PERSONAL information
Place and date of birth: Catania, 20/02/1965
Email: mamaugeri@lex.unict.it
mariarosaria.maugeri@scuolamagistratura.it
Pec: mariarosariamaugeri@pec.ordineavvocaticatania.it
1. Work Experience
1.A. Institutional appointments
- Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the School for Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura - SSM) (2022 - 2023)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the School for Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura - SSM) (since 2021 -)
- Coordinator of the Study and Research Activities Unit of the SSM (since 2021 - )
- Head of the International Activities Unit of the SSM (since 2021 - )
- Head of the Unit for the Relations of the SSM with Institutional Bodies, Schools of Specialization, and Internships (since 2021 - )
- Chair of the Coordinating Panel of the Banking and Financial Ombudsman (Arbitro Bancario Finanziario) - Rome (2018 and since 2022 - ) Appointed by Bank of Italy
- Chair of the Palermo Panel of the Banking and Financial Ombudsman (Arbitro Bancario Finanziario) (since 2016 - ) Appointed by Bank of Italy
- Member of the Naples Panel of the Banking and Financial Ombudsman (Arbitro Bancario Finanziario) (from 2015 to 2016) Appointed by Bank of Italy
- President of the Scuola Superiore di Catania, Mediterranean University Center, University of Catania (from 2020 to 2021)
1.B. Academic, associative, teaching, and scientific Appointments
- Full Professor (ANVUR academic discipline IUS/01 - PRIVATE LAW) at the University of Catania (since 2003 - ) - Department of Law
- After a selection procedure, on secondment to the Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare Beniamino Segre (Accademia dei Lincei - Rome), where she conducted research on: Evolution of markets, technological innovations and contracts (from 2017 to 2020)
- Jean Monnet Chair in: “European Civil Law - Acquis communautaire and harmonisation perspectives” (since 2005)
- Responsible for J.Monnet modules on “European Contract Law” (from 2002 to 2005)
- Associate Professor (ANVUR academic discipline IUS/01 - Private Law) at the University of Catania (from 2001 to 2003)
- Researcher (ANVUR academic discipline IUS/01 - Private Law) at the University of Catania (from 1997 to 2000)
- CNR research fellow (from 1990 to 1993)
- Member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. in Law at the University of Pisa (since 2013 - )
- Member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. in European Private Law - SUM Florence (from 2010 to 2013)
- Member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. in Commercial Law - Catania (from 2007 to 2010)
- Member of the Academic Board of the Ph.D. in “Profiles of citizenship in the construction of Europe” - Catania (from 2003 to 2007)
- Member of the Board of Directors and coordinator of the Civil Law course of the ‘Antonino Galati’ School of Specialization in Legal Professions (from 2014 to 2017)
- Member of the “Commissione paritetica” of Law Department - University of Catania (from 2013 to 2016)
- Member of the Executive Board and co-founder of the Association “Osservatorio del diritto civile e commerciale” (Observatory of Civil and Commercial Law) (since 2011 - )
- Member of the Executive Board of the Association of Italian Civil Lawyers (from 2010 to 2017)
- Member of the Commission for Relations with Institutional Bodies and Professional Associations of the Association of Italian Civil Lawyers (since 2022 - )
- Member of the Executive Board of SIDE-ISLA (Italian Society of Law and Economics) (since 2019 - )
- Member of the Association of Italian Civil Lawyers, SISDIC (Italian Society of Civil Law Scholars) and SIDE-ISLA (Italian Society of Law and Economics)
- At the University of Catania, she taught: Civil Law (2005-2009; 2014-2017; 2020-2021); New Contract Law (2012-2017 and 2020-2021); Private Law (1998-2006 and 2009-2011); Economic Law (Monographic course on Antitrust Law - 2001-2005); European and Comparative Private Law (2005-2009); European Contract Law (Course on Consumer Protection and Unfair Commercial Practices in English 2012-2014)
- In 2015, she taught Legal frameworks and international contracts in the Master’s Degree Course in International Business - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- In 2015, she taught in the course on ‘Independent authorities and private autonomy’.
at the Scuola Superiore di Catania - University of Catania
- In 2010 and 2013, she lectured in the Master’s Degree Course in Business Law at the Luiss Guido Carli University
- Since 2008, she has been a lecturer in the Master’s Degree Course in Environmental Law at La Sapienza University - Rome
- From 2002 to 2009, she taught at SISSIS in Catania
- Member of the Area 12 Evaluation Expert Group (Legal Area - ANVUR) (from 2011 to 2013)
- Member of the Legal Area Working Group of ‘Il Mulino’ (since 2014 - )
- Member of the ERC (European Research Centre) (from 2012 to 2018)
- Member of the Scientific Provincial Council of the Province of Syracuse, as representative of the University of Catania (from 2002 to 2006)
- For over thirty years, she has been PI and part of research groups receiving national and European funding. She is currently part of a research unit of the PRIN on: “Private law aspects of open banking: focus on consumer protection, personal data privacy, and competition”.
- From 2017 to 2019 she was Scientific Responsible for the collaboration agreement stipulated between the University of Catania and ENEA to collaborate in research and development activities within the activity “Individuazione del quadro normativo e finanziario dei contratti EPC per edifici, finalizzata alla loro valorizzazione, diffusione e sviluppo del mercato in Italia” (Identification of the regulatory and financial framework of EPC contracts for buildings, aimed at their valorization, dissemination, and market development in Italy).
- For over thirty years, she has tutored PhD theses and PhD final examinations.
- She has been a competition commissioner several times (ANVUR academic discipline IUS/01 - PRIVATE LAW)
- She has repeatedly been called upon to serve on committees for the awarding of academic prizes
1.C. Roles in Journals and Editorial Series
- Editor-in-chief of the journal Osservatorio di diritto civile e commerciale, Il Mulino (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal - Scopus) (since 2012 - );
- Editor (Co-Direttrice) of Rivista di diritto commerciale e delle obbligazioni (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal) (since 2019 - )
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Persona e mercato (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal)
- Editor (Co-Direttrice) of the journal Jus Civile (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal) (since 2021 - )
- Editor (Co-Direttrice) of the journal Contratto e impresa Europa (since 2020 - )
- Editor (Co-Direttrice) of the journal Storia, metodo, cultura nella scienza giuridica (since 2020 - )
- Member of the Scientific Evaluation Committee of Rivista di Diritto Civile (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Nuova Giurisprudenza civile commentata (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of Studi Senesi (since 2020 - )
- Member of the Scientific Committee of Tecnologie e Diritto (Leading Italian Journal – ANVUR’s A class journal) (since 2020 - )
- Member of the Evaluation Committee of: I contratti, Rivista del notariato, Danno e responsabilità, Il Corriere giuridico, Foro Napoletano, Contratto e impresa
- Co-Director of the series ‘Itinerari di diritto privato’, Il Mulino (since 2018 - )
- Co-Director of the series ‘Diritto Privato. Nuovi Orizzonti’, ESI (since 2012 - )
- Co-Director of the series ‘Studi di Diritto Privato’, ESI (since 2011 - )
- Member of the Scientific Committee of Argomenti di Diritto Civile
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Quaderni dell’Archivio giuridico sassarese (since 2020 - )
1.D. Appointments to Boards of Directors of SPAs
- Independent director of:
- UnipolSai S.p.A. (from 2013 to 2021)
Member of the Remuneration Committee (from 2013 to 2019)
- Trenitalia S.P.A. (from 2016 to 2020)
Member of the Audit Committee (from 2016 to 2020)
- Maps SPA (from 2019 to 2021)
1.E. International experiences
- Council member (since 2021 - ) and member (since 2015 - ) of the European Law Institute (ELI), Vienna
- Member of the Consultative Committee of the ELI Project on “Fundamental Constitutional Principles”
- Member of the Consultative Committee of the ELI Project on “ELI-Mount Scopus European Standards of Judicial Independence”
- Member of the Advisory Committee of the ELI Project on “Climate Justice - New Challenges for Law and Judges”
- Visiting fellow at Melbourne University Law School, where she gave seminars and was involved in the work of the Obligations Group (2016)
- Country report of Italy - Business-to-business transactions: a comparative analysis of legal measures vs. soft-law instruments for improving payment behavior (No:558/PP/GRO/SME/16/C/011B - B2B) (2016)
- Country report of Italy - Study on the application of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Commercial Practices in the EU (European Commission - DG Justice Study on the application of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Commercial Practices in the EU Part 2 - Country Reports Final Report Conducted by: Civic Consulting) (2011)
- Member of the Comité de Recrutement pour l'IEE of Paris 8 (2016)
- Member of the research group of the JULIA project (Justice, fundamentaL rights, and Artificial intelligence), as representative of SSM (since 2022 - )
- Delegate of the Italian School for Judiciary (SSM) at the signing of the MOU on the occasion of the Visit of the Delegation of the School for Judiciary of the Italian Republic to the Republic of Uzbekistan Supported by the Judicial System Strengthening Activity in Uzbekistan (June, 12-16, 2023)
- Member of the Advisory Board of SECOLA (Society of European Contract Law) (from 2005 to 2021)
- She conducted research at the Centre de Droit de l'Environnement of the University of Strasbourg III (1987) with a grant
- She taught seminars at the Law School of the Southampton Institute (1999)
- She conducted research at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg (1993 and 2004).
- She gave seminars at the Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw (2008)
- She taught seminars at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (2007)
- She gave seminars at the Moscow Law Academy (MSLA) (2007)
- She has been invited as speaker at conferences in Paris, Prague, London, Barcelona, Warsaw, Moscow, Amsterdam, Southampton, Leuven, Haifa, Melbourne, Brussels and Tashkent.
1.F. Freelance experience and membership of Professional Associations
- She is member of the Catania Bar Association since 1992 and she is currently a barrister of the Supreme Court
- She has rendered opinions pro veritate to companies of great national and international importance
- She was Member and Chairman of Arbitration Panel
- She is member of the Journalists Association.
2. TRAINING AND AWARDS
A. Training
- In 1983, she obtained the high school degree (Maturità Classica) at the Liceo Ginnasio Statale Mario Cutelli of Catania, scoring 60/60
- In 1987, she graduated in Law from the University of Catania with a 110/110 cum laude
- In 1996, she obtained a Ph.D. in Law at the European University Institute in Florence
b. Awards
- In 1983, she won the prize for the best High school degree of the Year
- In 2015, she won the SISDIC ‘Scientific Excellence’ award for the monograph on ‘Consumer Credit’
