The PhD program encourages ground-breaking research that places the legal culture, and the various processes of law-making and law application, at the crossroads between the municipal and the transnational dimensions of law – as well as between the public and the private, the substantive and the procedural, and the formal and the informal dimensions of law.
Programme Structure
Research areas include:
- Transnational legal theory and interlegality
- Legal pluralism and fundamental rights
- European constitutional pluralism
- Transnational judicial dialogue and the use of comparative and foreign law in courts
- Global constitutionalism, the internationalization of constitutional law, the constitutionalization of international law
- Transnational law and comparative legal history
- Legal transplants and legal irritants
- Local revolutions and global legal change: historical and theoretical perspectives
Admission requirements
Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
The preliminary evaluation of the candidates will be based on the following:
- Grades of Bachelor and Master’s degree
- CV including professional and academic history
- Publications, if any
- Original research project written in English, of maximum 14,000 characters, spaces included, bibliography included, related to the doctoral dissertation that the applicant wishes to carry out during the JDP and preferentially coherent with one of the lines of research of the Program
- 2 Letters of reference (either to be included in the application or sent directly by the referee to the secretary of the Program)
A limited number of students will be admitted to the oral interview (to be held either in presence or on one of the main digital platforms, such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc.).
Fees and funding
Living costs
Roma, Italy
1,375-2,346 AUD / month
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Scholarships
Scholarships Information
Below you will find PhD's scholarship opportunities for Law and Social Change - The Challenges of Transnational Regulation.
Available Scholarships
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program — Independent provider, Grant: Various benefits, Deadline: 07 Oct 2026
- ServiceScape Scholarship — Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 30 Nov 2026
- ACES Scholarships — Independent provider, Grant: 3500 USD, Deadline: 15 Nov 2026
- Erasmus+ - Grants for study mobility — Independent provider, Grant: Various benefits, Deadline: Not specified, Merit-based
- ELES-Scholarship (Ernst-Ludwig-Ehrlich-Studienwerk) — Independent provider, Grant: 1550 EUR, Deadline: 31 Oct 2026
- Voice Talent Online Scholarship — Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 01 Mar 2027
- $1,500 Annual Video Contest Scholarship — Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 31 Oct 2026, Merit-based
- Dream Chaser Scholarship — Independent provider, Grant: 1000 USD, Deadline: 13 Jan 2027, Merit-based
- Scholarship for students with disabilities — Independent provider, Grant: 3000 USD, Deadline: 31 Dec 2026, Need-based
- Grants of the Leopold Figl Foundation for students with residence in Lower Austria — Independent provider, Grant: Various benefits, Deadline: 31 Dec 2026, Need-based
- The Annual IELTS from 6 to 9 Scholarship — Independent provider, Grant: 1500 USD, Deadline: Not specified
- Tobacco Harm Reduction Scholarship Programme — Independent provider, Grant: 12000 USD, Deadline: 11 Jan 2027
