2023 on December 13 at the Portuguese Parliament. The award was received by the president of the ProChild board and professor at the School of [...]

The researcher Teresa Coelho Moreira is part of the team of European project DIGILARE: Digitalisation of Industrial Labour Relations - Age-old values in a new digital world (1011265039), a project funded by the European Union. The project involves 15 countries, [...]

The public presentation of the UMinho Prize for Initiation in Scientific Research 2023 took place yesterday, December 12th. This initiative, promoted by the Rectorate in conjunction with the University of Minho's research centers, has allowed undergraduate and first-year integrated master's [...]