Research Center for Law and Investment on the Future and the Earth

Born at the end of 2024 from the evolution of the Luiss DREAM Research Center, LIFE focuses on ethics and regulation of investments and responsible innovation at the national, European, and international levels. Its work particularly concerns issues related to property and business law, intellectual property, competition, regtech, govtech, and corptech, as well as environmental law and policies, public and private investment impacting innovation and the just transition, infrastructure, climate-neutral smart cities, local development, life sciences and bioeconomy, and climate change mitigation/adaptation. It also addresses the management of related disputes at both national and international levels.

One of the main tools for disseminating the center’s research is the biannual online journal Luiss Law Review (ISSN 2531-6915), which in 2020 was included by ANVUR in the list of scientific journals for Area 12. The journal features a strictly scientific section, with articles undergoing double-blind peer review, and a section dedicated to students, who participate through a hands-on learning approach based on practical and case-study materials. Complementing the journal, printed volumes (Quaderni) are published, collecting cases, essays, and collective works with a monographic approach.

Permanent Observatories

• OPICC - Observatory on Intellectual Property, Competition, and Communications
• ILEO - Innovation Law and Ethics Observatory
• OIAS - Observatory for International Adjudication Studies
• LabGov.City - Laboratory for the Governance of the City as a Commons
• Business Law
• FADE - Observatory on Fairness and Autonomy in Digital Ecosystems