PROFILE SUMMARY

I am a Privacy Law scholar, working at the intersection between Law and new technologies. I have been highly successful in publishing in leading academic journals and disseminating them to broader audiences. My doctoral research was highly interdisciplinary, bridging Private International Law and translation, from a critical perspective, and was conducted at Ca’ Foscari University’s Department of Asian Studies.

During my last year of the PhD, puzzled by the social consequences of new technologies on privacy and other fundamental rights, which I explored while researching Japan’s robot regulations as part of my studies for the dissertation, I started to research the Law & Technology and Privacy fields. After my PhD, I worked as a Privacy attorney & consultant in Milan, deepening my knowledge of the subject.

After 2 years of maternity leave in The Netherlands, I successfully applied to the Eindhoven University of Technology, working as the first line for privacy and legal compliance of research projects. Recently, I explored the impact of the forthcoming AI regulation in the industry and in research, and I organized the conference ‘‘Automated decision making, AI systems, and fundamental rights’’ that addresses the challenges of automated decision-making systems.

In my latest research project, I explored the application of the AI Act proposal and ethical principles in practice, tackling the issues of bias in data and AI governance practices. I co-authored two papers on the legal issues of computational intelligence together with computer scientists and I helped them to develop predictive models, e.g., to build automatic reasoning tools in the Judicial field, and to achieve trustworthy AI models.

A MSCA fellowship (2023-2025) allowed me to continue strengthening my profile as a Privacy scholar and to build upon the insights gained during my career regarding the challenges and opportunities created by the use of health data. At the same time, it gave me the opportunity to develop my research agenda in new directions, particularly concerning Data Ethics. Working under Prof. Pagallo’s supervision, being integrated into the University of Turin’s outstanding academic community, and participating in the University’s career advancement courses have been extremely helpful in training me towards achieving my goal of becoming a tenured academic and establishing my own research group.