The constitution of legal relations through the information society, telematic communications and the existence of conflicts whose agents operate exclusively in the digital sphere, requires that the means of protection of the subjects involved in this conflict be adapted to the same.
Systems for the collection, processing and statistical treatment of data. Advanced database management applications. DWH design and implementation. Re-engineering of systems and client/server architectures. Data modelling. Document management. Multimodal systems. Hospital management.
Research by prioritising the use of corpus tools from a variety of genres and discourses in order to evaluate the effectiveness of corpus tools.
The most recent econometric methods to analise the economic theories of industrial organisation are applied in this area.
Technical audits of ITS and ICT systems. Secretariat and management of European projects. Representation of the administration in standardisation and normalisation committees. Translation and evaluation of standards. Traffic and transport, ITS and ICT consultancy studies.
Analysis through Experimental Economics, using laboratory experiments, of economic and social phenomena that are difficult to observe in a natural way.
Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the UN. Legal protection (at an international, European and national level) of these values. Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the European Union. Legal protection (at an European and national level) of these values.
Dynamic analysis of the horizontal and vertical transmission of cultural values. Interaction and cooperation between individuals.
Research into learners' interlanguage, contrastive studies through corpus analysis, and the use of corpus techniques in language teaching and linguistics in the classroom (data driven learning).
Critical analysis of the legislative model aimed at combating the dangerousness of the offender by means of security measures and innocuous strategies that are cumulative to punishment and that disregard the limits of the criminal law of guilt.
Administrative information on the Internet, transparency, active advertising, right of access and its limits, especially with regard to data protection and privacy.
WEB systems for access to databases. Semantic WEB, Ontologies and metadata. RDS dissemination systems and DATEX protocol data exchange systems. Development of WEB services. Mobile applications. Electronic forms, payment services and secure information processing.
Impact of the concept of sustainable development on the various sectors of international law (international economic law, international environmental law, international human rights law, etc.). International and European conceptual and normative developments.
Analysis of the effectiveness of tools designed by computational linguists and computer engineers in examining digital genres, such as computer-mediated communication. It includes the valuation or subjectivity conveyed by users in commercial and non-commercial uses.
Analysis of the fundamentals in the compilation of corpora, whether synchronic (current) or diachronic, monolingual or multilingual, for the examination of the language as a whole, or part of it. Analysis of the role of different types of annotation: grammatical, semantic, discursive, multimodal.
To study customer dissatisfaction on the basis of claim management, complaint behaviour, change of supplier and the different aspects which are linked to a negative evaluation of service provision by the customer.
Analysis of the international cooperation for solving environmental problems (climate change), using methodology from game theory.
Analysis of the legislative tendency to advance the barrier of criminal intervention through the criminalisation of preparatory acts and the problems that this entails in dogmatic, political-criminal and constitutional terms (freedom of expression and the right of assembly and demonstration, criminal law of authorship).
Analysis of the projection of freedoms on the net and social networks, judicial guarantees, limits, special focus on hate speech.
The limits that governments have in introducing measures to protect national security will be addressed. These measures are limited by fundamental rights.
Study and assessment of the legal mechanisms aimed at combating gender-based violence introduced by the different criminal reforms carried out in recent years in this area, with special attention to LO 1/2004 on comprehensive protection.
Evolution of the institutional framework for sustainable development, both globally (United Nations system) and regionally (America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Arctic), with particular emphasis on the European Union and the Council of Europe.
Study and analysis of today's global threats, from cybercrime, immigration, climate change, terrorism, transnational organised crime, disinformation, intelligence services...
Security analysis of computer systems, vulnerability detection, cryptography and secure communications. Mechanisms for the protection of personal data, traceability of information, privacy and security-oriented design. Data anonymization. Security audits. International regulations.
Industrial Economics combines theories with empirical work on the organisation of enterprises, markets and industries.
The creation of legal relations in a standardised way, which is in turn a consequence of mass industrial production, generates conflicts in relation to a multiplicity of people who are affected by a common cause. The civil justice system must articulate mechanisms that allow it to provide legal protection to the citizen without undermining due process, while optimising the resources available to it to respond to this mass litigation.
The research covers both the insurance contract, insurance distribution and supervision of insurance companies.
Evaluation of corpus linguistics in the compilation and elaboration of monolingual, multilingual lexicography, including phraseological aspects, the writing of grammars based on actual language use and translation.
Electronic toll collection systems and mobile vehicles. Satellite and telephony location systems. GPS and GSM applications. V2V, V2I and I2V communication systems. Bluetooth, RFID and WIFI detection systems. Cooperative systems. Dynamic navigation.
Analysis of the individual optimising behaviour and in strategic situations. Analysis of the strategic behaviour under uncertainty. Dynamic analysis of the creation of networks in complex processes of socioeconomic interaction.
Traffic monitoring, vehicle magnetic fingerprint identification systems, DAI systems, applications for route and/or time optimisation, travel times, O/D matrices, GIS applications, geographic data representation and virtual simulation. Emergency management plans.
Critical examination, based on various legislative models of comparative law, of the main features that characterise contemporary criminal policy in the light of the latest reforms and, in particular, of the so-called criminal law of the enemy and of public safety.
Study on pensions and their viability.
Policies and strategies for local and territorial development: socioeconomic transformation processes, new activities, actors in territorial management and territorial development policies.
Dogmatic and political-criminal study of crimes against sexual freedom: aggression and abuse, harassment, exhibitionism, provocation and offences related to prostitution and the exploitation and corruption of minors; analysis of mechanisms for the prevention and treatment of sexual offenders.
To identify the benefits that the incorporation of ICT, and with them relationship-based innovation between enterprises and enterprises with their customers, can bring to retail businesses in particular and to service companies in general.
Study and transfer of results on the social relations between law, religion and politics.
To analyse the different aspects that define consumer behaviour and especially satisfaction, which focuses on the study of the management of consumer expectations, the analysis of the emotions that influence the consumer buying behaviour and their loyalty.
Public services in rural areas (education, health, social services, commercial activity, infrastructures, leisure, tourism and cultural facilities, etc.) as factors of demographic attraction, economic dynamization (incomes and labour market) and social cohesion.
Social capital and territorial development: social networks, power elites and leadership in rural areas. In this line of research, the Social Media Analysis approach is used. The subject of crisis and resilience in local communities is tackled as well.
Vulnerabilities, social exclusion and (new) poverty in rural areas as a result of the crisis and the Welfare State withdrawal (reduction and/or disappearance of the social benefits, privatization and/or deregulation of public services, etc.). This line of research is based on the application of the social networks approach to the health field, with particular reference to rural areas.
Corresponding to its complexity and wide range, it focuses on studies and developments concerning strategy (including tactical and operational levels) and all the components involved in the decision-making process, based on normative or descriptive models (mathematical versus psychological), as well as at the individual and group level.
To observe the evolution of commercialisation channels, and to study fields such as service quality, image, value of service, logistics and the management of the point of sale, both related to large-scale distribution and traditional businesses.
Legal nature of the concept of sustainable development; content of the notion of development in its economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects; basic characteristics of the criterion of sustainability; disparities in the development of towns; common but differentiated responsibilities, etc.
To study the key trends for strategic management and academic research in tourism: e-tourism and its perceived value as a substantial topic in the study of customer behaviour, delving into its effects (background, mediators or moderators) on relationships.
The topics of research and development are very broad and include epidemiological studies, accident research, causes of accidents, risk factors, risk groups, vulnerable users, driver behaviour, basic psychological processes, attitudes, motivations and values underlying behaviour, the special case of offenders and repeat offenders, as well as autonomous driving.
In addition to the human factor, the subject of study includes the roads (with special attention to black spots and accident hotspots, as well as signage, which is particularly variable), vehicles, and the condition of all of them.
The research and development topics are very broad and include studies of the travel habits or needs of users of a given territory or means of transport, user satisfaction, public transport, the impact of changes in supply, soft modes, freight, logistics, last mile, fares, accessibility, inclusiveness, gender, environment, electric mobility, etc.
Likewise, and even more so in the case of Road Safety, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are the object of study and development, as well as other means of land transport, such as rail, tram and metro, as well as maritime and air transport.
Analysis of the pricing systems, the impact of externalities on transport, the competitiveness between means of transport, the effects of changes in the regulator system in the transport market, the study of productivity and efficiency in the transport industry.
Vulnerabilities, social exclusion and (new) poverty in rural areas as a result of the crisis and the Welfare State withdrawal (reduction and/or disappearance of the social benefits, privatization and/or deregulation of public services, etc.). This line of research is based on the application of the social networks approach to the health field, with particular reference to rural areas.
Study of welfare issues that go beyond the above, such as dependency or annuities.
