The sad story of the new procedures for hiring young researchers in Italian Universities

In Italy, universities are regulated by law. In December 2007 new rules for hiring young researchers in Italian Universities, based on international peer review, were approved by the Italian Parliament. The Court that controls the compatibility of new laws with existing legislation found the new rules in violation of this principle and annulated them. In most countries international peer review is a common evaluation procedure in good Universities. The sad conclusion is the contrast of Italian law with internationally adopted procedures: a condition that cries out for change in Italian Academia.