Presentation
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Director: Prof. Costantino Visconti
email: dipartimento.dems@unipa.it
DEMS is an interdisciplinary Department, bringing together historians, legal scholars, economists, sociologists, psychologists and political scientists, centred on a common research objective: developing the different areas of knowledge that contribute to defining the “cognitive frameworks” underlying the dual process of European integration and the desirable creation of a new international order based on universal principles. Within this framework, particular importance among the Department’s research objectives is given to the prospects for integration and harmonisation among legal systems, including strategies for combating crime and developing criminal policy guidelines at supranational level.
PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT
DEMS aims to:
a) promote research in the Department’s fields of interest, particularly in the areas of historical, political-economic, socio-economic, legal and linguistic studies, approached from a European perspective and within the context of globalisation, using historical and comparative techniques and methodologies; initiate and promote interdisciplinary research on the main aspects relating to European institutions and policies, European Union law and the foundations of European law, European social law and labour law, comparative private law, European and comparative legal and socio-economic systems, linguistics, international economics, economic history and analysis, business economics, sociology, and the psychology of work and organisations, with a view to global cooperation and development;
b) organise and develop courses, debates, seminars and conferences on topics falling within its areas of competence, also in collaboration with other national and international scientific and cultural institutions, particularly with interdepartmental centres and departments of the University of Palermo;
c) promote and, where appropriate, coordinate PhD programmes, advanced and specialised training schools, and first- and second-level Master’s programmes in its areas of competence (advanced training programmes);
d) organise and establish databases; organise and establish, also through specific agreements with other Italian and foreign cultural and scientific bodies and institutions, a dedicated library covering the Department’s specific fields of interest; participate in local, regional, national and international research projects funded by public and private resources;
e) promote the exchange of information and research materials with other universities and national and international cultural institutions, fostering transnational cooperation in the promotion of scientific and cultural initiatives in the Department’s fields of interest;
f) carry out activities on behalf of third parties within its areas of competence.
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