PhD Candidate Sara Lilli Awarded the Giulia Cavallone Prize for research on combating cybercrime
The prize, established by the Pietro Calamandrei Foundation and the family of Magistrate Giulia Cavallone, funds international research stays for PhD candidates in the fields of criminal law and criminal procedure. Sara Lilli's research project is supervised by Gaetana Morgante, Vice Rector of the Sant'Anna School
Sara Lilli, a PhD candidate at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies and the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, and a student in the National PhD Programme in Cybersecurity, has been awarded the sixth edition of the Giulia Cavallone Prize for her research project on combating cybercrime and on public-private cooperation in the prevention and prosecution of cybercrime.
Established in memory of Giulia Cavallone, a magistrate and legal scholar who passed away prematurely, and organised by the Pietro Calamandrei Foundation for Legal Initiative together with the Cavallone family, the prize supports international research stays for PhD candidates working in the fields of criminal law and criminal procedure. Thanks to this award, Sara Lilli will spend three months conducting research at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, followed by a further three-month research stay at the University of Liverpool.
Research on Combating Cybercrime
The jury, chaired by former Prosecutor General Giovanni Salvi and comprising Luca Luparia and Cristina Mauro, unanimously selected Sara Lilli as the recipient of the award.
Supervised by Gaetana Morgante, Full Professor of Criminal Law and Vice Rector of the Sant'Anna School, Lilli's research examines the fight against cybercrime and the role of public-private cooperation in preventing and prosecuting cyber offences. In particular, the project focuses on the challenges associated with the collection and acquisition of digital evidence, as well as on the limitations of traditional mechanisms of judicial cooperation.
The research aims to identify solutions capable of balancing the effectiveness of law enforcement with the protection of fundamental rights, thereby contributing to the development of cybersecurity governance models aligned with the international legal framework, from the Budapest Convention to the recently adopted United Nations Convention against Cybercrime.
