The Third Edition of the EAPIL Winter School: A Preview
Building on the success of the two previous editions (here and here), the third edition of the EAPIL Winter School is currently being organised by the European Association of Private International Law and the Department of Law, Economics and Cultures of the University of Insubria in Como, in cooperation with the Law Faculty of the University of Murcia and the Law Faculty of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.
The Winter School will once again be held on-site in Como, in the cloister of the Basilica di Sant’Abbondio.
It will run from 2 to 6 February 2026. Three additional lectures will be offered on-line on 9, 17 and 24 February 2024.
The general topic of the third edition will be Values in Private International Law.
The various facets of the subject will be discussed by a rich list of speakers. Some of them are mentioned below; others will be presented in the future previews, which will also appear on the EAPIL blog.
Erik Sinander (Stockholm University) will give two lectures: The Protection of the Worker and the Collective Rights in Work. The protection of consumers and passengers will form the object of lectures by Javier Carrascosa González and Maria Asunción Cebrian (University of Murcia) and Anna Wysocka-Bar (Jagiellonian University in Kraków),.
Sara de Vido (University of Venice) and Nadia Rusinova (attorney at law) will share their expertise on the International Protection of Women and on The Best Interests of the Child in International Proceedings, respectively.
Geert van Calster (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) will discuss Human Rights and Business, while Johan Meeusen (University of Antwerp) will speak about Minorities: Equality through Private International Law.
Stefano Dominelli (University of Genoa) will conclude the week with a final Workshop on the Rights of the Nature and case studies.
The Winter School is aimed at PhD students, young scholars, young practitioners and EU private international lovers, generally!
Want to know what former participants think of their time in Como? Georgios Kotlidas, Attorney at Law and LL.M. in International & EU Law attended the 2025 edition. He appreciated the “combination of top quality lectures and workshops (…) and networking opportunities to meet highly educated and driven colleagues from all over Europe. This was a profoundly successful academic week”.
Registrations will open around 20 September 2025.
Requests for further information can be submitter to Silvia Marino, the director of the School, at eapilws@gmail.com.