Visiting Professors – 2022/2023

Prof. PhD Goran Šimić – The Faculty of Law at the University “Vitez” in Travnik

In June 2023, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Szczecin hosted Prof. PhD Goran Šimić as a visiting professor. He is the Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Law at the University “Vitez” in Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Professor is an eminent lawyer, researcher and also a didactician. His research interests include, but are not limited to, criminal law, international criminal law and transitional justice. He is involved in a number of international scientific projects. He specialises in research on criminal law and war crimes. He is currently developing an online database of war crimes around the world with the University of Tokyo under the auspices of the United Nations. He has taught all over the world, including the University of Cambridge, the University of Oslo, the University of Louisville, the Commercial University of Istanbul and the University of Baghdad.

As part of his residency at the US Faculty of Law and Administration, Prof Šimić delivered a lecture on ‘Right to dignified death’ on 1 June 2023.

Prof. Marieta Safta – The Faculty of Law of Titu Maiorescu University in Bucharest

On 23-27 May 2023, the Faculty of Law and Administration of the US hosted Prof. Marieta Safta from the Faculty of Law of Titu Maiorescu University in Bucharest as a visiting professor. As part of her visit, Prof. Safta actively participated in an international academic conference entitled Evolution of Human Rights Law, organised by the Faculty of Law and Administration of the US, and prepared an extremely inspiring lecture for our faculty community entitled Constitutional Justice in Romania. Evolution and challenges.

Prof. Francisco José Infante Ruiz –  The Faculty of Law of the University Pablo de Olavide in Seville

 The US Faculty of Law and Administration hosted Prof. Francisco José Infante Ruiz from the Faculty of Law of the University Pablo de Olavide in Seville as a visiting professor from 22-27 May 2023. The Professor’s visit was a strengthening of cooperation between the two Faculties. During his visit, the Professor took an active part in an international scientific conference entitled Evolution of Human Rights Law, prepared jointly with the Interuniversity Master UPO-UNIA in Human Rights, Interculturality and Development. In addition, Mr Professor gave a lecture to our faculty community entitled The new digital contract law: between regulatory reality and “mythification”.

István Ambrus Ph.D. dr. habil. Associate Professor (Eötvös Loránd University)

István Ambrus is an associate professor of substantive criminal law at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. In 2012, he received a PhD degree with his thesis on concurrence of criminal offences. He has been teaching criminal law at leading universities in Hungary for 13 years, and has been a visiting professor in Belgium, Sweden, Lithuania and Germany. He also worked as a public prosecutor for several years. He has published more than 130 publications. His latest monograph, published in 2021, addresses issues of digitisation and criminal justice. In this book he dealt with the regulation of artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, electronic scooters, deep-fake, etc.

Istvan Ambrus Ph.D. dr habil. Associate Professor (Eötvös Lorand University) visited the Faculty of Law and Administration at US from 9 to 14 January 2023 as a visiting professor. During his visit, he gave a lecture to students of the faculty entitled ‘Digitalisation and Criminal Law’.

Prof. Sheila Velez Martinez – University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Prof. Sheila Velez Martinez from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law visited the Faculty of Law and Administration at US from 16 to 20 January 2023 as a visiting professor.

During her visit, she attended the academic seminar ‘Migration challenges in the post – Covid era – comparing worldwide experiences’ and delivered a lecture entitled ‘Humanitarian Parole concept including Ukraine, Afghanistan and more Recently Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti’.