Presentation

The Europe in Motion (Europe en mutation – EuroMut) Research Federation Unit was created in 2009 on the initiative of the heads of its constituent research units. It brings together research units and joint research units (UMR) in legal sciences as well as a research laboratory in management sciences and economics.

The following are also attached to the federation:

The Carré de Malberg Research Institute (Institut de recherches Carré de Malberg – IRCM) - UR 3399
The Centre for International and European Studies (Centre d'études internationales et européennes – CEIE) - UR 7307
The Centre for Fundamental Rights and Private Law (Centre de droit privé fondamental – CDP) - UR 1351
The Management and Economics Research Laboratory (Laboratoire de recherche en gestion et économie – LaRGE) - UR 2364
The Research Laboratory of the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (Centre d'études internationales de la propriété intellectuelle – Ceipi) - UR 4375
The Law, Religion, Business and Society Laboratory (Droit, religion, entreprise et société – DRES) - UMR 7354

The federation is particularly interested in changes in European (Council of Europe and European Union) and domestic law, as well as normative and institutional interactions between national legal systems. Its scientific approach is intended to be systemic and multidisciplinary.

The research federation has 2 essential missions:

Designed with a view to sharing resources, it is, firstly, a service platform that supports its member units. This structure enables the research units to retain their scientific and financial autonomy while benefiting from pooled resources.
Secondly, it is a driving force for a multidisciplinary approach not only within the legal sciences by enabling collaborations that go beyond the respective fields of each unit, but also with other disciplines, particularly economics, management sciences and historical sciences. The federation is thus interested in changes in European (Council of Europe and European Union) and domestic law, as well as in normative and institutional interactions between national legal systems. Similarly, the federation is interested in the reform of the legal system in the face of the challenges of sustainable development as well as the profound changes linked to digital transition, particularly due to the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

Research topics

Fundamental rights of and in the company

The aim is to carry out a systematic study of the construction of normative spaces for the protection of human rights, fundamental social rights and fundamental rights of the company in the European area (European Union/Council of Europe synergies, influence of corporate social responsibility on the law).

Rights and mobility

The aim of this topic is to model the resistance of national spaces to the consequences of the mobility of the factors of production and of people. We focus on the consequences of digital technology on national rights and on the constituent elements of states. Concepts that favour intra/extra-European migrations are also studied.

European integrations, history and security (security of systems, spaces, people and products)

This theme studies security in spaces of freedom of movement, in particular by analysing the transformation of the border, the consideration of transnational business development strategies and contractual security. It also studies European integration in its relationship with States, in the context of globalisation.

Major events and works

Annual colloquia

10^th colloquium, Réparer les « crimes du passé », 2023
9^th colloquium, The 30^th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2019
8^th colloquium, Les données juridiques, 2018
7^th colloquium, La sécurité contractuelle, 2015
6^th colloquium, Les relations entre le Conseil de l'Europe et l'Union européenne, 2014
5^th colloquium, Transparence financière et protection des données personnelles, 2013
4^th colloquium, Identités européennes, 2012
3^rd colloquium, La sécurité en crise(s), 2011
2^nd colloquium, Droits fondamentaux et entreprises, 2010
1^st colloquium, La question préjudicielle de constitutionnalité, 2009

Summer and winter schools

Summer school 2022 - Repenser les rapports de systèmes
Summer school 2021 - Le principe de proportionnalité
Winter school 2019 - Vers une cyberjustice ? Enjeux et usages des nouvelles technologies pour la justice
Summer School 2017 - La mémoire saisie par le droit
Summer School 2016 - Le secret
Summer School 2015 - Le rapport d'autorité
Summer School 2014 - La constitution économique de l'Europe