Coordination Unit and Project Management Team

Coordination Unit

The University of Trento (Italy) is the coordinating institution in charge of the scientific, administrative and operational management of the Covid-19 Litigation Project.

Paola Iamiceli

Scientific Coordinator

Paola Iamiceli is a Full Professor of Private Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Trento, member of the University Senate and Vice-Rector of the University of Trento, member of the European Law Institute and former member of its Council. Being part of several research project groups at both national and international level, she has co-coordinated, together with Fabrizio Cafaggi, the European judicial training projects "ReJus" and "FRICoRe" in the field of effective protection of fundamental rights. She has also been part of a working group led by Unidroit and FAO for the drafting of a Legal Guide on Contract Farming and contributed to Studies for the European Commission (DG Internal Market and DG Agri) in the field of unfair commercial practices. Further fields of interest include European Private Law, Fundamental Rights, Consumer Protection, Gloval Value Chains, Business Networks.

Fabrizio Cafaggi

Coordinator of the International Network of Judges and Legal Scholars

Fabrizio Cafaggi is the former Professor of private law the University of Trento, Professor of comparative law at the European University Institute and Professor of law and regulation of the National School for Administration in Italy, currently a judge at the Italian Council of State, the Supreme administrative court in Italy. He is a founding member of the European Law Institute, a member of the American Law Institute and former director of the Center for Judicial Cooperation at the European University Institute. He is an active member of the FRICoRe project-group, coordinator of its Advisory Board and co-coordinator of the “Covid-19 Litigation” sub-group, therein established. Within the framework of the Covid-19 Litigation Project, he is the Coordinator of the International Network of Judges and Legal Scholars.