Security and Law
Coordinator of the Curriculum
Prof. Giorgio Afferni (DiGi, Università di Genova)
Research Lines
The research lines can be broadly classified in the following areas:
Security and constitutional law
E-democracy, cybersecurity and fundamental rights in the cyberspace
E-government, sustainability and digital transition of the citizenship
Rule of law and algorithmic administration
Security and administrative law
Algorithms in public decision-making
New technologies and digitalization in cultural heritage, civil protection, and public contracts
Smart city public regulation and governance, also with regard to climate change
Security and philosophy of the law
Legal modelling and simulation
Analytical legal theory and the quality of legislation
Security and criminal procedure law
Artificial intelligence and the digitization of criminal justice
Cyber-crimes, cyber-attacks, and digital investigations
Blockchain forensics and tools to counter crypto-crimes
Security and private law
Class actions and other mechanisms of collective enforcement of rights
The use of new technologies to facilitate access to justice
Security and labour law
Virtual reality and metaverse as drivers of change in Labour Law
Algorithm discrimination in the labour market
Security and criminal law
criminal protection of worker health and safety
food sustainability and safety; sustainability and criminal protection of environment
criminal protection of trademarks and market security
Security and Economic Law
Digital finance and the challenges of regulating innovative markets, products and services
Sustainability of economic activities and their financing; sustainable digital finance
Security and EU law
Common commercial policy and EU regulation of strategic assets (energy, food, infrastructures, data, dual use-items, etc.)
Common security and defence policy
EU Space of freedom, security and justice
Security and international law
The Private International Law of Secured Transactions
Cyber War and Cyber Security in International Law