The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence DIGIU - Digital Platforms: Under the Scope of the New Era in Digital Services at the University of Cyprus, will focus on studying the European institutional framework concerning digital platforms.

The Centre will operate within the framework of the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme, under the academic coordination of Ms Tatiana Eleni Synodinou, Professor of the Law Department and Vice Rector for Academic Affairs of the University of Cyprus.

The Jean Monnet DIGI U Centre of Excellence will have a guiding role in research activities on the regulatory framework relating to the operation of digital platforms under the scope of digital services, fundamental rights and the regulation of the dissemination of information in online fora.

Through a holistic and comprehensive approach that is founded on the rules and principles of European and public law, Internet law, media law and copyright law, the new Centre of Excellence aims to become an academic reference point for research on the regulatory framework concerning digital platforms, whilst also reaching the wider public.

Activities will include awareness and information campaigns on a European and national level, lectures, seminars and virtual workshops, podcasts and asynchronous education in collaboration with policy stakeholders as well as the publication of activities and research outcomes as an open educational resource (OER).