Jordi’s project is focused on analyzing the current mechanisms and the main agencies and/or bodies charged with managing the EU’s external borders. Despite the remarkable evolution of the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the need to develop cooperation and set up a legal framework related to the activities on the ground of EU…

Christos’ research explores the necessity, feasibility and desirability of EU action on national prison systems. Traditionally, the governance of detention has belonged to the sovereign state. Prisons across Europe present, therefore, considerable disparities; in many states, penal systems are struggling with structural deficiencies, which result in systemic human rights violations. This reality directly undermines the…