Digital Humanism Network between Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa of Naples  (UNISOB), the DIRPOLIS Institute (Institute of Law, Politics and Development) of Sant’Anna  School of Advanced Studies of Pisa and the Department of Humanistic Studies of University of  Salento. The Network established in 2023 deals with research in the field of digital humanism  with particular regard to the legal and ethical profiles. More specifically, the DH Network aims to  promote, coordinate and develop joint opportunities and initiatives for collaboration on issues of  common interest. The topics of interest concern issues related to the ethical-philosophical,  political-social and legal profiles of the regulation of new technologies, which will be the subject  of the ReCEPL4STAI activities. 

Juridical Observatory on Digital Innovation (JODI) established in 2019 at the Department of  Law and Economics of Productive Activities of University of Roma La Sapienza, the Juridical  Observatory on Digital Innovation – JODI (Osservatorio giuridico delle innovazioni digitali – OGID) focuses on the interpretation of the many acts of the European Union in the digital field.  JODI (OGID)’s activities include the participation in public consultation procedures in matters  relating to EU’s projects of governance of digital innovation, the organization of seminars and  webinars on a regular basis run by internal members as well as by external researchers and  professionals with a variety of backgrounds, as well as the promotion and editing of  publications. JODI (OGID) is headed by Prof. Salvatore Orlando, who is full professor of  Private Law at Università di Roma La Sapienza, Faculty of Economics, and lawyer in Rome.  Thanks to JODI expertise in EU and digital innovation, the Observatory will be a partner that can  guarantee an added value to Centre activities. 

Law Department of University of Bergamo (UniBG) that has at its heart both the development  of scientific and technological research and training under law perspective. As partner of  the project, UNIBG Law Department, with the involvement of Prof. Massimo Foglia (associate  Professor of Private Law), will give its contribution in the activities in the fields of law,  technological development and sustainability. 

Department of legal sciences of Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University (UniBO) which  aims to design and develop pure and applied research in the fields of legal sciences,  exploring its fundamental, international, supranational and national principles, history, technical  modes of explication, traditions of theoretical, philosophical and critical thought, and practice,  with a technical-legal approach, but also multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary. The collaboration  with this Department will be relevant for ReCEPL4STAI in order to explore research directions  that contribute to effective policies for innovation and development, and promote teaching  research through policies that attract high-quality professors and researchers.  

L’Orientale University of Naples (UniOR) with its Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on  Artificial Intelligence and Communication in a Digitalised European Democracy (CoDED)  coordinated by Prof. Roberta Montinaro (Full Professor of Private Law), responds to the  challenges arising from an increasingly complex digitalised world, where artificial intelligence  and machine learning (AI/ML) play a crucial role and reshape individual interactions, marketing  activities and political and governance decision-making. Having CoDED as a partner is a  strength for the Centre’s activities, which are perfectly in line in terms of both methodology and  themes 

Centre for Research on Law, Technology and Change (IUSTeC) of Department of legal  sciences Verona University (UniVR) which was established by the Department of Legal  Sciences of the University of Verona in the context of the 2018-2022 Project of Excellence.  The Centre promotes the development of research with reference to the relationships  between law, technologies, decision-making processes, and socioeconomic and cultural  changes. In addition, it ensures excellence by promoting and accrediting research teams,  according to criteria of internationalization, multidisciplinary and design. ReCEPL4STAI, in  collaboration with IUSTeC will propose research activities on legal, socioeconomic and cultural changes in the field of AI application in the three selected domains, under a multidisciplinary and  international perspective.

European Centre for Law, Science and New Technologies (ECLT) of the Pavia University  (UniPV) which was established in 2004 by the collaboration of academic scientists and jurists,  as a development of the activity started in previous years by Amedeo Santosuosso, ECLT  Scientific Director. It is focused on biotechnology, cognitive sciences, nanotechnology,  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and robotics, with specific referent to the  interaction between different scientific knowledge and technologies, that is producing an  acceleration of historic dimensions, to which the world of law is not and cannot be extraneous.  ECLT will be the ReCEPL4STAI partner involved in the research activities in the field of  robotics, as embedded AI, in the legal field.  

Department of Computer Science of the University of Salerno (UniSA), which is the only  Computer Science department located in Southern Italy that has obtained recognition as a  department of excellence for the five-year period 2018/2022. This extraordinary result  consolidates the long and prestigious Salerno’s tradition of IT which was born in the early 1970s  and which in the following decades, albeit in a difficult territorial context, managed to achieve  levels of quality and competitiveness in research and teaching recognized both nationally and  internationally (first place in the ANVUR national ranking for the years 2004-2010 and in second  place in the years 2011-2014). Thanks to its excellence in IT, the Department of Computer  Science of the University of Salerno will be involved in the EU Studies and training carried out  at ReCEPL4STAI, related to the applications and functioning of AI in the selected Data  ecosystems. 

Research Network of Tor Vergata University of Rome (UniRoma2) which is a research  network in line with ReCEPL4STAI project topics. Prof. Vincenzo Ricciuto (Full Professor of  Private Law) and Prof. Carla Solinas (Associate Professor of Private Law) are the person in  charge of the network for Tor Vergata University and they will be involved, together with the  other Network members, in project research activities on innovation and sustainability of AI. 

High Observatory on European Policies (AOPE) at Federico II University of Naples  (UNINA) which stems from the need to make more fluid and immediate interpretation of the  information derived from the numerous studies in support of the choices of European Policies  and, in particular, the need to analyse the effects of these policies with ease. It is divided into  observation hubs, which aim to shed light on specific issues of particular interest in the  implementation of European policies. ReCEPL4STAI Coordinator is the person in charge of HUB  9, that aims to the implementation of substantial coordination of the regulatory policies of the  Member States, for the effective development of environmental sustainable AI, topics that will  be deepened during the project.

Department of Economics University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli (UniCampania), with its  Director Prof. Maria Antonia Ciocia (Full Professor of Private Law) and the researchers Paola  Grimaldi (Researcher on circular economy), Valeria Manzo (Ph.D. on digital asset) and  Alessandra Fabrocini (Ph.D. of Hearth observation), promotes a vocational training and  research offer integrated with the territory, supports quality research, and promotes green and  circular economy. It will be an important partner for the Project activities on sustainable AI, with  particular regard to Green AI Technologies. 

Center for European Policy Making (CEP), born from the collaboration between ReCEPL and  UniCampania. It is and academic synergy oriented to systematic dialogue with institutions, to a  conscious participation of citizenship, sensitive to the ‘cultural, social and political. This  academic matrix primarily qualifies the nature of the initiative in terms of its independence from  biased instances traceable to both the economic and party sectors. CEP aims to increase  cooperation among academia and policymakers on EU policies. 

Information Law & Policy Centre (ILPC) of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS)  of the University of London, directed by Nora Ni Loideain, that aims to promotes and facilitates  research about the law and policy of information and data, and the ways in which law both  restricts and enables the sharing and dissemination of different types of information. ILPC will  be a partner for the project research activities on personal and non-personal data.

Jindal Global Law School (JG) which has been awarded by the Jean Monnet Chair ‘Multi dimensional Approaches to the Understanding of the E.U. Data Protection Framework, that  contributes towards strengthening, deliberating, and implementing EU studies on data  protection and GDPR. The teaching activities of the Project will be further enriched thanks to  this JMC, in line with the project topics. Thanks to the partnership with JG, ReCEPL4STAI will  disseminate EU values related to human-centered-AI also outside Europe.  

School of Law of Fordham University of New York, with an established track record in pre and postgraduate courses in the legal area, it is also one of eight ABA-approved law schools in  New York. The School of Law offers a strong collaboration to train LL.M Students coming from  UNISOB and the teaching visiting programme between both universities.

Italian Institute for the Future (IIF), founded in 2013, the Italian Institute for the Future (IIF),  Chaired by Roberto Paura, is a non-profit research, training, consultancy and dissemination  organization in future studies in the field of society, technology, environment, economy e  politics, with the aim of spreading a culture of anticipation and social forecasting in Italy. IIF will  be involved in ReCEPL4STAI research activities with regard to EU future studies in the project  main domains. 

Institute of Information Science and Technologies “Alessandro Faedo” (ISTI) of the  National Research Council (CNR), the largest public research institution in Italy. ISTI is  affiliated to the CNR Department of Engineering, Information, Communication, Energy and  Transportation Technologies (DIITET) and is the largest CNR institute for Computer Science.  The main aim of ISTI-CNR is to advance science and achieve important results in many  Computer Science subdomains. The Institute also has a very solid expertise and reputation in  the design and deployment of CS infrastructures and in technology transfer activities oriented towards industry or the public administration. In addition, ISTI is strongly involved  in teaching, at bachelor, masters and PhD levels. The collaboration between CNR-IST and  ReCEPL4STAI will enable the development of the methodologies needed to assess the impact  of AI risk on the EU values.

Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) which is a public scientific-technological university which  trains engineers, architects and industrial designers. The University focuses on the quality  and innovation of its teaching and research, developing a fruitful relationship with the  business and productive world by means of experimental research and technological transfer.  It is also a solid, recognizable and reliable reference point for sustainable development in  Europe. Thanks to the support of POLIMI, ReCEPL4STAI will be able to realize the Co Interdisciplinary Research Institute for Automated Systems (RifaS) was founded in fall  2017 and represents interdisciplinary, national and international research in various areas  of automated systems. The centre will be a key partner for the AI applications in the mobility LABorative Observatory on AI empowering the collaboration between JS and STEM at  multiple levels also in the light of the implementation of the human-in-the-loop mechanisms.

 Interdepartmental Research Centre on Management and Innovation in HealthCare  (CIRMIS) of Federico II University of Naples (UNINA), which is a joint initiative of the  Department of Public Health and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information  Technologies, of Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, directed by Prof. Pasquale Arpaia.  The Interdepartmental Research Centre was created for fostering interdisciplinary and  multidisciplinary research aimed to: optimizing management and governance of Health  Services and Systems; monitoring of the quality of health services ICT for Health (Sensing for  Health, Data for Health, Logistics for Health, Robotics for Health). ReCEPL4STAI, in  collaboration with CIRMIS, will promote the transfer of knowledge in the healthcare sector  through research activities.

Interuniversity Centre for Bioethical Research (CIRB) at Federico II University of Naples  (UNINA) which is a bioethical research Centre of Federico II University of Naples, Directed by  Prof. Andrea Patroni Griffi (Full professor of Public Law). Thanks to the contribution of  university representatives, academic and non-academic experts from the various disciplines  involved, in a climate of dialogue with representatives of different cultural positions, the Centre  conducts scientific research on bioethical issues, which involve the protection of the human  being with regard to present and future generations. CIRB has founded the Research  group on Artificial intelligence, to which belong also ReCEPL4STAI Coordinator. The AI  Research Group activities will be linked to that of ReCEPL4STAI sector.In addition to the abovementioned collaborations, ReCEPL has already set up a network of scientific  collaborations, both through the European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies (EJPLT), as well  as through the conference and dissemination activities of the Centre’s members, in which academics  from several EU and non-European countries are involved (including China, Australia and Japan).  These academic and professional collaborations will constitute a further added value for the creation of  the international network. 

Ph.D. Joint Programmes at the Universitè Paris Nanterre and Università della Svizzera  Italiana between UNISOB and Universitè Paris Nanterre, as well as that with Università della  Svizzera Italiana, that will allow the dissemination of European studies on the research topics  of the project also in other universities with particular regard to the topics of digital asset and  cyberjustice. 

Interdepartmental Research Centre on Management and Innovation in HealthCare  (CIRMIS) of Federico II University of Naples (UNINA), which is a joint initiative of the  Department of Public Health and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information  Technologies, of Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, directed by Prof. Pasquale Arpaia.  The Interdepartmental Research Centre was created for fostering interdisciplinary and  multidisciplinary research aimed to: optimizing management and governance of Health  Services and Systems; monitoring of the quality of health services ICT for Health (Sensing for  Health, Data for Health, Logistics for Health, Robotics for Health). ReCEPL4STAI, in  collaboration with CIRMIS, will promote the transfer of knowledge in the healthcare sector  through research activities.

Interuniversity Centre for Bioethical Research (CIRB) at Federico II University of Naples  (UNINA) which is a bioethical research Centre of Federico II University of Naples, Directed by  Prof. Andrea Patroni Griffi (Full professor of Public Law). Thanks to the contribution of  university representatives, academic and non-academic experts from the various disciplines  involved, in a climate of dialogue with representatives of different cultural positions, the Centre  conducts scientific research on bioethical issues, which involve the protection of the human  being with regard to present and future generations. CIRB has founded the Research  group on Artificial intelligence, to which belong also ReCEPL4STAI Coordinator. The AI  Research Group activities will be linked to that of ReCEPL4STAI sector.In addition to the abovementioned collaborations, ReCEPL has already set up a network of scientific  collaborations, both through the European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies (EJPLT), as well  as through the conference and dissemination activities of the Centre’s members, in which academics  from several EU and non-European countries are involved (including China, Australia and Japan).  These academic and professional collaborations will constitute a further added value for the creation of  the international network. 

Ph.D. Joint Programmes at the Universitè Paris Nanterre and Università della Svizzera  Italiana between UNISOB and Universitè Paris Nanterre, as well as that with Università della  Svizzera Italiana, that will allow the dissemination of European studies on the research topics  of the project also in other universities with particular regard to the topics of digital asset and  cyberjustice. 

RE:LAB, the interaction engineering company based in Reggio Emilia, leader in the design,  prototyping, development and validation of Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI) for automotive,  industry, IoT and many other B2C & B2B domains. Starting from scratch or existing HMI, RE:LAB  approach turns a concept into a working solution, ready to go into production. It is a process that  we call Interaction Engineering. RE:LAB will be a key partner in the implementation of project  activities as well as dialogue with industries. 

Project & Planning, an innovative PMI that deals with marketing, organizational development  and technological innovation. It is a knowledge company that works to help organizations grow  and face the challenges of the digital era. Project & Planning helps companies to achieve  their goals and seize market opportunities with innovative, high-quality, sustainable and ethical  solutions. For this reason, it will be a key partner in the implementation of project tasks and  deliverables. 

GIURIMATRIX S.r.l. company that created the Giurimatrix software of the same name. It is a  virtual legal assistant that uses artificial intelligence to provide assistance and information based  on national and European laws and codes uploaded into the system and will be of great  relevance for the case study on AI applications in legal and judicial systems. 

Aitronik s.r.l. is a company of robotic experts who develop mobile robotics solutions that is  located in Pisa. Aitronik helps companies design and develop Autonomous Ground, Aerial,  and Marine Vehicles, from concept to pre-series production. It represents an excellent partner  for ReCEPL4STAI’s activities in the field of Ground, Aerial, and Marine mobility automation,  which is required for the development of case study activities in AI-driven automation. 

E.A.V. S.r.l. operates in the field of public transport by road, rail and cableway in the Campania  Region. It operates several rail transport lines and the Circumvesuviana network alone  transports around 70,200 travellers per day for a total of almost 26 million passengers per year.  At the same time, numerous bus lines, both urban and extra-urban, complete the public transport  offer. It has embarked on an intensive modernisation and investment cycle to upgrade its  transport services and related infrastructure and can be an excellent partner for ReCEPL4STAI’s  activities in the field of urban and suburban mobility automation, which is required for the  development of case study activities in AI-driven automation. 

Angelini Pharma, in Italy as in Europe, Angelini Pharma is one of the top players in the  pharmaceutical and health sector and ranks among the top companies in terms of sales volume  thanks to market-leading brands. The Company is also present in the area of mental health and  pain therapy, thus constituting a partner of primary importance for the ReCEPL4STAI project,  especially for the case study focused on AI applications in brain research and cognitive  technologies. 

Kulisab S.r.l. is a company specialising in the strategic development of profit and non-profit organisations, that support start-ups, organisations and third-sector entities on their journeys towards growth and innovation and the enhancement of their assets. Thanks to an extensive and highly skilled network of professionals and businesses, the company coordinate multidisciplinary teams, offering support to develop and implement high-value initiatives and projects.

Law Firms of ReCEPL network that includes: SAPG an international law firm focused in the  field of law and new technologies; IMPERIALI, with decades of experience in privacy and data  security; IUSinTECH, a team of legal professionals active in Milan, Rome and Bolzano with  specializations in the fields of law, communication and new technologies.