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Stefano Zunarelli

Full Professor

Department of Legal Studies

Academic discipline: IUS/06 Navigation and Air Law

Curriculum vitae

STEFANO ZUNARELLI

1995 - Former Professor of Maritime Law at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Law.

Since 2001: Full Tenured Professor of Transport Law at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Law (Ravenna Branch).

2014: Coordinator of the Curriculum in Navigation and Transport Law, University of Bologna, Faculty of Law.

2011 - 2013: Coordinator of the Curriculum in Transport Law for the Doctorate in “Stato, persona e servizi nell'Ordinamento Europeo e Internazionale”, University of Bologna, Faculty of Law.
2012: Auditor for the Evaluation of the Research Products (VQR 2004-2010) for ANVUR, with reference to the disciplinary area IUS/06 (Navigation Law).

Since 2012: he is member of the Committee of the Directorate-General for maritime and inland transport of the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport entrusted with task to amend the maritime code.

2001-2012: Coordinator of the Doctorate in European Transport Law, University of Bologna, Faculty of Law, associated with the University of Barcelona, Nantes, Southampton, Oslo and Sassari.

2007 - 2011: Chairman of Polo Scientifico - Didattico di Ravenna, University of Bologna.

2003 - 2010: President of the Regional Institute for Transport and Logistics of Emilia Romagna Region.

2005: Coordinator of the Working Group set up by the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport with task to amend the discipline of road transport.

1998 - 2004: Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Bologna.

1985 - 1996: Representative of the Italian Government in the Juridical Committee of International Maritime Organization (IMO), London, as well as in Diplomatic Conferences at which several International Conventions were adopted on Nationality of Vessels (1986), Salvage (1989), Liability for Carriage of Passengers by Sea (1990), Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (1996) and Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (1996).

He is member of the Committee of the Ministry of Justice entrusted with task to amend the maritime code; he is member of the Working Group set up by the European Commission to establish a Community legal framework on liability for multimodal transport of goods; he is member of the Working Group set up by UNCITRAL to draft a new International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea; and he is member of the Committee set up by the Ministry of Transport to draft the National Plan for the Development of Logistics.
He is the advisor for matters connected with transport activities and liberalisations/privatisations of the Italian Government (Ministry of Transport), as well as of some Italian regional and local governments.

He is on the directive board of the reviews “Rivista del Diritto della Navigazione”, “Il Diritto marittimo” and “Diritto dei trasporti”.

He is director of the reviews “Rivista Italiana di Diritto del turismo” and of the review series “Seminari del Master in Diritto ed Economia dei Trasporti e della Logistica e del Dottorato di Ricerca in Diritto dei Trasporti Europeo”, and co-director of the review series “Diritto e pratica dei trasporti”.
He is member of the editorial board of “Journal of International Maritime Law”, “Revista de Derecho del Transporte” and “European Journal of Commercial Contract Law”.
Since 2011: he is member of the Scientific Committee of Caracciolo Foundacion (ACI-Automobil Club d'Italia).