The “Luis Ortega” Thesis Prize
In honor of the memory of Professor Luis Ortega, former Director of the Academy of European Public Law, long-standing member of the European Group of Public Law, member of the EPLO Board of Directors, and member of the Board of Editors of the European Review of Public Law, the Academy – launched in 2015 the- “Luis Ortega” Thesis Prize. The thesis prize is awarded on an annual basis to the best I.I.LL.M thesis, at the annual Conference of the European Group of Public Law. Thesis are reviewed by an international jury and preference is given to thesis with a focus on interests held by Professor Luis Ortega,
Professor Luis Ignacio Ortega Álvarez was an active Judge at the Spanish Constitutional Court from 2011 – 2015 as well as a Professor of Administrative Law at numerous Universities during his distinguished career, including the Universities of Castilla-La Mancha, Cambridge, Harvard, Dresden, Bologna, Florence, Rome, Naples Eastern University, Catania, Trento and many more. He chaired the team of university professors that drew up a Reform Bill for the Castilla-La Mancha Regional Statute and the group that drew up the draft regulations implementing the Territorial and Urban Planning Arrangement Act (LOTAU) of Castilla-La Mancha. He has been distinguished with the Great Cross of Military Merit -White Decoration. Above all his professional accomplishments, Professor Luis Ignacio Ortega Álvarez was a generous and caring friend and a true mentor for all.
From 2015 to date, the Luis Ortega Prize has been awarded to:
Andrea Magliari (2015) for his thesis on “The Single Supervisory mechanism and the new supervisory competences of the European Central Bank”.
Leopoldo Zuanelli Brambilla (2016) for his thesis on “Alternative dispute resolution in the EU agriculture and fisheries Agencies”.
Ionuţ – Bogdan Berceanu (2017) for his thesis on “Emerging administrations under European Union rules. Comparative analysis on South-Eastern Europe”.
Simone Franca (2018) for his thesis on “Access to Αdministrative Justice under the European Union Influence. A comparison: Italy and Germany”.
In 2019 there was no award.
Siravich Teevakul (2020) for his thesis on “The Judicialization of Politics and the Politicization of Judiciary in Thailand: A study of the Thai Constitutional Court”.
Ferdous Rahman (2021) for her thesis on “Determination of Public Purposes by Non-National Adjudicators in International Commercial Disputes” and to Mr. Mario Paladino (2021) for his thesis on “Il complesso rapporto fra ordinamento statale e ordinamento sportivo in tema di sanzioni disciplinari sportive”.
Pavlo Burdiak (2022) for his thesis on “Freedom of Expression on Social Media: Conceptualizing an International LawBased Approach to Content Moderation”.
Giorgia di Nuzzo (2023) for her thesis on “Il rischio di compromissione del valore costituzionale dell’autonomia locale nella prospettiva delineata dalla recente Riforma dei servizi pubblici locali”.
Tena Konjević (2024) for her thesis on “Mobile vs. posted workers in the context of freedom of movement: different yet alike?”.