Current European Research Projects

Beatriz Añoveros Terradas (IP), Cristina Gonzalez Beilfuss, Vesela Andreeva Andreeva

Project data (GREC)

Code: 003281

Summary:

The PAX project "Private International Law in Motion" was awarded by the European Commission (DG Justice and Consumers) in 2020 and ended in November 2022. Led by Dra. Marta Pertegás, Dr. Talia Kruger and Dr. Johan Meeusen, from the University of Antwerp, brings together the following universities and research centers: University of Antwerp, Dauphine University Paris, University Ljubljana, University of Sofia, Maastricht University and the Asser Institute. In Spain, the University of Barcelona is a partner. Dr. Beatriz Añoveros Terradas (IP), Dr. are part of the UB team. Cristina González Beilfuss and Dr. Vesela Andreeva The project aims to raise awareness of European Union private international law among the educational community and guarantee the training of judges. The idea was born as a continuation of the JUDGTRUST project (2018-2020), fundamentally focused on the Brussels I bis Regulation, in which the main objective was the study and the correct and consistent application of this instrument

Currently, the PAX project consists of two main activities: the PAX Moot Court and the PAX Judicial Training. At the end of the two years of the project, a renewal was requested from the European Commission with a new project, the PAX 2.0 Private International Law in Motion, which was granted until November 2024.

Dolly Natalia Caicedo Camacho (IP), Georgios Milios, Simona Sokolovska

Data from the GREC project

Code: 003261

Summary:

VISA RoC explicitly promotes equal access to justice for victims in an irregular migration situation, fostering a safe environment to report crimes without fear of deportation.

The project addresses a clear tension between EU victim protection and immigration policies (protection vs. return) that has been addressed for the first time in the EU Strategy on Victims' Rights (2020-2025) ) and which has also been identified by academics (Delvino 2019) and other institutions (FRA 2014, PICUM, 2015). The effectiveness of this project lies in the participatory, local and evidence-based approach. Coordinated by the University of Barcelona, it brings together public administrations, NGOs and research institutions based in four important cities (Barcelona, Ghent, Milan and Utrecht) to improve the situation in these municipalities, but mainly to promote learning mutual and the exchange of good practices, as well as to share awareness and training activities and facilitate cooperation between the competent authorities and private interested parties.

Aina Gallego Dobón (IP)

Data from the GREC project

Code: 003262

Summary:

TransEuroWorkS is an innovative, multidisciplinary and multi-level project that provides analysis and policy recommendations for the future European world of work and social protection. It will provide a new and more integrative understanding of how fundamental changes in the labor market and the European context can be better and more proactively managed through social protection policies, both at national and European Union level ( EU). Our work package undertakes a field experiment on the impact of digital skills training on labor market outcomes and political attitudes. Our experiment seeks to generate useful knowledge to address the challenge of improving the skilled workforce to match the specialized technical skills that businesses demand. The experiment is pre-registered and is developed in consultation with those responsible for data protection and research ethics.