Event Archive

The School of Law is delighted to host the second SCOTLIN* conference on the 27th and 28th of March 2023.

This lecture is rooted in my personal experience negotiating international wind power contracts. It starts with a short presentation of some useful negotiation theory before presenting some of the particularity of construction contracts and renewable energy execution contracts. Finally I will present some interesting “war stories” and share with the...

In this webinar, we will focus on the practical application and the challenges of EU Private International Law in the Member States and present the research findings of the multi-year EU-funded CEPIL project carried out by six universities and covering ten Central European Member States. The book presenting the project’s...

The CIDB is a whole of government approach to championing an executive Bill designed to bridge the gap between the Nigerian Creative industries and the Nigerian Government to build a vibrant, profitable creative sector. When passed into law, the CIDB aims to accelerate the growth of Nigeria’s creative sector through...

The talk provides an overview of the main EU programmes designed to fund transnational cooperation projects and to support research initiatives and innovation in teaching practices. Based on the personal experience gained in running EU projects over the past years, the analysis focuses on: 1) Erasmus+, the main EU programme...

DIGinLaw team at the School of Law, University of Aberdeen, is organising a roundtable on Digitalisation in Legal Education & Legal Profession. Join us online for a discussion on digital trends and digital competencies in the legal profession, and best practices for acquiring them.

Programme   10.45 am – 11.00 am  Registration 11.00 am – 11.05 am  Welcome & Introduction to the DIGinLaw project (Dr Katarina                     Trimmings) Session 1: Digitalisation and Higher Education Moderator: Dr Rossana Ducato 11.05 am – 11.15 am DIGinLaw MOOC ‘Algorithmic Discrimination: A Blueprint for a...

Information: The Law School is delighted to announce that Prof John Underhill, Director of the Centre for Energy Transition, will be visiting the Law School to update us directly on CET activities, and to meet and speak with staff members.  The visit will:    allow Prof Underhill to share latest developments around...

Systematic content analysis of legal texts consists of applying social science methods to case law research. According to Hall and Wright, there are three main phases of content analysis: 1) case selection and creation of a database; 2) coding of cases according to rigorous selection criteria; 3) analysis of the cases...

Speaker: Prof Dr Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Chair of Private International Law, School of Law, University of Edinburgh Moderator: Prof Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Universida de Vigo In this webinar, we will focus on the role of private international law in implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The edited volume The Private...