GIUV2026-024
The DEJUDE (Law, Justice, and Democracy) research group is an academic and scientific initiative whose main objective is to study and promote the fundamental principles that underpin modern democratic societies, focusing on the interrelationships between law, justice, and democracy. Its mission is to deepen understanding of the dynamics that enable the construction of a fair, equitable, and fully democratic rule of law, working on the theoretical and practical analysis of contemporary legal and political systems.
The DEJUDE group covers several interdisciplinary areas of research, with a comprehensive and cross-cutting approach that explores the interaction between legal institutions, public policies, and human rights. This is particularly true in Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The research group follows the approaches established in the scientific and innovation program, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations 2030 Agenda, and the strategic lines set out in Europe in Research and Innovation 2024-2027, the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology, and Innovation 2021-2027, and the Horizon Europe 2025-2027 Strategic Plan for research and...The DEJUDE (Law, Justice, and Democracy) research group is an academic and scientific initiative whose main objective is to study and promote the fundamental principles that underpin modern democratic societies, focusing on the interrelationships between law, justice, and democracy. Its mission is to deepen understanding of the dynamics that enable the construction of a fair, equitable, and fully democratic rule of law, working on the theoretical and practical analysis of contemporary legal and political systems.
The DEJUDE group covers several interdisciplinary areas of research, with a comprehensive and cross-cutting approach that explores the interaction between legal institutions, public policies, and human rights. This is particularly true in Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The research group follows the approaches established in the scientific and innovation program, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations 2030 Agenda, and the strategic lines set out in Europe in Research and Innovation 2024-2027, the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology, and Innovation 2021-2027, and the Horizon Europe 2025-2027 Strategic Plan for research and innovation in order to support the path towards a green, digital future and a more resilient, competitive, inclusive, and democratic Europe.
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- Promoting the study of the subject and the development of research work, and encouraging interaction between academic ecosystems and national and international experts through a critical, comparative, and integrative approach.
- Contributing to the academic training of new researchers and professionals in law, justice, and politics by carrying out projects, seminars, conferences, and academic publications. Knowledge transfer and dissemination activities
- Promote academic, political, and social dialogue between national and international actors on issues relevant to the strengthening of law, justice, and democracy.
- Promote social justice and respect for human rights as fundamental pillars of the democratic system, analyzing challenges and solutions from a normative and practical approach.
- Develop research that delves into the benefits and challenges of restorative justice and other appropriate conflict resolution mechanisms (MASC).
- Conduct impact studies and critical analyses of public policies and their effectiveness in improving social justice and democratic consolidation.
- Freedoms and Democracy.Analysis of current democratic systems and their legal configuration in terms of public freedoms of citizens. Study on the reduction of freedoms in favor of greater security for the population. Proposals for possible regulations or measures that balance the principles of freedom and security and their possible implementation in practice
- Restorative justice, process, and MASC.Effectiveness of decisions made in conflict resolution proceedings and the consequences of non-compliance. Treatment of these decisions in subsequent legal proceedings. Study on their possible expansion to other crimes and the benefits that their greater implementation would bring in practice. Research on the positive effects of mediation on victims. We delve into the advances in so-called proximity justice and access to justice, with special emphasis on facilitating access for the most vulnerable groups and ensuring its ongoing adaptation to social reality.
- Trade unionism and social dialogue.Study of the evolution of society's perception of trade unions, focusing on the benefits of trade union participation in the development of labor legislation. Reformulation of social dialogue in today's society.
- Public safety and policing.Police security functions and strategies implemented to maintain security in urban centers. Analysis of existing conflict management mechanisms within the police force and training of officers in these tools. Collaboration projects with other police forces at the national and international level for the transfer of knowledge and methods to develop police mediation at the international level. Proposal for a harmonized police mediation system between different countries. We are talking about new police functions, transparency, good practices, information management, and also conflict management, security, and coexistence through a key tool: police mediation.
- Law, Artificial Intelligence, Gender Perspective, and Diversity.The need to respond to new situations that are currently developing, the regulation of artificial intelligence, and the benefits of its implementation in different areas such as law enforcement and the judiciary. Training of legal practitioners in equality, gender perspective, and diversity.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
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| VIRGINIA PARDO IRANZO | Director | Universitat de València | |
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| CAROLINA SANCHIS CRESPO | Member | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA JOSE JORDAN DIAZ-RONCERO | Member | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA PILAR MONTES RODRIGUEZ | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| ANA ISABEL BLANCO GARCIA | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| TALIA GONZALEZ COLLANTES | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| GABRIEL DE JESÚS GORJÓN GÓMEZ | Collaborator | UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE NUEVO LEON (Mexico) | Professor |
| ANTONIO BERLANGA SÁNCHEZ | Collaborator | Ayuntamiento de Valencia | Researcher |
| XULIO XOSÉ FERREIRO BAAMONDE | Collaborator | Universidade da Coruña | Tenured university professor |
| IXUSKO ORDEÑANA GUEZURAGA | Collaborator | Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea | Tenured university professor |
| MARÍA LIDÓN MONTÓN GARCÍA | Collaborator | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | Tenured university professor |
| RAJESH SHARMA | Collaborator | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology | CEO |
| EVGENIA DIMITRAKOPOULOU | Collaborator | Center for Security Sudies - KEMEA | Research director |
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- Administrative and Procedural Law
- MEDIATION
- TRADE UNIONISM
- ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
- CONFLICT RESOLUTION
- RESTAURATIVE JUSTICE
- MASC
- PROCESSES
- DEMOCRATICS SYSTEMS
- FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
- AI AND LAW
- SOCIAL DIALOGUE
- PUBLIC SAFETY
- GENDER PERSPECTIVE
















