International and Public Law, Ethics and Economics for Sustainable Development - Lees 36 months PHD Programme By University of Milan |TopUniversities

Programme overview

Main Subject

International Relations/Studies/Affairs

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Despite the urgency of the Sustainable Development Goals integrated into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, some of the most influential global actors continue to disclaim their responsibility to contribute to them. The magnitude of the problem justifies a multidisciplinary research program on the institutions for sustainability based on putting to work together law, ethics and economics - and to which the LEES doctorate is dedicated.

The legal system defines the rule of law limits to the political balance between fundamental rights and economic stability, and indicates the intolerability of phenomena of marginalization and inequality.


However, new ideas of justice are needed: after redefining the concept social well-being, these ideas need to reconceive and understand distributive justice from both an inter-generational and intra-generational perspective.

Comparative studies, as well as de jure condendo ones, will design multi-level institutions for sustainable development, finally questioning that various private institutions can be sheltered from the claims of social justice, such as the access to innovation, the fair distribution of decision-making rights to stakeholders within enterprises, the democratic self-government of common goods.

Strategic litigation will be studied in order to promote institutional change and respect for human rights inside and outside the courts.

Economic analysis will set the condition to verify when institutional change is supported by collective rational choice models and if it corresponds, thanks also to plasticity of preferences, to the emergence of game theoretical equilibria eliciting conformity (social norms).

Programme overview

Main Subject

International Relations/Studies/Affairs

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Despite the urgency of the Sustainable Development Goals integrated into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, some of the most influential global actors continue to disclaim their responsibility to contribute to them. The magnitude of the problem justifies a multidisciplinary research program on the institutions for sustainability based on putting to work together law, ethics and economics - and to which the LEES doctorate is dedicated.

The legal system defines the rule of law limits to the political balance between fundamental rights and economic stability, and indicates the intolerability of phenomena of marginalization and inequality.


However, new ideas of justice are needed: after redefining the concept social well-being, these ideas need to reconceive and understand distributive justice from both an inter-generational and intra-generational perspective.

Comparative studies, as well as de jure condendo ones, will design multi-level institutions for sustainable development, finally questioning that various private institutions can be sheltered from the claims of social justice, such as the access to innovation, the fair distribution of decision-making rights to stakeholders within enterprises, the democratic self-government of common goods.

Strategic litigation will be studied in order to promote institutional change and respect for human rights inside and outside the courts.

Economic analysis will set the condition to verify when institutional change is supported by collective rational choice models and if it corresponds, thanks also to plasticity of preferences, to the emergence of game theoretical equilibria eliciting conformity (social norms).

Admission Requirements

Classes of master's degree: LMG/01 Class of master's degrees in law LM-1 Cultural anthropology and ethnology LM-16 Finance LM-48 Territorial, urban and environmental planning LM-49 Planning and management of tourism systems LM-50 Programming and management of educational services LM-51 Psychology LM-52 International relations LM-55 Cognitive sciences LM-56 Economics LM-59 Public, business and advertising communication sciences LM-62 Political sciences LM-63 Public administration sciences LM-64 Religious sciences LM-69 Agricultural sciences and technologies LM-70 Food sciences and technologies LM-73 Forestry and environmental sciences and technologies LM-75 Sciences and technologies for the environment and the territory LM-76 Economic sciences for the environment and culture LM-77 Business and economic sciences LM-78 Philosophical sciences LM-81 Sciences for Development Cooperation LM-84 Historical Sciences LM-87 Social Services and Social Policies LM-88 Sociology and Social Research LM-90 European Studies LM-92 Communication Theories LM/SC-GIUR Legal Sciences LMG/01 LAW)

3 Years

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