Research Projects

2021 - 2027 - "Lawyering across borders. Towards European standards on LEgal TRAining in the digital age (LETRA)", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia.

2018 - 2021 - "Quality of Justice in Portugal! Impact of working conditions in the performance of judges and public prosecutors", coordinated by João Paulo Dias, sponsored by FEDER and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

2016 - 2018 - "The charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in action", coordinated by José Manuel Pureza, sponsored by Directorate-General Justice and Consumers, EC.
    Project Partnership:
              - Uniwesytet Szczecinski (PL)
              - Utrecht School of Law (NL)
              - Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya (E)

2015 - 2020 - "The paradox of the judicial innovation in South European Countries", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

2015 - 2015 - "Economic crises and the quality of democracy in Europe", coordinated by Leonardo Morlino, sponsored by Project of national interest (PRIN).

2014 - 2014 - "Time reduction in civil trials at Bologna's Court of Appeal", coordinated by Davide Carnevali, sponsored by Research Institute on Judicial Systems, Italian National Research Council (IRSiG-CNR).

2013 - 2014 - "The institutional framework to struggle against corruption in Spain. Is the fight against corruption being effective in Spain?", coordinated by Manuel Villoria Mendieta, sponsored by Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness.

2013 - 2013 - "Flussi documentali digitali per l'Emilia Romagna", coordinated by Elisabetta Gualmini, sponsored by Istituto Carlo Cattaneo.

2013 - 2013 - "Technologies and Justice", coordinated by Harold Epineuse, sponsored by Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Justice (IHEJ).

2012 - 2013 - "Ottimizzazione delle performance di un sistema complesso: la linea G.D., i suoi operatori, l'assistenza clienti", coordinated by Pierluigi Contucci, Elisabetta Gualmini, sponsored by Istituto Carlo Cattaneo.

2012 - 2012 - "Beyond statistics: analysis and actions to reflect on the working conditions of women entrepreneurs", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Province of Bologna.

2011 - 2011 - "Beyond statistics: ethnographic analysis of personal stories and job insecurity for women lawyers in the Bologna area", as coordinator researcher, sponsored by Province of Bologna.

2007 - 2008 - "The decision-making process in the courts of Bologna, Rimini, Catania and Torino", coordinated by Stefano Zan, sponsored by Foundation Alma Mater.

2005 - 2007 - "A fair and efficient civil trial", coordinated by Giorgio Costantino, sponsored by Project of national interest (PRIN).