Presentation of the Project
Background:
Free movement of persons is one of the major achievements of the European Union (“EU”).
During the last years, EU has highlighted a particular aspect of such a freedom: the freedom of circulation of researchers and in general persons dealing with research and technology knowledge, which is also defined as the “5th Freedom”.
As a matter of fact, EU law aims at establishing a European Knowledge Area, in which researchers, scientific knowledge, and technology (see Article 179 Treaty on Functioning of the European Union), as well as students and teachers, can freely circulate. The trans-European movement of researchers and in general persons dealing with research and innovation is a phenomenon with very important social, economic and cultural implications. In particular, their trans-European mobility is several times (at least 3) the mobility of the general population.
However, students, academic staff, and institutions are not enough aware of the rights and obligations concerning the above-mentioned Freedom.
Rationale:
Objectives of the Chair:
- Making aware researchers, especially those young, of their rights, obligations and responsibilities
- Strengthening the mobility of the students and researchers within EU and abroad
- Reinforcing the capacity of the University to put in place the 5th Freedom for its researchers and to be attractive for external researchers
- Establishing an academic reference in studying legal issues of research within the European Research Area
- Giving European and international visibility to the studies on the EU Research Policy Activities
- Teaching activities for students of the Department of Law, Department of Medicine, Department of Biotechnologies and chemistry and other Departments
- Additional Training activities for your researchers, administrative staff and professionals
- Research activities on legal and ethical issues of science and technologies