HONORATI COSTANZA

Current Status & Academical Appointments

2004 (since)            Professor of European Union Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, School of Law

2013 (since)            Professor of Private International Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, School of Law

2009–2013             Head of the PhD Program in Legal Studies, University of Milano-Bicocca, School of  Law

since 2007              Coordinator of the PhD Program in European Union Law, Milano-Bicocca, University  School of Law

Studies & Professional Experiences aborad

- Member of the EU Expert Group assisting the Commission on the Revision of Regulation No 2201/2003 (Brussels II a Regulation)(2015)

– Visiting Scholar, Yale Law School, Yale University (New Haven, CT, USA) (2014)

- Visiting Professor, Würzburg (Germany) (1997)

- Assistant Professor, Prof. Dr. Karl Kreuzer, Würzburg (Germany) (1993-94);

- Research Scholar at Max-Planck-Institut, Hamburg, Heidelberg and Munchen (Germany) (repeatedly)

Foreign Languages

Italian (native), English (proficiency), German (fluent), French (fluent)

Fields of interest

European Union Law, Private International Law, Conflict of Laws, Jurisdiction and Arbitration, Choice of Law in Torts and Contracts, International Family Law, International Abduction of Children, International Intellectual Property Law, Fundamental Rights, Public International Law and its Interactions with PIL

Award and Managing of EU Grants

- Jean Monnet Module, Erasmus + : La Cour de Justice: techniques et instruments;  

- DG Justice - Civil Justice Program 2014 – EU Judiciary Training on Brussels II a Regulation: From South to East; .

- DG Justice - Civil Justice Program 2017 – C.L.A.S.S. 4EU – Training on family law regulations for Cross-border Lawyers And Social Services