II Encuentro de jóvenes investigadores: Tecnología y sostenibilidad en el Derecho privado

11.Sep - 11. Sep, 2026 Cod. D19-26

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Description

Within the framework of the European Green Deal and the Digital Strategy 2030, the European Union is promoting a dual ecological and digital transition aimed at transforming economic sectors based on sustainability, social justice, and technological innovation. This transformation, known as a just and digital transition, not only affects public regulation but also has an increasing impact on private law, particularly in areas such as contracting, civil liability, and consumer rights.

The course seeks to show whether and to what extent private law can influence and/or needs to adapt to new social and economic developments in an increasingly digital world.

Objectives

Promote innovative research by young scholars.

Disseminating research in innovative fields.

Establish a mentoring relationship between young researchers and senior researchers.

Consolidate scientific research networks on key issues for the advancement of Private Law.

Award a prize for the most original research by the Spanish Association of Comparative Law.

Activity directed to

University student
Teachers
Professionals

Methodology

The proposal is not based on a traditional lecture-style methodology, but rather introduces active and participatory forms of learning that constitute one of its main distinctive features. Although the course maintains the academic rigor characteristic of a scientific seminar, its methodological design goes beyond the classic model of keynote lectures and is structured around a deliberative and interactive format, organized as follows:

Short presentations by early-career researchers (20 minutes).
A structured critical commentary by a senior academic (discussant).
An open debate with the audience following each presentation.
Academic moderation to ensure thematic coherence and dynamic discussion.

This structure introduces several relevant innovations:

Active audience participation, with formally allocated time for discussion after each presentation.
Intergenerational interaction, combining emerging researchers and established scholars in a mentoring-oriented dynamic.
A competitive selection process through a call for papers, ensuring thematic plurality, scientific quality, and openness to innovative approaches.
Recognition of research excellence, through the award granted to the best paper presented.

Proyecto de investigación del MICIU financia parcialmente, algunos viajes y estancias.

Directors

Esther Arroyo Amayuelas

Universidad de Barcelona

Professor of Civil and Comparative Law at the U. Barcelona and EU Private Law Jean Monnet Chair Holder at the same University. She has relevant skills for research and educational proposals as shown by different National and European Projects, i. a, those that deepen legal knowledge on the building and development of European Private Law. Fellow of the German DAAD (2003), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2006-2007) and the European Law Institute (2010), she has also been Visiting Scholar at different National, American, European and Asian Universities. She currently teaches European and Spanish private law at the U. Barcelona and also Spanish and European contract law for foreign lawyers at the U. Münster.

Sergio Cámara Lapuente

Universidad de La Rioja

Professor of Civil Law at the University of La Rioja since October 2007. He graduated (1991) and obtained his PhD with extraordinary prize in 1996 from the University of Navarra. Research stays in Germany (Freiburg, 1993, Munich, 1996) and visiting scholar at Oxford University (2003 and 2015). President of the ‘International Academy of Inheritance Law’ and vice-president of the ‘Spanish Association of Comparative Law’. Director of several research projects on digital law and consumer protection, with several publications on digital succession, as well as work on contract law, trusts, European and comparative private law and intellectual property. Member of several international networks: Comparative Succession Law Group [Max-Plank-Institute - Hamburg, 3 volumes at OUP, Oxford University Press], International Academy of Comparative Law (Paris), European Law Institute [Vienna], etc.; in the latter he has been advisor to the project on ‘Access to Digital Assets’, member of the ‘High Level Expert Group on Digital Succession’ (since 2022) and member of the Advisory Committee of the ELI draft Model Law on ‘Succession of Digital Assets, Data and other Digital Remains’.