Academic Coordinators

Germán M. Teruel Lozano

ACADEMIC COORDINATOR (MANAGER OF THE PROJECT).

Dr. Germán Teruel is associate professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Murcia. He obtained the European PhD. in Law at the Univeristy of Bologna and the University of Murcia (2014). Previously, he had studied a master degree in Constitutional Law at the University of Seville (2010), as fellow of "La Caixa" Foundation, and he got the Law degree at the University of  Murcia (2009).

Dr. Teruel has a good knowledge of national and European institutions: he worked as adviser at the Spains Parliament (2016) –collaboration that goes on with a research contract-, and he has been assistant of a MEP at the European Parliament (2009) and he has done an internship at the Spanish Constitutional Court (2014-2015).

He has some research experience abroad, such as some stays in the Court of Justice of the EU (2009), in the Italian universities of Florence (2010) and Bologna (2011-2013) and in the Max Planck Institute for International and Comparative Law (2018). He has been a scholar at the Royal College of Spain in Bologna (2011-2013).

His research expertise areas are: A) Fundamental rights within Internet; B) Freedom of speech and extreme speech; C) Constitutional European Law. He is member of different research projects and groups at national and international level and was founder of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on constitutional studies (2011). He has organized conferences and academic events at national and international level, and he has large experience coordinating and participating in meetings and exchanges of the Youth in Action program. Currently, he is the Erasmus+ academic coordinator in the agreements between the University of Murcia and the University of Verona, as well as with the University of Catania.

Germán Teruel has taught as adjunct professor at the European University of Madrid (2015-2016) and at the International University of Valencia (2016). He has teaching experience in fields of Constitutional and EU Law.

Edoardo C. Raffiotta

ACADEMIC COORDINATOR.

Dr. Edoardo Raffiotta is Full Professor in Constitutional law at the University of Bologna since 2011. He has three national scientific certifications as Associate Professor in Constitutional Law, in Comparative Public Law and in Public Administrative Law. He has been visiting researcher in different universities: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2016); Autonomous University of Barcelona (2008); School of Law and Public Administration of the University of Warsaw (2006). He was the national expert for Italy in charge of drafting the report required by the European Commission titled “Member States' Study on the Laws and Customs related to the Consular Protection”m and he is legal expert of the Italian Transport Regulation Authority (2016-present).

Dr. Edoardo Raffiotta is member of the research team on “Simplification and rationalization of the Emilia-Romagna Region”, promoted by the University of Bologna Department of Social and Political Sciences and the Council of Emilia-Romagna Region (2015-present times); and was member of the research project on “The Financial Constitution. The State Budget Decision, between European Limitations and Policies of Local Government Coordination” (2010-2013). He develops research activity in the fields of EU Constitutional law, with focus on the economic government in the EU, on fundamental rights in the EU and public security at national and EU level. He also has teaching experience in the fields of Constitutional, Comparative Public Law and Public Administrative Law. He is one of the founders of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on constitutional studies (2011).

Antonio Pérez Miras

ACADEMIC COORDINATOR.

Dr. Antonio Pérez Miras is substitute professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Granada. He got the European PhD. in Law at the Univeristy of Bologna (2012). He also studied a master's degree in Health Law at the University of Granada (2013), and he got the Law degree at the Complutense University of Madrid (2005) and Political Science degree at the Autonomous University of Madrid (2010). He has been an Erasmus student at IEP Lille (2009). He has also done several research stays at Harvard Law School (2015), SPISA – University of Bologna (2015) and at Bologna Law School (2010-2011). He has been scholar at the Royal Spanish College in Bologna (2010-2011). His devoted branches of research are: A) Federalism; B) Health Law; C) Constitutional European Law. He is member of different research projects and groups at a national and international level and was founder of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on constitutional studies (2011). Dr. Pérez Miras has taught as adjunct profesor at the Comillas University - ICADE (2013-2018), as a Lecturer at the European University (2015-2018), both in Madrid, and as an Interim Substitute Professor at University of Vigo (2017-2018). He has teaching experience in fields of Constitutional, Administrative and EU Law.

Dr. Antonio Pérez Miras has a large experience coordinating and participating in academic and cultural activities.

Scientific Committee

Yolanda Gómez Sánchez

CO-CHAIR OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. Dr. M. Yolanda Gómez is Full Professor of Constitutional Law and has been responsible for a Jean Monnet Module (2000), a Jean Monnet Chair (2006) and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam (2012). In these projects she has always received a positive evaluation. Prof. Gomez is a former member of the Legal Experts Group (FRALEX) of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and, in 2010, was named “Independent Expert” for evaluation of projects in the Directorate General for Research-Science, Economy and Society of the EU Commission.

Professor Yolanda Gómez has over 25 year experience in higher education, she has been a researcher on several I+D+i Projects and leads a consolidated Research Group on Innovation, Research and Fundamental Rights involving 17 professors of 4 universities. She is the General Coordinator of the Master and the Doctorate Programme in EU of the UNED and she is the professor of several subjects. She is a former Director of the Constitutional Law Department at UNED and the current Director of the International Doctorate School at the UNED. She has been involved in the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since its foundation in 2011, supporting and participating in its activities.

Currently, she is director of the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales.

Andrea Morrone

CO-CHAIR OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. A. Morrone is Full Professor of Constitutional law at the University of Bologna. He is the coorditator of the PhD. in Legal Studies at the University of Bologna. Among other positions, he has been Vicar Director of the Departament of Law (2005-2011) and President of the Teaching Committee of the Faculty of Law (2008-2010) at the University of Bologna. And he has been consultat of different public institutions (Minister of the Environment -2005-, Minister of Cultural Heritage -2007-, President of the Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna -2007-, Regional Council of Calabria -2009-, National Association of the Italian Countries -2003-2004).

Prof. Morrone has developed research activity in the fields of Constitutional law, EU law, Environmental law, Administrative law, Criminal Constitutional law, protection of rights, financial law and family law. In particular, he promoted the research project “The Financial Constitution. The State Budget Decision, between European Limitations and Policies of Local Government Coordination” (2010-2013). He has teaching experience in the fields of Constitutional law and Constitutional Justice and has been involved in the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since its foundation in 2011, participating in the design and promotion of all its activities.

Pablo Lucas Murillo de la Cueva

MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. Lucas Murillo de la Cueva is Justice at the Spanish Supreme Court and Full Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Cordoba. He is full Member of the Royal Academic of Moral and Political Sciences and has been member of the Spanish Electoral Board. From 1978 to 2002 he has taught in different courses of constitutional law and he continues collaborating in academic seminars and phd courses. His research activity is focus on fundamental rights and institutional issues (judicial power, government…). He has been involved in the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since its foundation in 2011, participating actively in its conferences and publications.

Adriana Ciancio

MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. Adriana Ciancio is Full Professor of Constitutional Law at Catania University. She has been involved in different European research activities both as academic coordinator and as key-staff member of Jean-Monnet Projects; and takes part in the European Constitutional Law Network of the University of Catania “ECONET”. She is holder of the Erasmus + Agreement for students and teaching mobility with “Aristotele” University of Thessaloniky (Greece) and with the University of Riga (Latvia). Author and editor of many publications in European Constitutional Law. Visiting Professor at the "School of Italian and European Law" of the University of Warsaw (Poland) since 2007. Research fellow at the University of Nice (France) and Complutense of Madrid (Spain) granted by both the University of Catania and the Italian National Council of Reaserches.

She is Vice Director of the Department of Law of Catania University; member of the Faculty of the PhD in Law of the Catania University; Referee for several legal Journals. She has been taking part in the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.

José Antonio Montilla Martos

KEY STAFF MEMBER. MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. Montilla Martos is full professor at the University of Granada. He is the Director of the Department of Constitutional Law. His areas of expertise are European Constitutional Law and Federalism. He was responsible of a Jean Monnet Module on European Constitutional Law (2006-2009) and he is secretary and member of the directive board of the “Revista de Derecho Constitucional Europeo”. He is involved as member of the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2016.
Currently, prof. Montilla Martos is Secretary of the State of the Government of Spain.

Antonio D’Aloia

MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. D’Aloia is Full professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Parma and Director of the Center for Bioethics of the University of Parma. He is involved in activities of European dimension as member of the Council of the Center for Studies in European and International Affairs (CSEIA) and as member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Collegio Europeo di Parma. He develops research activity in the fields of Constitutional law and EU Constitutional law. The principal lines of research regard constitutional rights; European integration process; equal protection clause, jurisdiction, bio-law, intergenerational responsibility, general theory of law. He has teaching experience in the fields of Constitutional Law; constitutional justice; biolaw. In particular he is teacher in food law, risk regulation, OGM law, food safety at the Master Health, Environment and Food: European Law and Risk Regulation of the University of Parma. He is involved as member of the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.

Germán Gómez Orfanel

MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Emeritus professor in Constitutional Law at the University Complutense of Madrid. He was also Civil Servant in the Spanish Administration. He has taught in constitutional law fields since 1971 and his research activities are focus on Constitutional Theory, Public Comparative Law and fundamental rights. He is member of the Institute of Parliamentarian law and collaborates as member of the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar in Constitutional Studies since 2012.

Ginevra Cerrina Feroni

MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. Feroni is an Italian Lawyer and Full Professor of Italian and Comparative Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Political Sciences “Cesare Alfieri“ in Florence University. Since 2014 she is Vice-President of the Board “Cesifin - Alberto Predieri” Foundation (Centre for the Study of Financial Institutions) and member of the Board “Institutional Reforms” of the Magna Carta Foundation. Since 2006 she is Administrative Law course coordinator at the Seminar of Parliamentary Studies and Researches “Silvano Tosi“ patronised by the Italian Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Republic. She also holds the position in several juridical Association and Journals. In particular, she is Vice-President of the National Association of Comparative and European Public Law and its Review (DPCE). She has so far carried out comparative researches on multiculturalism; cultural heritage; sustainable development; protection of savings, bank foundations and securitization; constitutional law; administrative justice; forms of government. In recent years, as a local coordinator, she won research projects of national (PRIN) and international interest (in particular, 2 Horizon2020 Projects). She is involved as member of the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.

Tomasso Edoardo Frosini

MEMBER OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.

Prof. Frosini is Full Professor of Comparative Public Law at the University of Naples “Suor Orsola Benincasa”. He is Vice President of the C.N.R. (italian National Research Council) and expert for ANVUR (national Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research System (2011)). He has participated in differents committees for institutional reforms (drafting committee for the legislative proposal of constitutional reform -2013-; research committee at the Department of Institutional Reforms on the impact of constitutional reforms upon Public Administration -2005-; ministerial committee for the drafting of consolidated texts at the Ministry of the Environment -2005-; study committee upon the reform of bicameralism and the parliamentary immunity at the Ministry of Institutional Reforms -2002-). His research activity develops in the field of Comparative Constitutional law, Constitutional law and EU Constitutional law, with particular focus on forms of government, electoral law, democratic participation, right to Internet and legal information. He has teaching experience in the fields of Constitutional law and Comparative constitutional law. He is involved as member of the scientific committee of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.

Organizing Committee

Marta Morvillo

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Morvillo is Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (2017-2018). She got the Ph.D. in State, person and services in the European and international legal system (curriculum: Constitutional law) at the University of Bologna (2015) and studied a LL.M. Public Law and Global Governance at the King’s College London School of Law (2012). She studied the Law Degree at the University of Bologna School of Law (2011), and did and Erasmus program at the University of Coimbra (Portugal, 2008-2009). She has been visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law – Heidelberg (2017, 2015, 2014). She develops research activity in the fields of Constitutional law and EU Constitutional law, with focus on constitutional implications of the financial crisis, on EU trade agreements and on the role of experts in EU and national decision-making processes. And she has teaching experience in the fields of Constitutional and Comparative constitutional law. She is involved in the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.

Ángel Aday Jiménez Alemán

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Jiménez Alemán is lecturer of Constitutional law at the University of Vigo. PhD in Law by this same university. He was awarded the grant of the Constitutional Case-law Service of the Spanish Constitutional Court, the Galician Parliament and of the Program to support the education of university researchers and professors of the Galician Administration.

He is the author of several peer review articles and book chapters. He was awarded the Prize for best research article by a young constitutionalist by the Journal Teoría y Realidad Constitucional in 2017. He has presented papers in numerous international congresses (among many other, ICON Conference 2017, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; CIS-Harvard 2015; IX World Congress of Constitutional Law 2014, Oslo, Norway). He is participating in two research projects financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, and he is the manager of an Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Module. He is the Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Legal and Labor Sciences of the University of Vigo since October 2016. He is member of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2012.

Carmen Montesinos Padilla

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Montesinos Padilla is postdoctoral researcher of the University of Vigo at the Departament of Public Law. She got an International PhD. at the University Carlos III in 2015, on jurisdictional mechanisms of protection of human rights. She has made research stays in differents universities and research centers: Aarhus University (Denmark, 2017-2018), University of Porto (Portugal, 2017), Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public International Law (Germany, 2014), Universidade Federal do Belém do Pará (Brasil, 2012). And she also has institutional experience as intern case-law department of the Spanish Constitutional Court. Dr. Montesinos Padilla takes part in different projects and she is specialized on multilevel protection of human rights and human rights and business. She has teaching experience on Constitutional and EU Law. She is member of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2012.

Joaquín Sarrión Esteve

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Sarrión is post-doctoral Ramón y Cajal Researcher in EU Law integration and fundamental rights at the Constitutional Law Department of the National Distance Education University-UNED. He is also ademic Secretary of the Master in Legal Practice at the Faculty of Law at the National Distance Education University-UNED and of the Imiens (Mixed Research Institute formed between UNED and the Instituto Salud Carlos III and the Escuela Nacional de Salud). He awarded the European PhD. in European Union Law at the University of Bologna (2011) and was scholar of the Royal College of Spain in Bologna. He studied a European LL.M. in European Union Law at the UNED (2009), postgraduate courses in European Union Law at the Diplomatic Academy of Spain (2008), and a LL. M. in Constitutional Law and Political Sciences at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales (2007).  His research and teaching activities is focus on Constitutional and European Union matters. He is member of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since it foundation in 2011.

Veronica Federico

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Federico is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Florence. She has large experience abroad: Assistant to the Head of the Technical Office of the European Commission in Mostar (Bosnia Herzegovina, 1997), Lecturer in political sociology at the School of Social Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South Africa, 2001), and NATO Scholar at the Centre for Social and Economic Strategies of the Charles University (Prague, Cz, 2004). She has also been lecturer and researcher in differents universities and foundations. Dr. Federico awardes it PhD in Sociology at theEcole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 2005) and she got a Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) in Recherches comparatives sur le développement at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris, 1998). Previosly, she has studied a Master Course in European Studies at the School of Administration and Management SADA (1996).

She has developed important researchs related with European studies, focus on citizenship. She is principal Investigator of the national unit in the EC Horizon 2020 research project “SIRIUS- Skills and Integration of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in European Labour Markets” Grant agreement n. 770515 (2018-2020) and she has been co-investigator in other national and European projects. She is involved in the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2016.

Silvia Romboli

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Rombonli is lecturer at the ESADE University of Barcelona (Business and Law School). She got the Ph. D. in Constitutional Law, University of Seville (Spain) and University of Pisa (Italy) (2017). She has done research stays in Paris (2014-2015-2016) and has been intern at the Doctrine Service of the Spanish Constitutional Court (2016-2017). Se has taught at the University of Seville (2012-2016) and at the European University of Madrid (2017). Her researchs are focus on constitutional and public comparative law. She is involved in the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2016.

Leyre Burguera Ameave

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Burguera is assistant professor in Constitutional Law at the UNED. She awarded the PhD. in Laws (2010), a Master’s degree in Ethics and Democracy and graduated in Political Science (2005). She has taught in the Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU (2011-2012) and in the Universidad Católica de San Antonio (2004-2007). She has teaching experience in Constitutional and EU Law and it researchs activities are focus con communication law. She is involved in the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.

Fernando Pérez Domínguez

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Pérez Domínguez is associate professor in Constitutional Law at the University of Huelva (Spain). He got a European Ph.D in Law (curriculum Labour Law) at the University of Bologna (2009). After that, in 2010 he studied a Master degree on Constitutional Law at the University of Seville. He has developed his research in several projects and groups funded by the national and regional research programs. His research interest mainly deals with the debate on the future of Welfare State, especially in relation to Social rights. He has been scholar of the Royal Spanish College in Bologna and he has been postdoctoral researcher at the Constitutional and Politic Studies Centre. He is member of the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since it foundation in 2011.

Ylenia Guerra

MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Dr. Guerra currently is studying a LL. M. in European Legal Studies at the College of Europe. She awarded the Ph. D. in State, person and services in the European and international legal system (curriculum: Constitutional law) at the University of Bologna (2016). She has been visiting researcher at the “Centre de Droit et de Politique Comparés Jean-Claude Escarras” University of Toulon (2016). She develops her research activity in the fields of Constitutional law, Administrative law and EU law, with focus on financial crisis, on the legal implications of “balanced budget rules”, and on the Italian municipalities. And she has teaching experience in the fields of Constitutional law. She is involved in the Italian-Spanish Seminar on Constitutional Studies since 2014.