E.Tec researchers are pushing the JusGov community towards the forefront where the law and technology meet. Overall, our aspiration is to elevate legal scholarship globally. E.Tec’s triple focus consists in contributing to the output of scientific results of national strategic value; deepening partnerships with the right stakeholders, across geographies and areas of activity; and establishing our Group as a leading international pole, contributing to JusGov’s rising global standing. We prioritise developing multinational projects focussing on the following topics: Industry 4.0; Space Law and Policy; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; New Disruptive Technological Fields of Law; plus Public and Corporate Governance.

Training is one of our Group’s paramount concerns. Due to the high standards of technological know-how possessed by younger colleagues and students, our focus on developing the research skills of students and early-career researchers also enables our mid-career and senior researchers to become more technologically savvy. Whether we are providing training to students, businesses, and public authorities on pressing issues such as market digitalisation, or looking to map the dynamic theoretical and practical concerns of the present age, like the implications of artificial intelligence and robotics for the legal landscape, E.Tec is governed by values of transparency, sustainability, and cooperation. This is, in fact, fundamental to the strategic approach of our Research Centre as a whole.

Open to the wider public, we also make our processes and findings widely accessible, mainly through our in-house publishing activity in open access or the publications of our researchers under third-party publishing labels. This is how it is possible for the business world and the public sector, as well as anyone looking for information or inspiration, to engage with the fruits of our labour while growing alongside us as we face up to today’s emerging demands.