Jean-Sylvestre BERGÉ

Jean-Sylvestre Bergé is a law professor at the University of Nice – Côte d’Azur (UNS – UCA) and a fellow of the French University Institute (IUF). He is a member of the Research Group in Law, Economics and Business (GREDEG – UMR CNRS n° 7321)  and the European University Network « European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice  » (GDR CNRS AFSJ, No. 3452). He manages the international and pluridisciplinary research program IFITIS (IUF – 2016-2021).

Email: jsberge@unice.fr – Postal address: Université de Nice – Sophia Antipolis – Faculté de droit – Avenue Doyen Louis Trotabas – 06050 Nice Cedex 1 – France

Profile: A University law professor (Phd Panthéon-Sorbonne – ‘agrégation’ private law) for almost 20 years, senior member of the French University Institute (IUF), author of several monographs and numerous articles, senior management positions for research groups (JE, EA and GDR CNRS), graduate schools (Normandy – Nanterre), national and international diplomas (Rouen, Nanterre and Lyon), as University vice-president (Lyon), director of the international relations department, pilot of four international research programmes (ACI (formerly ANR) – Jean Monnet (EU) – GIP Justice – IUF), invitation to various countries as a visiting professor. Since the beginning of the career, mobilization of four consecutive research themes (international and European intellectual property law ; interaction between international and European law; Europeanisation of law; contextualized global legal pluralism). Current research: multidisciplinary and comparative approach of complex phenomena of flows. 

I – ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

  • 1985: Baccalauréat B (NICE Academy)
  • 1988 – 1990: Bachelor of Law, University of TOULON – DEA (Research Masters) in Private International Law and International Trade Law at PARIS I and PARIS XI Universities
  • 1991: CAPA: Certificat d’aptitude à la profession d’avocat (Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession)
  • 1992 to 1994: Lawyer with the PARIS Court of Appeal
  • 1994 to 1996: Assistant Lecturer (ATER) at PARIS I University (PANTHEON SORBONNE)
  • 1995: Ph.D. in Law from PARIS I University (PANTHEON SORBONNE) & HDR (Accreditation to Supervise Research)
  • 1996: Enabling to exert the functions of university lecturer by the CNU (National Universities Council)
  • 1996: Lecturer in Private Law and Criminal Science at PARIS I University (PANTHEON SORBONNE)
  • 1997: Agrégation in Private Law and Criminal Science (competitive exam 1996)
  • 1997 to 2001: Professor at the University of ROUEN (CRDAP)
  • 2001 to 2011: Professor at PARIS NANTERRE University (CEJEC); 2004 to 2006: Associate Professor at the University of NEW CALEDONIA (LARJE)
  • 2006, 2013, 2018: Promotion to 1st class and exceptional class (1st and 2nd echelon) Professor by the CNU (National Universities Council)
  • 2011- 2018: Professor at JEAN MOULIN University LYON 3 – Faculty of Law (EDIEC)
  • Since 2016: Senior member of the FRENCH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE (IUF)
  • From 2018: Professor at NICE-COTE D’AZUR University (UMR CNRS GREDEG)

II – TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • Teaching roles, current year:
    • Advanced Introduction to Global Law (M1 – Faculté de droit – EUR law@societe)
    • Droit international privé européen (M1 – Faculté de droit – EUR law@societe)
    • International and European Intellectual Property Law (M2 DPCI – Faculté de droit – EUR law@societe)
    • The « Datasphere » and the Law (M2 – EUR DS4H)
    • Multidisciplinary and Comparative Approach of Global Phenomena (D – ED DESPEG – UCA)
  • Visiting professor/researcher:
    • Colchester (University of Essex), Oxford (Institute of European and comparative law), University of São Paulo, Hungary (University de Szeged), Hanoï (National University of Vietnam), Cairo (University of Aïn Chams), Bologna, KU Leuven (Global Law School), Moscow (School of economics), Tokyo (University of Daito Bunka), Vilnius, Buenos Aires (University of San Salvador), Tunis (University of Carthage), Erevan (UFAR), Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brasilia (Uniceub), Québec (U. Laval), Israël (IDC Herzliya – Radzyner School of Law), Italy (Ferrare), Louvain-La-Neuve (UCL).
  • Programmes (creation/direction):
    • DESS post graduate degree in Professional Activities Law (Rouen – 1998) – Second-year Masters Bilingual studies in European law (Nanterre – 2004) – European Joint Masters programme “Policing in Europe” (Lyon – Cepol – Ensp – 2015)

III – RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

  • National, International and European research programmes (steering)
    • ACI (formerly ANR) Internationalisation of cultural sciences and humanities (n° P02 / 11) – French ministry of research and higher education – 2002-2004 – The reception of Community law into the private law of Member states (Paris X University – Nanterre – CEJEC)
    • Jean Monnet Programme (Lifelong Learning Programme – Project n. 54239-LLP-1-2013-1-FR-AJM-IC) – European Union Commission – 2013/2014 – The boundaries of European Private International Law (University Jean Moulin – Lyon 3 – EDIEC – CREDIP – GDR CNRS AFSJ)
    • GIP Justice (Decision 14.18) – French ministry of justice – CNRS – Research mission “Law and Justice” – Programme “Legal and Sociological Analysis of the French Context considering Foreign Practices (Belgium, United-Kingdom, Israel) Related to Filiation of Children conceived through Surrogacy Abroad” – 2015-2016 – EHESS (Paris) – in collaboration with M.-A. Hermitte, K. Parizer-Krief and S. Mathieu
    • Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) – 2016-2021 – Senior project: « Full movement beyond control and the Law » (IFITIS)
  • Books
  • Reports, n° special journal issues
    • Report (“Le conflit de lois sur le droit d’auteur à l’ère numérique”, French ministry of culture, 1999).
    • Special journal issue (« La spécificité de la responsabilité professionnelle”,Petites-Affiches, 2001)
    • L’autre droit (européen et international) des contrats (ed. -S. Bergé); Publication of a half-day of seminar sessions organised in Lyon (EDIEC – EDD) in December 2013, Revue des contrats 2014/3, 52 pages
    • Legal and Sociological Analysis of the French Context considering Foreign Practices Related to Filiation of Children conceived through Surrogacy Abroad (United-Kingdom, Belgium, Israel) – GIP Mission de recherche Droit et Justice (convention n°14.18) – M.-A. Hermitte, K. Parizer, S. Mathieu, J.-S. Bergé, 275 p.
  • Studies and articles
    • Published journals (French): Journal du droit international, Europe, Semaine juridique (JCP), Petites Affiches, Revue critique de droit international privé, Gazette du Palais, Revue trimestrielle de droit européen, Legipresse, Propriétés intellectuelles, Legicom, Revue générale de droit médical, Revue Lamy de droit de l’immatériel, Revue internationale de droit économique, Dalloz, Litec, L’Harmattan, Bruylant, Pedone, Economica, Lamy,  Panthéon-Assas, Revue de droit pénal et de criminologie, Juris Art, Annuaire de droit européen, Revue Banque, Revue Lamy droit des affaires, mare & martin, The Conversation (France), Riseo, Recueil Dalloz, Revue de droit de l’Union européenne, Revue de droit bancaire et financier, Confluence des droits (UMR DICE), LIREC (INHESJ), Communication Commerce Electronique.
    • Published journals (foreign or international): Aequitas (Universidad del Salvador – Facultad de Ciencias Juridicas – Buenos Aires), European Journal of Legal Studies, Kluwer Law International, Cambridge University Press, Peter Lang, Anthémis-Némésis, Anuario de Derecho Internacional Privado – Iprolex, Hart, Intersentia, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper, Spanish Yearbook for International Law, Australian International Law Journal, Cahiers de droit (U. Laval), Revista da Faculdade de Direito – Universidade de São Paulo, Uniform Law Review (Unidroit), European Review of Private Law, Montesquieu Law Review, Cahiers de propriété intellectuelle,  Ritsumeikan Law Review, Springer, Bloomsbury, The Conversation (Global), Revista Semestrial de Direito Empresarial (UERJ), Zeitschrift für japanisches Recht/Journal of Japanese Law (MPI Hamburg), European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance (EJCL), Revista Brasileira de Politicas Pública (UNICEUB), Revue La Pensée Ecologique (Unil – Puf), European Inklings (EUi).
  • Columns (co-ordination/contribution)
    • Chronique de droit de l’activité professionnelle du Centre de recherches sur le droit de l’activité professionnel (CRDAP – ROUEN) – Petites Affiches(1998 to 2000)
    • Chronique de droit européen & comparé du Centre d’études juridiques européennes et comparées (CEJEC – NANTERRE) – Petites Affiches (2001 to 2010)
    • Chronique de droit européen des contrats (EU – CEDH) in the Revue de contrats – LGDJ Lextenso (2003 – 2018)
    • Chronique sur les interactions du droit international et européen in the Journal du droit international – Lexis Nexis (2009 – 2018)
    • Chronique de jurisprudence judiciaire française relative au droit de l’Union européenne (EDIEC – JEAN MOULIN – LYON 3) in the Revue trimestrielle de droit européen – Dalloz (2011 – 2017)
    • Chronique annuelle sur l’application du droit de l’Union européenne par le juge judiciaire français – Revue de droit de l’UE – Juglar (since 2018)
    • Chronique de comptes rendus de lectures : « Lectures d’ici et d’ailleurs », Les Petites Affiches (depuis 2018)
  • Participation in collective works (directories, encyclopaedias, manuals, research programmes)
    • Published: Répertoire Dalloz, Juris-Classeur, Lamy, Dictionnaire permanent, collective works and law journals (see list above).
  • Commentaries on legal decisions, reviews, forwards, prefaces, summary reports, blog posts
  • Conferences, presentations
    • In France: Nice, Nanterre, Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence, Saint-Etienne, Poitiers, Chambery, Grenoble, Créteil, Lille, Amiens, Bayonne, Nantes, Montpellier, Limoges, Le Havre, Rouen, Evry, Tours, Bordeaux, Rennes.
    • Overseas: Louvain-la-Neuve, New York, Alger, Barcelona, Hanoï, Tunis, Berkeley, Seattle, Taipei, The Hague, Sydney, Melbourne, Porto, Cagliari, Erevan, Florence, Münster, Konstanz, Cairo, Leuven, Madrid, Luxembourg, Buenos Aires, Seville, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brasilia, Bologne, Monaco, Oslo, Washington DC, Nouméa, Moscow, Pecs, Budapest, Oxford, Riga, Rome, Montreal, Quebec, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Herzliya, Ferrara.

IV – Ph.D. SUPERVISION ACTIVITIES

  • Running of two Ph.D. schools (Normandy – 1998-2001; Nanterre – 2006-2009) and organisation of international Ph.D. sessions in 2003 (Nanterre), 2012 (Lyon), 2013 (Barcelona – Louvain La Neuve), 2017 and 2018 (Lyon)
  • Recipient of the Ph.D. and research supervising bonus (1999-present) 
  • 15 supervised theses (completed) – 4 supervised theses (ongoing)

V – UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • NICE – COTE D’AZUR University (since 2018)
    • Manager of the international and pluridisciplinary research program IFITIS  « Full movement beyond control and the law » (IUF – 2016-2021)
    • Co-founder and co-director of the European university network “Area of freedom, security and justice law” (GDR – CNRS n° 3452)
  • JEAN MOULIN University LYON 3 (2011 – 2018)
    • Manager of the international and pluridisciplinary research program IFITIS  « Full movement beyond control and the law » (IUF – 2016-2021)
    • Co-founder and co-director of the European university network “Area of freedom, security and justice law” (GDR – CNRS n° 3452)
    • Co-founder and co-director of the Joint Masters Program “Policing in Europe” (CEPOL – 13 Member states – in collaboration with the ENSP –2015- present)
    • Director of the Private International Law Research Centre (CREDIP), comprising the EDIEC (EA n° 4185) – (2012 – 2014)
    • University Vice-President in charge of international relations and director of the International relations department (2012-2014)
    • Chairman of the selection committee (Université Grenoble-Alpes 2017)
  • University of PARIS WEST (NANTERRE LA DEFENSE) (Paris X – Nanterre / 2001-2011)
    • Co-director of the Ph.D. School of political and legal science ED n° 141 (2006 – 2009)
    • Co-director of the European and comparative legal studies centre EA n° 2320 (2003 – 2011)
    • Co-founder (2004) and co-director (2009 – 2011) of a Masters in Bilingual Studies of the Laws of Europe (five specialities: German, common, Spanish, Italian and Russian law)
    • Elected member of the University Scientific Council (2007-2010)
    • Chairman of the selection committee (2010)
  • University of NEW CALEDONIA (Oct. 2004 – Sept. 2006)
    • Leader of a research seminar for the Laboratory of legal and economic research
    • Subject of seminar in 2005 “Comparison”
    • Subject of seminar in 2006 “Environmental protection”
  • University of ROUEN (1997-2001)
    • Director of the Normandy Ph.D. law school (ED n° 98), 1998 – 2001.
    • Co-director of the Research centre for professional activity law (CRDAP, EA n° 3231), 1998 – 2001.
    • Founder and director (1998-2000) of the DESS postgraduate degree in Private professional activity law.
    • Member of the University Scientific Council (Rouen), 1998 – 2001.
    • Accredited member of the Private law and criminal science specialists commission, 1997 – 2001.
    • Member of the University Research evaluation commission, 2000/2001.
  • University of PARIS I – PANTHEON SORBONNE (1996-1997)
    • Member of the Faculty committee (International and European Law)

VI – SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

  • Editorial and scientific responsibilities
    • Director of a Dalloz collection « Séquences » (creation of a new collection of thematic books bringing both a deductive and inductive approach to important legal issues; authors currently working on the collection: P. Ancel, C. Bidaud-Garon, H. Fulchiron, J.-L. Halpérin, C. Hagueneau-Moizard, A. Haquet, S. Touzé)
    • Member of the steering committee of the IXXI (Institut Rhônalpin des Systèmes Complexes)
    • Member of the scientific committee of the Research mission “Law and Justice” (GIP Justice – French Ministry of Justice and CNRS)
    • Member of the Advisory Board for the Spanish Yearbook of International Law
    • Member of the Instituto Jurídico Portucalense (IJP – 2015-2017)
    • Member of the editorial board of the books collection “Confluences des droits” (UMR DICE 7318, CNRS)
    • Member of the editorial board of the books collection «Comparative Studies » – Università degli Studi Roma Tre (dir. Pr Raffaele Torino – since 2017)
    • Member of the editorial board of the Portuguese journal of Police Sciences (dir. S. R. Costa Chagas Felgueiras, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Policiaeis et Segurança Interna, République du Portugal – Porto – since 2018)
    • Member of the editorial board of the Revue internationale de droit comparé (published by the Société de Législation Comparée)
    • Member  of the scientific committee of the French Association of Law & Economics (AFED)
    • Member of the scientific committee of the Varenne Foundation (FR) (2011-2016)
    • Member of the review committee of the Revue trimestrielle de droit européen (2010-2015)
    • Member of the Scientific council of the Revue Droit de l’immatériel (Lamy – 2008 – 2014)
  • Scientific associations: member of the International Association of Economic Law (AIDE), the Société de Législation Comparée (SLC), the Commission pour l’Etude des Communautés Européennes (CEDECE) and the Société Française pour le Droit International (SFDI).

VII – EXPERT ACTIVITES

  • 1992 – 1994: Lawyer with the Paris Court of Appeal
  • 2003: Expert for the French Ministry of culture and communication with Pr H.-J. Lucas through the French High Council for literary and artistic property – on the theme of the private international law of literary and artistic property.
  • 2008: Expert for the French National evaluation agency (AERES) (« training and degrees” section – Masters expert, Paris University – Dauphine)
  • 2010: Expert with the European Parliament (EU) for issues relating to the internal market (DBBLaw – TEE)
  • 2011, 2012, 2013: AERES Expert (« research teams and units section »; EA and UMR expert at the universities of Paris-Dauphine, Besançon, Dijon, Lorraine, Paris 2 -Panthéon-Assas)
  • 2013-2014: EU-CEPOL expert mission – training programme: European Joint Masters Programme « Policing in Europe » (collaboration ENSP – Jean Moulin University, Lyon 3 – 13 partnering countries)
  • 2014: EU expert mission relating to a European twinning programme for an Algerian research centre (Centre for legal and judicial research) with various partners (notably: ENM – GIP Justice – GDR CNRS AFSJ)
  • 2015 – Expert mission with the Secretary General of European Affairs (FR) (SGAE – Prime Minister) – Programme for recasting texts of European secondary intellectual property legislation
  • 2017 : Expert mission relating to the law diploma (AEQUES – Belgium – Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles)
  • 2017, 2018 : Expert mission relating to research project (ANR – France)