Associate Professor of European Union Law, Department of Legal Sciences, University of Bologna
Member of the Teaching Board of the Doctorate in European Law, University of Bologna.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional (CDT)
Member of the editorial board of the journal Studi sull’Integrazione Europea Member of the Italian Association of European Union Law Scholars (AISDUE)
Institutional positions
Since 4 July 2023, member of the Scientific Committee of the Central Library of the Ravenna Campus of the University of Bologna
Supervision and co-supervision of doctoral theses
Supervisor: Alessandra Quarta, PhD in Cultural and environmental heritage, L’approccio dell’Unione Europea al cultural heritage (The European Union's approach to cultural heritage)
Co-Supervisor: Klarissa Martins Sckayer Abicalam, PhD in European Law, The EU Trade Policy for Women's Economic Empowerment: Is It Adequate and Effective to build a New Sustainable Global Order that leaves no Women Behind?
Education
Law degree (Cum Laude) obtained on 21 October 1998 at the University of Bologna with a thesis entitled “Le norme imperative e i principi Unidroit sui contratti commerciali internazionali” (“Mandatory rules and Unidroit principles on international commercial contracts”).
Advanced course in European Community law: academic year 1998/99 with a thesis entitled “L’incidenza del diritto CE sulla disciplina della forma degli atti relativi ai rapporti contrattuali alla luce della più recente giurisprudenza comunitaria” (“The impact of EC law on the regulation of the form of acts relating to contractual relationships in the light of the most recent Community case law”) (certificate of attendance and diploma)
Research contract: 2000-2001 at the Department of Legal Sciences
A. Cicu at the University of Bologna
12 March 2004: PhD degree obtained (Cum Laude), after attending PhD courses at the University of Bologna in the years
2000/01, 2001/02 and 2002/03, discussing a thesis entitled “L’incidenza del diritto comunitario sul diritto civile italiano e lo squilibrio delle posizioni contrattuali” (“The impact of Community law on Italian civil law and the imbalance of contractual positions”).
Post-doctoral activities
2004-2006: Post-doctoral scholarship in the Faculty of Law at the University of Bologna
2007-2008: Research contract at the Faculty of Economics - Forlì campus - of the University of Bologna
National scientific qualification as associate professor
National scientific qualification as associate professor for the competitive sector 12/E1, International Law and European Union Law, obtained on 24 January 2014
National scientific qualification as associate professor for competition sector 12/E4 - European Union Law obtained on 27 July 2018
Teaching
2006 Lectures at the Universities of Ferrara, Florence and Milan on Community law and contract law
2007 Lectures at the Faculty of Economics - Forlì campus - of the University of Bologna on consumer protection in European law
2008 Lectures in the Master’s programme at the “Centro Ricerche e Studi Direzionali” (CERISDI) in Palermo on the free movement of goods, persons and services
From 1 November 2008 to 31 October 2019 Adjunct Professor of European Union Law at the School of Economics, Management and Statistics – Forlì campus of the University of Bologna
From 1 November 2015 to 30 October 2019 Adjunct Professor of International Law in the degree course in Political, Social and International Sciences at the University of Bologna and in the degree course in Development and International Cooperation at the School of Political Sciences at the University of Bologna
From 1 November 2016 to 18 December 2019 Adjunct Professor of European Union Law at the School of Law – Ravenna campus of the University of Bologna
From 1 November 2018 to 18 December 2019 Adjunct Professor of European Union Law in the degree course in Political, Social and International Sciences at the University of Bologna and in the degree course in Development and International Cooperation at the School of Political Sciences at the University of Bologna
Since 19 December 2019 Associate Professor of European Union Law - Department of Legal Sciences at the University of Bologna: Courses in: European Union Law and European Union Internal Market Law
28 June 2022 lecture on “L’interpretazione data dalla Corte di giustizia al principio di solidarietà energetica ed il suo intreccio con le conseguenze dell’invasione russa dell’Ucraina” (“The interpretation given by the Court of Justice to the principle of energy solidarity and its intertwining with the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine”) in the Master's Degree in Energy and Environmental Law - Summer School 2022 Security, diversification of energy supply and European Union policy organised by the University of Teramo
12 April 2023 lecture on “L’assistenza finanziaria internazionale e le diverse accezioni del principio di condizionalità: dal MES al NGEU” (“International financial assistance and the different meanings of the principle of conditionality: from the ESM to the NGEU”) in the Jean Monnet Module European Public Finance Law - Teaching module of the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Bologna co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme 2021-2027 Jean Monnet Actions
22 March 2024 lecture on “Il MES della discordia: Il Meccanismo Europeo di Stabilità e la sua (mancata) riforma” (“The ESM of discord: The European Stability Mechanism and its (failed) reform”) in the Jean Monnet Module European Public Finance Law - Teaching module of the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Bologna co-funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Programme 2021-2027 Jean Monnet Actions
21 November 2025 lecture on “Gli Strumenti di Difesa Commerciale dell’UE” (“EU Trade Defence Instruments”) at the Winter School in Customs Law, University of Bologna
Conference presentations
Report on “Il DCFR, il Manifesto sulla giustizia sociale nel diritto europeo dei contratti e la giurisprudenza comunitaria” (“The DCFR, the Charter on Social Justice in European Contract Law and Community Case Law”) at the conference “Il “Draft Common Frame of Reference” del diritto privato europeo. Scelte di metodo, analisi testuale, risvolti pratici nella prospettiva della professione forense” (“The Draft Common Frame of Reference in European Private Law. Methodological choices, textual analysis and practical implications from the perspective of the legal profession”), held in Rome on 23-24 September 2008 at the National Bar Council
Report on “Il principio “chi inquina paga” e la giurisprudenza comunitaria sui danni causati dal trasporto di materiali petroliferi” (“The “polluter pays” principle and Community case law on damage caused by the transport of petroleum materials”) at the conference (“Emergenze ambientali e tutela giuridica”) (“Environmental emergencies and legal protection”), held in Ravenna on 26- 27 November 2015 at the law school
Report on “Cultural activities and the Commission Notice of 19 May 2016 on the notion of state aid” at the UNESCO conference “World heritage between education and economy: a legal analysis” held in Ravenna on 27-28 October 2016 at the School of Law
Report on “La sicurezza dei conti correnti e la stabilità delle banche nell’area euro” (“The security of current accounts and the stability of banks in the euro area”) at the conference “La sicurezza e il diritto: prospettive multidisciplinari di un concetto in evoluzione” (“Security and law: multidisciplinary perspectives on an evolving concept”) held in Ravenna on 23-24-25 November 2016 at the law school
Organisation of the conference “Unione Europea, Sviluppo Economico e Banche” (“European Union, Economic Development and Banks”), Ravenna, 13 October 2017, with a report on “Il controllo giurisdizionale dell’esercizio delle competenze tecniche della BCE” (“Judicial review of the exercise of the ECB’s technical powers”)
Report on “La Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea e la Costituzione italiana alla luce della più recente giurisprudenza” (“The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the Italian Constitution in light of the most recent case law”) at the conference “Le frontiere di tutela dei diritti fondamentali (a settant’anni dalla Costituzione)” (“The frontiers of the protection of fundamental rights (seventy years after the Constitution)” held in Ravenna on 15-16 May 2018 at the School of Law
Report on “L’evoluzione nel tempo della tutela del consumatore nella giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia” (“The evolution over time of consumer protection in the case law of the Court of Justice”) at the Conference “Il tempo nel diritto, il diritto nel tempo” (“Time in law, law in time”) held in Ravenna on 14-15 March 2019 at the School of Law
Report on “La lotta al traffico illecito dei beni culturali nell’ordinamento giuridico dell’Unione europea” (“The fight against illicit trafficking in cultural goods in the legal system of the European Union”) at the conference 'The impact of the 1972 UNESCO Convention on national and international legal systems and its relationship with the European Union”) held in Bologna on 2 December 2022 at the Department of Legal Sciences, Palazzo Malvezzi, Via Zamboni 22
Report on “L’idea di solidarietà nel diritto dell’Unione Europea” (“The idea of solidarity in European Union law”) at the conference “La solidarietà nell’esperienza giuridica italiana ed europea” (“Solidarity in Italian and European legal experience”) held in Bologna on 30 September 2023 at the Centro San Domenico, Sala della Traslazione
Management or participation in the activities of a research group characterised by national or international collaborations
From 1th January 2023 Participation in the national research group “All’ombra dei Portici: itinerari pluridimensionali nella tradizione culturale bolognese” (“In the shade of the Porticoes: multidimensional itineraries in Bologna's cultural tradition”)- Call for proposals “Riscopriamo la Città 2022” (Rediscovering the City 2022) funded by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, project no. 2022.0394, assigned research topic “Il contributo dell'Università di Bologna alla cultura europea” (“The contribution of the University of Bologna to European culture”).
Publications
Monographic works
Lo squilibrio delle posizioni contrattuali nel diritto italiano e nel diritto comunitario (The imbalance of contractual positions in Italian and EU law), pp. 251, Padova, 2004;
I ritardi di pagamento nelle transazioni commerciali. L’interpretazione delle norme nazionali di attuazione delle direttive comunitarie (Late payments in commercial transactions. The interpretation of national rules implementing EU directives), pp. 239, Padova, 2007
Il principio personalista nel diritto dell’Unione Europea (The personalist principle in European Union law), pp. 258, Padova, 2010
La tutela davanti ai giudici nazionali dei diritti riconosciuti ai singoli ed i principi generali del diritto dell’Unione (The protection before national courts of the rights recognised to individuals and the general principles of EU law),
in “Quaderni della, Rivista Il Diritto dell’Unione Europea”, pp. 131, Milano, 2011
L’idea di solidarietà nel Diritto dell’Unione Europea (The idea of solidarity in European Union law), pp. 320, BUP (Bononia University Press) – Bologna, 2022
Articles
1. Règles communautaires et règles impératives en tant que ‘limites’ et ‘contre-limites’ imposées à l’autonomie contractuelle (Community rules and mandatory rules as ‘limits’ and ‘counter-limits’ imposed on contractual autonomy, in Revue du Marché Unique Européen, 1999, no. 1, pp. 169-200
2. La forme des actes relatifs aux rapports contractuels et le droit communautaire (The form of acts relating to contractual relationships and Community law), in Revue du Droit de L’Union europénne, 2000, no. 2.
pp. 313-336
3. La mise en œuvre en Italie de l’article 3 de la directive communautaire concernant les clauses abusives et l’écho qu’elle a rencontré au niveau communautaire (The implementation in Italy of Article 3 of the EU Directive on unfair terms and the response it received at EU level), in Revue du Droit de L’Union européenne, 2001, No. 2,
pp. 477-490
4. La determinazione del carattere vessatorio di clausole contenute nei contratti con i consumatori e la conferma che il modo in cui l’Italia ha attuato la Direttiva 93/13/CEE ha trovato nel codice europeo dei contratti presentato al Parlamento Europeo nel dicembre 2000 (The determination of the unfair nature of terms contained in consumer contracts and confirmation that the manner in which Italy implemented Directive 93/13/EEC was reflected in the European contract code presented to the European Parliament in December 2000), in Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2001, no. 1, pp. 281-287
5. La nozione di consumatore, la direttiva CEE 93/13 ed il diritto italiano (The concept of consumer, Directive 93/13/EEC and Italian law), in Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2002, no. 1, pp. 54-76
6. Il risarcimento del danno morale da vacanza rovinata dopo la sentenza della Corte di giustizia CE del 13 marzo 2002 (Compensation for moral damage caused by a ruined holiday following the judgment of the European Court of Justice of 13 March 2002), in Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2003, no. 1, pp. 589-611
7. Le conseguenze della vessatorietà di clausole del contratto al vaglio della Corte di giustizia (The consequences of unfair contract terms under scrutiny by the Court of Justice), in Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2006, no. 1, pp. 588-593
8. Per la Corte CE non è incompatibile con il diritto comunitario la disciplina del patto di riservato dominio inserito in transazioni commerciali di cui al decreto legislativo n. 231 del 2002 (For the EC Court, the rules on retention of title clauses included in commercial transactions referred to in Legislative Decree No. 231 of 2002 are not incompatible with Community law), in Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2007, No. 1, pp. 549-552
9. L’ordine pubblico comunitario e l’applicazione di disposizioni CE a tutela dei consumatori (Community public policy and the application of EC provisions for consumer protection), in Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2007, no. 2, pp. 758-773
10. La residenza abituale come criterio di competenza giurisdizionale: un nuovo compito comunitario per i giudici italiani (Habitual residence as a criterion for jurisdiction: a new Community task for Italian judges), in Family Law Issues, 2008, no. 2, pp. 63-70
11. Le Manifeste pour une justice sociale en droit européen des contrats et la préconisation d’un principe d’“interprétation comparative horizontale” (The Manifesto for Social Justice in European Contract Law and the Recommendation of a Principle of “Horizontal Comparative Interpretation”), in European Union Law, 2008, pp. 85-125
12. Il DCFR, il Manifesto sulla giustizia sociale nel diritto europeo dei contratti e la giurisprudenza comunitaria (The DCFR, the Manifesto on social justice in European contract law and Community case law), in Contratto e impresa/Europa no. 1 of 2009,
pp. 523-529
13. La tendenza del diritto comunitario a evolversi in senso sempre più personalistico e la disciplina generale dei servizi di interesse economico generale (The tendency of Community law to evolve in an increasingly personalistic direction and the general regulation of services of general economic interest), in Contratto e impresa/Europa no. 1 of 2009, pp. 304-327
14. Il diritto alla continuità di cognome di minori provvisti della cittadinanza di uno Stato non membro della Comunità e della cittadinanza italiana (The right to continuity of surname for minors with citizenship of a non EU Member State and Italian citizenship), in Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, no. 1 of 2009, pp. 69-84
15. Il ribadimento di un approccio ispirato ad un principio personalistico nella giurisprudenza comunitaria relativa alla protezione dei consumatori (The Confirmation of an Approach Inspired to a Personalistic Principle in the EC Consumer Protection Case-law), in Studi sull’integrazione europea, No. 1 of 2009, pp. 201-211
16. Gli obblighi comunitari e internazionali di assicurare l’eguaglianza tra coniugi e l’attribuzione al figlio legittimo del cognome del padre (Community and international obligations to ensure equality between spouses and the attribution of the father's surname to the legitimate child), in Questioni di diritto di faniglia, 2009, no. 1, pp. 69-77
17. Commento all’art. 33 (Clausole vessatorie nel contratto tra professionista e consumatore) del Codice del consumo (Commentary on Article 33 (Unfair terms in contracts between professionals and consumers) of the Consumer Code), published by La Tribuna, 2012
18. I rimedi procedurali in materia di appalti pubblici, l’autonomia procedurale degli Stati membri dell’UE ed il caso Symvoulio (The Jurisdictional Remedies in the Public Procurement Field, the Procedural Autonomy of the EU Member States and the Symvoulio Case), in Studi sull’integrazione europea, 2012, pp. 137-146
19. Il Trattato sul Meccanismo di stabilità (MES) e la pronuncia della Corte di giustizia nel caso Pringle, in Studi sull’integrazione europea (The ESM Treaty and the Pringle Ruling of the European Court of Justice), in Studi sull’integrazione europea, 2013, no. 1, pp. 129-152
20. Commento all’Art. 12 TUE (I Parlamenti Nazionali ed il funzionamento dell’Unione) (Commentary on Art. 12 TEU (National Parliaments and the functioning of the Union), in Trattati dell’Unione Europea, edited by Antonio Tizzano, Milan, 2014 pp. 108-117
21. Commento all’Art Art. 169 TFUE (Protezione dei consumatori) (Commentary on Art. 169 TFEU (Consumer protection), in Trattati dell’Unione Europea, edited by Antonio Tizzano, Milan, 2014
pp. 1527-1545
22. La crisi dell’area euro e il perseguimento di un equilibrio tra stabilità, democrazia e diritti fondamentali (The Crisis in the Eurozone and the Pursuit of a Balance between Stability, Democracy and Fundamental Rights), in Studi sull’integrazione europea, 2015, pp. 547-598
23. Il Two Pack ed il funzionamento del Meccanismo Europeo di Stabilità (The Two Pack and the functioning of the European Stability Mechanism), in Verso i 60 anni dai Trattati di Roma. Stato e prospettive dell’Unione Europea, edited by Antonio Tizzano, Turin, 2016, pp. 273-275
24. Le attività culturali e la comunicazione della Commissione del 19 luglio 2016 sulla nozione di aiuto di Stato (Cultural Activities and the Commission Notice of 19 July 2016 on the Notion of State Aid), in Il Diritto dell’Unione Europea 2016, no. 4,
pp. 741-754
25. La cosa giudicata nazionale e il principio dell’interpretazione conforme (The National res judicata and the Principle of Interpretation in Conformity with EU Law), in Il Diritto dell’Unione Europea, 2017, no. 1, 173-185
26. Il principio “chi inquina paga” e la giurisprudenza comunitaria sui danni causati dal trasporto di materiali petroliferi (The “polluter pays” principle and EU case law on damage caused by the transport of petroleum materials), in Emergenze ambientali e tutela giuridica, edited by Michele Angelo Lupoi, Maggioli, 2017, pp. 165-168
27. Il DCFR, il Manifesto sulla giustizia sociale nel diritto europeo dei contratti e la proposta di regolamento per un diritto comune della vendita (The DCFR, the Manifesto on Social Justice in European Contract Law and the proposed regulation for a common law of sales), in L’armonizzazione del diritto europeo: Il ruolo delle corti, edited by Paolo Gallo, Geo Magri, Margherita Salvadori, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza dell’Università di Torino, Ledizioni, 2017, pp. 109-120
28. Il rispetto del principio di legalità, la Corte di Giustizia e il controllo delle funzioni tecniche della Banca Centrale Europea (The Legality Principle Respect, the Court of Justice And The Control Of The Technical Competences Of The European Central Bank), in Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, 2018, no. 1, pp. 132-146
29. Norme costituzionali e Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea: un’incomprensione temporanea tra Corte costituzionale italiana e Corte di giustizia ? (Constitutional Rules and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Temporary Misunderstanding between the Italian Constitutional Court and the Court of Justice?), in Studi sull’Integrazione Europea, 2018, no. 3, pp. 675-690
30. La Corte di Giustizia e la trasparenza da assicurare nella conclusione di contratti con i consumatori (The Court of Justice and the Transparency to Be Assured in the Consumer Contracts), in Studi sull’Integrazione Europea, 2019, no. 3, pp. 765-774
31. Il codice dei contratti al vaglio della Commissione UE (The code of contracts under review by the EU Commission), in Rivista Trimestrale degli Appalti, 2019, no. 3, pp. 743-755
32. Il parere 1/17 della Corte di giustizia UE sul Trattato CETA e il principio di autonomia del diritto UE (The Court of Justice Opinion 1/17 on the CETA Agreement and the Autonomy of the European Union Law), in Studi sull’Integrazione Europea, 2020, no. 2, pp. 323-338
33. Note sul principio di solidarietà nel diritto comunitario (Notes on the principle of solidarity), in Il Diritto dell’Unione Europea, 2020, no. 1, pp. 99–125
34. Le regole comuni per il mercato interno del gas naturale ed il principio di solidarietà energetica (Common Rules for the Internal Market in Natural Gas and the Principle of Energy Solidarity), in Il Diritto dell’Unione Europea, 2021, pp. 285-313
35. Common rules for the internal market in natural gas and the principle of energy solidarity, in Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional, March 2022, Volume 14, Number 1, pp. 405-421
36. La politica energetica della Commissione alla luce della pronuncia OPAL della Corte di giustizia del 15 luglio 2021 e della rottura dei rapporti tra l’Unione e la Russia (The Commission’s energy policy in light of the OPAL ruling of the Court of Justice of 15 July 2021 and the breakdown in relations between the Union and Russia), in Quaderni Aisdue 1/2022, Editoriale Scientifica, 2022, pp. 373 – 380
37. Dante e l’Europa dei cerchi concentrici, oggi (Dante and the Europe of concentric circles today), in Dante e Diritto. Un cammino tra storia e attualità, edited by Federico Casolari, Alessia Legnani Annichini, Giorgio Spedicato, Mucchi, 2022, pp. 265– 271
38. Competenze concorrenti dell’UE e degli Stati membri in materia di asilo nella giurisprudenza più recente della Corte di giustizia relativa al trattamento di cittadini irregolari di paesi terzi (Concurrent Competences of the EU and Member States in the Field of Asylum and the Most Recent Case-Law of the Court of Justice Concerning the Treatment of Irregular Staying Third-Country Nationals), in Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, 2023, no. 2, pp. 42–55
39. L’assistenza finanziaria comunitaria e le diverse accezioni del principio di condizionalità: dal MESF al Recovery Fund-Next GenerationEU (Community financial assistance and the different meanings of the principle of conditionality: from the MESF to the Recovery Fund-Next Generation EU), in Quaderni Aisdue, no. 1, 2023, pp. 29–43
40. I valori dell’Unione europea ed il controllo della Corte di giustizia sulla legittimità degli atti PESC (The values of the European Union and the Court of Justice’s review of the legality of CFSP acts), in Il diritto dell’Unione Europea, 2024, pp. 1– 89
41. Il contributo dell’Università di Bologna alla cultura europea (The University of Bologna’s contribution to European culture), in All’ombra dei Portici: itinerari pluridimensionali nella tradizione culturale bolognese, Bologna, AMS Acta Alma DL - University of Bologna, 2024, pp. 1–8
42. La lotta al traffico illecito di beni culturali nell’ordinamento giuridico dell’Unione europea (The fight against illicit trafficking in cultural goods in the legal system of the European Union), in L’impatto della Convenzione UNESCO del 1972 sui sistemi giuridici nazionali e internazionali e il rapporto con l’Unione europea, Bologna, AMS Acta Alma DL - Università di Bologna, 2024, pp. 157 - 164
43. Il MES della discordia: il Meccanismo Europeo di Stabilità e la sua (mancata) riforma (The ESM of disagreement: the European Stability Mechanism and its (failed) reform), in Lezioni di diritto della finanza pubblica europea, Edited by A. Mondini, Milan, 2025, pp. 127–139
44. La procedura pregiudiziale della Corte di giustizia ed i valori dell’Unione Europea (The preliminary ruling procedure of the Court of Justice and the values of the European Union), forthcoming in the journal Il Diritto dell’Unione Europea - 2025
Languages
Italian: mother tongue
English: Excellent knowledge of spoken and written language
French: Good knowledge of spoken and written French
