Promoting People
Protection of fundamental rights: non-discrimination, family, migration policy, data protection, corporate responsibility, criminal law and human rights in crisis settings.
Recovery and Resilience Plan
A research unit funded by the
PRR.
Under the 2023/2024 R&D Unit evaluation, CEDIS was funded by the PRR component to carry out its research programme in Law and Society. The operation sustains the unit’s scientific activity, its internationalisation and interdisciplinarity, and the dissemination, teaching and outreach oriented towards legislative and societal impact.
Project sheet
- Operation
- Research & Development Centre on Law and Society (CEDIS)
- Project reference
- UID/PRR/00714/2025
- Programme
- R&D Unit evaluation 2023/2024 · PRR component
- Eligible investment
- €391,604.73
- Implementation period
- 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2026
- Principal investigator
- Soraya Nour Sckell
- Funding source
- European Union · NextGenerationEU, through the Recuperar Portugal Mission Structure (PRR)
The operation
What the funding supports.
The CEDIS research programme is organised around three thematic areas, addressing the challenges of the digital and climate transitions from a legal standpoint.
Protecting the Planet
Environment and sustainability: ocean ecosystems, protection of airspace and sustainability through intellectual property law.
Promoting Strong Institutions
Compliance, responsible consumption, financial-market regulation, legal innovation, dispute resolution, digital governance, tax reform and data analysis in legal methodology.
Objectives and expected results
Commitments for the funding period.
- Transparency and inclusion across the unit’s activity
- Anti-discrimination, gender equality and data privacy
- Securing competitive external funding
- Internationalisation and interdisciplinarity
- Attracting and retaining top talent
- Dissemination, teaching and outreach with legislative and societal impact
Expected results
The operation is expected to strengthen the unit’s scientific output and dissemination, advanced training and outreach activities, translating into legislative and societal impact and contributing to a more open, international and digitally capable legal research.
Transparency and publicity
Funding references.
In accordance with PRR publicity rules, the financing bar is displayed on every page of this site and the funding is identified below.
National funding · FCT UID/00714/2025 Multiannual funding of the unit (2025–2029), €1,410,521.37 PRR component · NextGenerationEU UID/PRR/00714/2025 Recovery and Resilience Plan funding (2025–2026), €391,604.73
More information about the Recovery and Resilience Plan at recuperarportugal.gov.pt.