The BRIDGE Watch Project is pleased to announce the recipient of the Jean Monnet BRIDGE Watch Scientific Merit Award, presented at the XII Jean Monnet Network – BRIDGE Workshop, held on 5 to 7 October 2026 at the Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, under the theme “Green Transition and Sustainable Societies”.
Award-winning author: João Vitor Bittencort and Isabela Cristina Sabo (UFSC, Brazil)
Title of the paper: “Algorithmic Governance and Institutional Sustainability: The Explainability Deficit of Artificial Intelligence in the Brazilian Judiciary through the Lens of the CEPEJ Ethical Charter and the 2030 Agenda”
Recognition and Publication
The Jean Monnet BRIDGE Watch Scientific Merit Award recognizes outstanding academic achievement and significant contributions to advancing research on the European Union and Latin America. As part of this recognition, the winning article will be published in the Thematic Dossier of the 12th Edition of the Latin American Journal of European Studies, alongside other selected contributions that further enrich the debate on the intersection between the two regions.
In addition to the awarded paper, other works selected by the Organizing Committee will also be featured in the upcoming edition of the journal, extending the visibility and impact of the research conducted during the workshop: Giorgia Guerra (eCampus University, Italy); Desiré Nazenin López Mondavi and Meegan Leonela Romero Avila (Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ecuador); Vítor Guilherme Santos Reis (ULisboa, Portugal); Júlia Silva Gonçalves (UFSC, Brazil), Sheila Stolz (FURG, Brazil), and Joana Stelzer (UFSC, Brazil); Guillermo Irigoitia and Gonzalo Gómez Forzley(Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay); Karen Natalia Yepes Escobar (University of Groningen, (Netherlands); Yamila Marian Castagnola, and Leila Devia (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina); Maria Eduarda Sousa Karas (UNB, Brazil); Deisi Lorena Zambrano Moya, Darwin Orlando Páez López, and Fausto Patricio Tapia Rivadeneira (Universidad Central del Ecuador, Ecuador); Leandro Rodrigues Lopes (ULisboa, Portugal), Camila Dozza Zandonai (UFRGS, Brazil), and Kelly Zeph Congo Hangalo (ULisboa, Portugal); Cristina Mendes Bertoncini Correa, Desirre Dorneles da Avila Bollmann (UFSC, Brazil), and Fabiano Hartmann Peixoto (UNB, Brazil); and Esmeralda Colombo (Catholic University of Milan, Italy).
The Organizing Committee thanks all participants for their contributions, which were essential to the success of the event.