The first week of the PEPP round in 2025/2026 took place, as is tradition, from October 27th to October 31st in Münster. The academic programme included topical lectures on AI in private law and legal practice, as well as on European contract law. Interactive workshops and lively discussions brought the group of 24 doctoral students from all…
From 19 to 23 May 2025, the group gathered for the final time in Genova, Italy. After a welcome by the coordinators, Monday focused on surrogacy in the EU and GDPR-related damages, followed by participant presentations and a guided city tour. Tuesday covered topics like conflicting divorce and adoption laws, international maritime law, and arbitration…
From March 17 to 21, 2025, PEPP participants reunited in the picturesque city of Leuven. The week began with a welcome speech by Prof. Wouter Devroe, followed by discussions on sustainability in private law. Tuesday focused on the reform of Belgian private law, covering historical perspectives, property law, contract law, and obligations, ending with a…
The PEPP class of 2024/2025 reunited in Poland for the second PEPP week from January 13th to 17th, 2025. The week began in Katowice with engaging lectures and workshops on ESG compliance, civil liability and data protection, fashion law, and cross-border company restructuring. Highlights included tackling the issue of court digitalization, a Q&A session with…
The first week of the 2024/2025 PEPP round took place in Münster from October 21st to October 25th. This year, a total of 24 doctoral students from all over Europe who are researching in the field of European private law came together. Elsemieke Daalder, James Fowkes, Anna Kirchhefer-Lauber, Sebastian Lohsse, Christian Rüsing and many external…
The fourth and last week of the PEPP round in 2023/2024 was held from June 17th to June in 21st in Valencia. Besides lectures and the last set of PhD presentations the academic programme consisted of a moot court that the PEPPers had started to prepare in Cambridge. In Valencia, they took the roles of…
The third week of PEPP took place from March 19th to March 22nd at the University of Cambridge, where the participants stayed at the premises of Downing College. The academic program consisted of various lectures, a number of which focused on the role of Al in law. It also included the preparation of a moot…
The second week of PEPP took place from January 15th to January 19th in the city of Maribor, Slovenia. Its academic programme consisted of insightful lectures as well as two interactive workshops. In addition to that, the first group of participants presented their doctoral research and benefited from lively legal debates that followed. Among the…
The fourth week of the PEPP was held in Genoa from June 5th to June 9th. After three successful weeks of engaging activities and informative sessions, the participants were excited to reunite for the final leg of the program. The Genoa Week proved to be an eventful and enriching experience, variety of lectures. PhD offering…
The third week of the PEPP took place in Leuven from March 6h-10th. The group enjoyed another week together filled with many exciting events, lectures and workshops, such as a negotiation workshop and an introduction to the PEPP-moot court taking place in Genoa. Another highlight of the week was the visit to Brussels, where the…