The Guild Doctoral Workshop

The Faculty of Law successfully wrapped up the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities’ doctoral workshop on National and International Legal Institutions and the Rule of Law after two days of in-depth academic discussions. The event featured over 20 doctoral researchers from eleven European universities, who shared their work in six thematic panels.

During the workshop, doctoral candidates covered various topics including constitutional law, EU law, public international law, criminal law, and criminology. Many presentations incorporated perspectives from political science, international relations, and empirical socio-legal studies. Presentations covered themes such as constitutional emergency powers and democratic oversight, EU responses to crises and protection of the rule of law, trade disputes and fragmentation in international law, and the evolving role of supranational courts. Other contributions examined issues including digital governance and participation in democratic processes, legal accountability in public administration and urban safety, penal populism in criminal law, and new forms of legal protection in the digital environment, such as safeguarding minors online.

Beyond the formal sessions, the workshop provided opportunities for informal interaction and networking. Social events enabled doctoral researchers to extend their conversations beyond the panels and foster, hopefully long-lasting, connections across different European research communities.

The workshop forms part of the Guild’s broader initiative to strengthen doctoral collaboration and academic exchange among Europe’s research-intensive universities, fostering critical and open discussions on the future of legal institutions and the rule of law in a rapidly changing regional and global environment.

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Photos: Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana.