Faculty of Law Secures Ministry Funding for Three Research Projects
The provisional resolution of the 2025 Knowledge Generation Projects call includes three proposals led by researchers from the Faculty, with combined funding exceeding €145,000 and one predoctoral contract.
The Faculty of Law has secured funding for three research projects under the provisional resolution of the 2025 Knowledge Generation Projects call issued by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIU/AEI). Although the decision is still provisional, it is expected to become final in the near future.
The three projects address different but interconnected areas: the regulation of artificial intelligence and its impact on fundamental rights, the assessment of the legal response to sexual violence, and the European legal response to the trafficking of women and girls in digital environments.
Artificial Intelligence, Competitiveness and Fundamental Rights
The project "Artificial Intelligence and Law: Analysing the Balance Between Regulation as a Driver of Competitiveness and the Individual Rights of the Person" (PID2025-170578OB-I00) is led by Professors José Antonio Fernández Amor and Miguel Ángel Sánchez Huete as principal investigators within the Faculty's DIGIDRET research group.
The research examines the limits that the essence of individual and fundamental rights—particularly equality, intimacy and privacy—places on the relaxation of European and national regulations governing artificial intelligence. Such regulatory flexibility is often justified in the name of competitiveness in the development of this technology.
The research team also includes Professors Susana Navas Navarro, Carolina Gala Durán, Zuley Fernández Caballero, Mónica Perna Hernández, Miquel Gardeñes Santiago, Josep Suquet Capdevila, Marc Abraham Puig Hernández and Josep Cañabate Pérez.
The project will run for three years and has been awarded €46,000 in funding, together with one predoctoral research contract.
Effectiveness of the Legal Response to Sexual Violence (EFILOGILS)
The project "The Effectiveness and Efficiency of Organic Law 10/2022 on the Comprehensive Guarantee of Sexual Freedom in Light of Organic Law 1/2025 on Measures to Improve the Efficiency of the Public Justice Service" (EFILOGILS, PID2025-170559NB-I00) is led by Professor Noelia Igareda and Encarna Bodelón as principal investigators.
Organic Law 10/2022 represented a paradigm shift in the legal response to sexual violence within the Spanish legal system. However, its impact, achievements and the extent to which it has fulfilled its objectives have not yet been thoroughly assessed. At the same time, Organic Law 1/2025 poses new challenges for the effectiveness and efficiency of the justice system, directly affecting the response to sexual and gender-based violence. The project aims to shed light on the real impact of both laws on Spanish society.
The research team also includes Encarna Bodelón, Miriam Cugat, Maria Barcons, Patricia González, Elena Garrido, Martí Colom, M. Eugenia Rodríguez Palop and Fátima Cisneros.
The project will run from 2026 to 2029 with funding of €49,100.
Trafficking of Women in Digital Environments (Reel-wide)
The project "European Legal Responses to the Trafficking of Women in Digital Environments" (Reel-wide, PID2025-174401NA-I00) is led by Professor Cristina Blasi Casagran.
Its main objective is to reconceptualise the European Union's strategy and legal framework on trafficking in human beings so that they can also effectively address this crime when it targets women and girls in digital environments.
The research team includes Susana Beltrán García, Claudia Cristina Jiménez Cortés, Lídia Ballesta Martí, Montserrat Pi Llorens, Esther Zapater Duque, Alexandre Moreno Urpí, Anna Ayuso Pozo, Mariona Illamola Dausà, Georgina Rodríguez Muñoz and Laura Planas Gifra.
The project will run from 2026 to 2029 with funding of €50,000.
Congratulations to all the research teams!