Ph.D. (Philosophiae Doctor) in International Law and Economics
The Ph.D. from the UniCampus HETG in International Law and Economics is designed to address the enormous multiplicity and variety of national legal systems, comparing them with each other to highlight their differences but especially their points of contact, finally emphasizing the economic side of these jurisprudences and the supranational regulations governing them and is aimed at all those who hold a Master's Degree in Political Science, Jurisprudence or Economic Sciences, training doctoral students through a thorough and highly qualified broad specialized training, finally not failing to provide students with that characteristic perspective of socio-economic and political aspects projected into the short- and medium-term future.
Modules and content
Ph.D. students take advanced and cutting-edge multidisciplinary courses of study drawing from different and selected specializations of law and economics, participate in research projects, cross-cultural exchanges with other international research centers and present their work to faculty, as well as attend research seminars and conferences of an international nature. Students in this course have as their main characteristic that they are able to analyze jurisprudential and economic topics from multiple points of view, are able to understand the rationale of even very different legal systems to European ones and their cultural-historical origin, are able to find points of encounter between different legislations, and are able to suggest alternative and innovative approaches to solve problems arising from conflicts between different legal systems, while contributing significantly to the advancement of their research field.
UniCampus HETG's Ph.D. in International Law and Economics has a strongly interdisciplinary, collaborative and international character that is expressed through collaboration with other international research centers and through participation in specific symposia and workshops of international stature.
The Ph.D. from UniCampus HETG in International Law and Economics thus focuses on a highly advanced and highly specialized thematic and technical education, providing an all-encompassing overview of international law applied especially to the economic sector, developing in Ph.D. students those high-level and international profile competencies and skills characterizing a cutting-edge field that is constantly changing and tending to obtain solutions that can further increase the efficiency of the legal and economic instruments at hand, all this under the vigilant supervision of qualified Professors and interaction with other international exponents of the legal and economic disciplines.
The main objective of UniCampus HETG's Ph.D. emphasizes the application-occupational aspect of the context in which the knowledge and skills developed during the Course will be used, enhancing the obvious international university teaching innovation and its set of training tools, focusing on such research-relevant teachings as Methodologies in Legal Research, International Law Theory, International Relations, Advanced Macroeconomics, International Trade, Monetary Policies, International Finance, etc.
Therefore, the Scientific Disciplinary Sectors (SSDs) on which this Course is based are IUS/01, IUS/02, IUS/10, IUS/13, IUS/14, IUS/20, IUS/21, SECS-P/01, SECS-P/02, SECS-P09
UniCampus HETG's Ph.D. in International Law and Economics, like its other similar Ph.D. Courses, stands out for its international bent that aims to involve students of different nationalities, in the firm belief that only through diversity and comparison is it possible to achieve real innovative and skill advancements both individually and collectively.
