ALF (Advancing Cooperation on the Foundations of Law) addresses a structural gap in the European Research Area: strong legal scholarship and talent in the Western Balkans, but weaker institutional capacity to sustain internationally visible research and high-level teaching in the foundations of law, and to compete consistently in EU-funded projects. The project combines institutional strengthening with intensive academic cooperation to support the Faculty of Law University of Belgrade (BGL), in becoming a widely recognized European research and teaching institution.
ALF is organized around three mutually reinforcing strands: 1. Building durable institutional capacity at BGL through the establishment and consolidation of core support structures for research development and project implementation, such as a Project Administration Office and a Centre for Legal Fundamentals. 2. Delivering a programme of academic knowledge transfer through research visits and student seminars, focused on three interrelated thematic areas in contemporary legal theory: logic of law, language of law, and practical rationality. 3. Developing a joint research stream on practically oriented legal fundamentals, translating the transferred knowledge into research outputs and a sustainable research agenda capable of generating follow-on projects and internationally visible publications.
The project aims to create a stable administrative and research-management capacity for BGL, establish a durable academic hub for legal fundamentals, strengthen international networks, upgrade training formats, and generate research outputs and dissemination products. Its dissemination, exploitation, and communication approach, including a project platform and complementary channels, ensures long-term visibility and reuse of results.
