TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Overview

The creation of a Chair in “European Protection Law for Individuals in relation to New Technologies” (PROTECH) at University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa aims to stimulate teaching, research and debating activities in a crucial area of European integration studies in order to promote a balance between technological innovation and development, from one part, and, from the other, the protection of some specific categories of “vulnerable persons”, where concept of ness is not related to disability but to the relationship of an individual with the technological habitat or with the technological tool that in itself could represent a major exposure to risk. This is meant to increase the trust of people in digital environments and, most of all, in the European Digital Single Market as a secure place. The three-year teaching course will provide a knowledge base on European Union Law in a multi-disciplinary approach, with a particular focus on the field of legal integration in the protection of the subjects in “vulnerable” position in the technological context.

INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES

2 approaches

ABOUT

Academic Years

Seminars

According to the interdisciplinary profile of the proposed Chair, workshops, seminars, and lecture series will be organized each year on topics concerning the protection of subjects within digital environments, the promotion of solidarity and equality, the study of law in relation to new technologies. Academic staff members and guest speakers will be invited to present their ongoing research.
These activities will involve the participation of scholars and experts from a variety of Institutions and with different scientific backgrounds (including economists, engineers, computer scientists, designers) as well as civil society and practitioners from the private sector. In fact, these events will be aimed at promoting contamination, discussion, and debate on the aforementioned topics. Therefore, seminars and workshops are intended to be freely accessible to a general audience and all the contributions presented will be available on the course web page.

12 hours per year will be dedicated to seminars and special lectures:

Academic year 2019 – 2020: Seminar series on “Advanced studies on Minors and Privacy”.
Academic year 2020 – 2021: Seminar series on “Advanced studies on Consumer Behaviour and Consumer Law”.
Academic year 2021 – 2022: Series of Seminars and Lectures on “Advanced studies on the legal aspects of medically assisted procreation (MAP) intersection between Ethics and Science”.

Workshop

According to the interdisciplinary profile of the proposed Chair, workshops, seminars, and lecture series will be organized each year on topics concerning the protection of subjects within digital environments, the promotion of solidarity and equality, the study of law in relation to new technologies. Academic staff members and guest speakers will be invited to present their ongoing research.
These activities will involve the participation of scholars and experts from a variety of Institutions and with different scientific backgrounds (including economists, engineers, computer scientists, designers), as well as civil society and practitioners from the private sector. In fact, these events will be aimed at promoting contamination, discussion and debate on the aforementioned topics. Therefore, workshops and seminars are intended to be freely accessible to a general audience and all the contributions presented will be available on the course web page. Workshop contributors will be selected through an annual Call for Paper to be published in well advance on UNISOB’s website site as well as on this specific Jean Monnet Chair website.

8 hours per year will be dedicated to workshops, which will gather contributions through specifics call for paper:

Academic year 2019 – 2020: Workshop series on “Social Networks and Multimedia habitats”.
Academic year 2020 – 2021: Workshop series on “Legal Design for Transparency in Consumer Contracts”.
Academic year 2021 – 2022: Workshop series on “National Cases on Human Embryos and the EU Court of Justice”.

Module Formats

The format of the a.y. 2019-2020 Workshop will be structured as follows:
Social Networks and Multimedia habitat

  1. Introduction from the Chair Holder
  2. Keynote speech on an ongoing research/projects
  3. Discussion with PhD candidates and Key Staff Members
  4. Roundtable with stakeholders and policymakers

The format of the a.y. 2020-2021 Workshop will be the following:
Legal Design for Transparency in Consumer Contracts

  1. Introduction from the Chair Holder
  2. Keynote speech on an ongoing research/projects
  3. Discussion with PhD candidates and Key Staff Members
  4. Roundtable with stakeholders and policymakers

The format of the a.y. 2021-2022 Workshop will be the following
National Cases on Human Embryos and the EU Court of Justice

  1. Introduction from the Chair Holder
  2. Keynote speech on an ongoing research/projects
  3. Discussion with PhD candidates and Key Staff Members
  4. Roundtable with stakeholders and policymakers