The University welcomes Dr. Marina Bisgono as a new postdoctoral researcher under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships scheme. The MSCA-IF forms a part of the framework of the European Research and Innovation Program, Horizon 2020, and Dr. Bisgono will be joining the Law School next year to collaborate on the project “European Vehicle Taxation, VTAX - Project ID: 101024306”. She will be working under Dr. Marta Villar, recognized expert in environmental taxation, and part of Marina’s research will take place at the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) in Amsterdam.

Dr. Marina Bisogno's research will focus on transport taxation. According to recent international data and reports, efforts towards sustainability, climate neutrality and electrification in the EU are being compromised by a tax model that does not sufficiently consider environmental elements. Furthermore, vehicle taxes are technically designed in a way that favours activities and decisions that do not support the transition to new forms of mobility. The main aim of the project is to work on revising the current model of land transport taxation at a structural level by focusing on sustainability and new technological trends where possible.

As Professor Villar explains: “this project is a recognition and an opportunity. During the planned collaboration, Marina will acquire new knowledge and experiences in an international and interdisciplinary research environment with the CEU San Pablo University conducting a number of associated projects in the field”. Within this context, and with the help and supervision of Professor Villar, Marina will have the opportunity to take a qualitative leap in her career with a view to reaching the necessary maturity and independence required to allow her to lead her own projects and consolidate a brilliant academic career.

Marina Bisgono, an Italian national, is a Doctor in Tax Law with a double degree - in Italy and France - and Doctor Europaeus mention.  Her main line of research is environmental taxation.  and her doctoral thesis consisted of a comparative study of the use of fiscal measures to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She has been a lecturer at the University of Paris Nanterre (2017/2018) and at the University of Naples (2018/2019 and 2019/2020) Marina has also been a visiting researcher at several centres, specifically at International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation, Université Catholique de Louvain, and at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá. She has published on legal-tax issues and presented papers at specialized national and international forums (eg, XX Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, Cyprus).  Her research activity has received awards and research grants including the EEA Conference Grant, Grant for International Mobility D.M. 976/14.

DIGICCTAX Competitive Group is the first at the San Pablo CEU University Law School to obtain a project funded by the H2020 Framework Program.