PhD in IUS CIVILE. HISTORY AND THEORY OF
PRIVATE LAW

email: benedetta.sirgiovanni@uniroma2.it
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Currrent position:

·      Associate Professor of Private Law (12 A1) at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Law Department

·      Academic teaching appointments: European Private Law (Italian course) and European Contract and Obligations (English course) in one-cycle Law Degree at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

·      Member of the teaching staff of the PHD ‘Ius civile. Storia e teoria del diritto privato’, Law Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata

·      Lawyer, registered in the special Register of the Council of the Bar Association of Rome

 

Visiting Professor in foreign universities:

·      Visiting professor of European Contract Law, Law Department, Bremen University, invited by Prof. Christoph Schimid (11^th – 16^th June 2023);

·      Visiting professor of European Contract Law, Law Department, Mainz University, invited by Prof. Peter Gröschler (22^th – 26^th October 2018)

 

Past position:

Tenured researcher in private law at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Law Department(November 2010 – February 2022)



Research interests:

·      Italian contract law, European contract law, consumer protection, private law of new technologies and in particular smart contracts, non fungible tokens, the processing of genetic data, the right of ownership and property interests, commons, family law and, in particular, civil partnerships. 

·      Author of several papers on various issues on Italian and European Private Law, from traditional Private Law topics to those that demonstrate an awareness of the supranational dimension of the current Italian legal system.