Fellows

Our Research Center issues a call for fellowships every two years.

The next call will be issued in autumn 2027.

This is the list of Fellows for the two-year period 2026-2027:

Group #1 – Technology, Law and the Imaginary

Megan Rae Blakely, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Law, Lancaster University Law School, UK

Manuela Borgese, Digital Society and Technological Innovation Law, University of Catanzaro, Italy

Betty Kariuki, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya

Frantisek Kasl, Assistant Professor at Institute of Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic

Nabiha Khwaja, Staff Writer at Legaltech Hub, Sweden

Zoi Krokida, Lecturer in AI, Innovation and Law, Brunel University of London, England

Lindah Nechesah, Legal Associate, Corporate and Commercial Department at a Law firm in Kenya registered as Muma & Kanjama Advocates, Kenya

James Parish, Lecturer, United Kingdom

Deevanshu Shrivastava, Professor of Law, National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi, India

Mara Angeli Villegas, Director – Tax & OGC, PwC, Philippines

Weiwei Yi, PhD Candidate, CREATe, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Angela Zampetti, IP Lawyer – UPC Representative – EU Trademark and Design Attorney, Italy

Group #2 – Geopolitics, Global Affairs and Human Rights

Olha Afonina, PhD in Law, Attorney at Law (Ukrainian National Bar Association), Data Analyst & Visualization Specialist, Ukraine

Alina Gentimir, Associate Professor, Human Rights, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Romania

Arti Aneja, Senior assistant Professor, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, India

Charlize L. Aniston, Podcast Officer, STEAR – Student Think Tank for European and Asian Relations, Italy

Taia Arabuli, Human Rights Lawyer, Georgia

David Artushin, Graduate Studies Researcher, Johns Hopkins University, United States of America

Jaagz Bajaj, Special Envoy, UNESCO, North Macedonia

Gabriel Bangura, Human Rights Fellow, Austria

Federica Bertoni, Cyber Intelligence Analyst & Digital Forensics Expert – Founder, Toralya FZCO, United Arab Emirates

Jason Bonsall, SSIGIL Cyber Ambassador, Lodz Cyber Hub, United States of America

Patra Leoney Bwogi, Lecturer / Researcher, Uganda

Amir Cahane, PhD candidate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of law, Israel

Elena Carraro, Lawyer in Padova, Italy

Gonzalo Hernán Carrasco Pini, Co-Founder of Privaia – AI, Data Privacy & Digital Law, Argentina

Marco Castelli, Lawyer, Legal History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland

Julien Chaisse, Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

Joel Christoph, Technology and Human Rights Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, United States of America, United Kingdom

Admir Duraj, Researcher, European Institute for Legal and Business Studies, France, Kosovo

Elio Machado Neto, Regulatory Associate, Zeidler Group and Co-editor of the Digital Comparative, Law blog of DCU Law and Tech Cluster, Dublin, Ireland

Berenice Fernandez Nieto, PhD Candidate, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy

Sreya Francis, AI Policy Lead, CAIDP, Washington D.C., United State of America, Canada

Gabrielle Graça de Farias, Researcher, Brazil

Juliette Jakaila, Company Secretary – Head of Legal and Regulatory Compliance, Kenya

Vinayak Kalra, Research Associate, Integrated Deployment Policy, Explore Policy, United States of America

Eddan Katz, Research Fellow, LexLab UC Law SF, United States of America

Liliya Khasanova, Senior Research Fellow, Associate Director of the Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, United States of America

Eka Khutsishvili, Independent Researcher, Georgia

Fotios Kotzakioulafis, Space Law & Al Researcher, Greece, Germany, Croatia

Rina Kuusipalo, Lawyer, Switzerland

Joel Levesque, Expert Consultant, OSCE, United States of America

Alex wen Jie Lew, AI consultant, Asia Pacific

Ruoyi Lu, Policy Group Lead (Global Majority Group), Center for Digital and AI Policy (CAIDP), China

Moliehi Makumane, Researcher, unidir, South Africa

Kezzoute Mhammed, Independante Researcher, Founder & Director of the Moroccan Center of Cyberstudies & Security technologies, Morocco

Vinícius Mozetic, Full Professor of Fundamental Rights (PPGD – UNOESC, Brazil); Director of the Jean Monnet Module “DataporEU/BR – European Union Data Protection Law in Portugal and Brazil”; Member Consultant of the Technology and Innovation Coordination of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (CFOAB); Researcher in AI Governance, Digital Constitutionalism and Data Protection, Brazil

Jane Muhia, Digital Rights and Civic Space Officer (Oxfam), LLM (Multidisciplinary Human Rights), University of Pretoria, Kenya

Alex Musiimenta, Executive Director at The Legal Dream Team initiative (U) Limited, Uganda

Brenda Mwale, Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Joanita Nagaba, Founder, Uzawi Initiative Ltd, Uganda

Ani Nikabadze, Independent Consultant, Georgia

Jean Berchmans Nsabimana, Projects coordinator – Live Together as Family Association, Burundi

Michael Otieno Okello, Senior Property Officer, KenGen plc, Kenya

Derrick Orangi, Legal and Compliace Manager-British Institute in Eastern Africa

Andrea Palumbo, doctoral researcher at Centre for IT and IP Law, KU Leuven, and IMEC, Belgium

Nsengiyumva Pasteur, Sales and logistics manager, KANEZA BUSINESS CENTER, Burundi

Husnain Raza, Post Doctoral Researcher, Belgium

Dennis Redeker, Postdoctoral researcher and research group lead, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), University of Bremen, Germany

Ella Russell, Policy Analyst, Institute for Indo-Pacific Security, United States of America

Shrawani Shagun, Research Fellow, Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategy Studies, New Delhi, India

Matteo Sironi, DPO / Head of Anti-fraud, Italy

Marta Soprana, Visiting Fellow, University of Luzern, Switzerland and Technology and International Affairs Project Associate, LSE IDEAS, Switzerland

Valeria Stoffel, Lawyer, International Law and AI Governance, Argentina, United States of America

Rosa Maria Torraco, MA Candidate in Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy

Annalisa Triggiano, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Comparative Private Law, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy

Margarita Trovato, Public Policy Director, Fundación Vía Libre, Argentina

Felipe Villasuso Lago, PhD Candidate, London South Bank University. Compliance Officer, AIQ Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates, London

Federico Vota, UK DPO, IE & ANZ Data Protection Manager, Group AICO Office at Dedalus, United Kingdom

Srinivas Yanamandra, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Dhirubhai Ambani University School of Law, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Victor Jiawei Zhang, Lloyd M. Robbins Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) Fellow, U.C. Berkeley Law School; Ph.D. Researcher, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, United States of America, Germany

Gamze Zimba, Law Student at İstanbul University, Reintegration Intern at UN Migration, Turkiye

Group #3 – AI & Health

Anastasia Avramenko, Ethics Officer, Netherlands

Pietro Boccaccini, Data Lawyer – Deloitte Legal – Milan, Italy

Chiara Castiglia, AI Expert Rater, MSc student in Digital Health Transformation, United Kingdom

Massimo Farina, Professor, Legal Informatics, University of Cagliari, Italy

Matthew Godfree, Lecturer, Nigeria

Mifrah Hayath,Teaching Fellow and Researcher, Harvard University, United States of America

Bolutito Iyanda, Lawyer, United Kingdom

Harleen Kaur, Research Consultant, Digital Futures Lab, India

Kaspar Rosager Ludvigsen, Assistant Professor in Medical Law, Durham Law School, Durham University, United Kingdom

Michela Morar, Intelligenza artificiale & Cybersecurity,GDPR, Italy

Nicholas Murere, Associate, Uganda

Claudia Ogriseg, Labour Lawyer, Ogriseg Law Firm, Udine, Italy

Livio Daniel Orsi, Docteur Enseignant en droit, Titulaire du certificat d’Avocat, Paris, non inscrit au Barreau, Monaco, France

Alessia Palladino, Dr., Research Fellow, University of Cagliari, Italy

Enrico Pernice, Senior Associate at Orsingher Ortu Law Firm, Milan, Italy

Gianluigi Maria Riva, Postdoctoral Research fellow (RTD a), Bocconi University, Italy

Gianluca Rotino, Dott., Legal Specialist, Italy

Francesca Santoro, Director Privacy & Digital Regulation, Deloitte Advisory, Milan, Italy

Fadilat Yakubu, Student, Faculty of Law, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Kogi state, Nigeria

Group #4 – New Technologies and Vulnerable Groups

Ifeoluwa James Afolabi, Undergraduate, Law, Obafemi Awolowo University, AI Safety, Nigeria

Ashkan Alinaghian, AI Policy Analyst, STI Policy Think-tank, Italy

Luca Barbieri, PhD candidate in Security, Risk and Vulnerability, Italy

Barbara Giovanna Bello, Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Law, Italy

Matt Blaszczyk, Assistant Professor, United States of America

Jean Baptiste, Bukuru Lecturer, Faculty of Political and Law Sciences, University of Burundi, Burundi

Marta Burgos González, Project Manager and PhD candidate, Spain

Carlotta Maria Capizzi, ICT Compliance Specialist for Financial Services, Italy

Raissa Carrillo Villamizar, Advisor to the Delegate for the Protection of Digital Environments and Freedom of Expression (DADLE), Office of the Ombudsman of Colombia, Colombia

Karan Singh Chouhan, PhD Scholar, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, India and Former Assistant Professor, Christ University, India

Cosima Ciampi, Jurist, France

Enza Cirone, Postdoctoral Researcher and Adjunct Professor, European Union Law, University of Florence, Italy

Lucila Comisso, Lawyer and student of Master’s in Law — Law & Economics oriented — at Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Agnys Da Silva Camillo, Lead AI Governance- Product Manager, Brazil

Natalia Dalenz Lorieto, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Fintech Regulation and Data Privacy, Legal Consultant, Bolivia

Joy Uchechi Eziashi, Executive Director, TrustedTech Initiative, Nigeria

Carolina Fabara, Post Doctoral Fellow at Sun Yat Sen University, CrossFrontier Legal Consulting, China

Lilla Garayova, Professor of International Law, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law, Pan-European University, Slovakia

Thelma Georgewill, Associate, G Elias, Nigeria

Cameron Giles, Dr., Senior Lecturer in Law, London South Bank University, United Kingdom

Laura Gonzalez, Rozo Policy and Legal Researcher – AI and Tech Governance, United Kingdom

Michael Goodyear, Associate Professor Michael P. Goodyear, New York Law School, United States of America

Muhammad Hassan, Lecturer Muhammad Hassan, Law, Government College University Lahore, Pakistan

Higenyi Simon Kasango, Lawyer & CEO, Uganda

Cecilia Isola, Academic Fellow, University of Genoa, Italy, Portugal

Rippich Karolin, PhD Researcher, Human Development & Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland

Rahul Kumar, LL.M Student, International and European Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Tamandani Kumbambe, Legal Officer, Click Law, Malawi

Federico Leiva, Doctoral candidate, Philosophy Department, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina

Diego Machado, Professor, Brazil

Savino Menna, ICT Lawyer, Data Governance and ISO Standards, Managing Partner at HyperQube, Milan, Italy

Ian Makambu Mong’are, Chief Privacy Officer, Kenya

Taïrou Moustapha Akin, Research Assistant, Sociology and Demography Research, Demographic Research Unit, URD, Togo

Giulia Neaher, Research Analyst, Stimson Center, Washington D.C., United States of America

Tithi Neogi, Public Policy Analyst, The Quantum Hub, Delhi, India

Winnie Ngigi, Lawyer, Winnie ngigi& Associates, Kenya

Melissa Ninsiima, Independent Researcher, Uganda

Dalloua Nour Elhouda, Tunisia

Hesam Nourooz Pour, Visiting Researcher at CEPRI, University of Copenhagen, University of Malaya, Malaysia

Gbadebo Odularu, Ph.D, FREcon, United States of America

Juliet Ohahuru-Obiora, Executive Director, Action Against Child Sexual Abuse Initaitive (ACSAI), Nigeria

Beatrice Panattoni, Post Doctoral Researcher, ICTs Criminal Law, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Ngabire Paterne, MEAL Officer, Burundi

Gianluca Pecora, Bird & Bird, Sydney, Australia

Aishwarya Pokhriyal, United Kingdom

Peterking Quaye, Digital Policy and AI Governance Research Specialist , WAICTANet, HQ, Liberia

Muhammad Arif Rajput, Dr. Adjunct Faculty Member, Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad, and Sindh Judicial Academy, Karachi, Pakistan; Judge (Trial and Appellate Jurisdiction), District Judiciary, Sindh, Pakistan

Varun Ramdas, Independent researcher and consultant, India

Lodovica Raparelli, Head of Research and Projects at the Oxford Institute of Technology and Justice, United Kingdom

Dima Samaro, Expert and Researcher in Technology & Human Rights, Palestine

Valentina Grazia Sapuppo, Lawyer & Corporate Compliance Officer, Legal & Technical Expert in AI, ICT & Data Protection, UNINFO (ISO/IEC & CEN/CENELEC), Italy

Bewindin Alfred Sawadogo, AI policy researcher, independent, France

Catherine Setiawan, Country Coordinator, Global Index on Responsible AI, Indonesia

Helen Sithole, Legal & ICT Policy Officer, MISA Regional, Zimbabwe

Anushree Srivastava, Law Student at National Law University, Gujarat, India pursuing B.A LLB (J.D Equivalent), India

Juliett Suárez Ferreira, Responsible AI Director, Adigital, Spain

Shu Yee Teoh, Magistrate, Magistrates’ Court of Alor Gajah, Malacca, Malaysia (Judiciary), Malaysia

Valentine Ugwuoke, Doctoral Candidate, School of Information Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States of America

Niteesh Kumar Upadhyay, Associate professor of law, Dhirubhai Ambani University Gujarat, India

Susanna Viggiani, Legal Corporate & Compliance, Italy

Marie-Andrée Weiss, Attorney and DPO, United States of America

Xiaochen Zhang, Executive Director & Chief Responsible AI Officer, AI 2030, United States of America

Aisulu Zhussupbayeva, Behavioral Scientist and AI Safety Researcher, France, Kazakhstan

Group #5 – The Augmented Jurist

Izabela Acorroni, Legal Consultant and Researcher on AI, Data Protection & Digital Platforms, Brazil

Eylül Erva Akin, Dr., University of Milan, Italy

Shan Ali, PhD Fellow, Italy

Ligia Catherine Arias-Barrera, Professor in Financial Law, Externado de Colombia University, Colombia

Ucha Avsajanishvili, Policy Leader Fellow at the School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute (EUI), Italy, Georgia

Filippo Bianchini, Professor, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, AI Advisor, Perugia, Italy

Shiva Bissessar, Managing Director, Trinidad and Tobago

Juan Camilo Boada Acosta, Colombia

Emanuele Brambilla, Dr., Italy

Bordère Camille, Assistant Professor in Public and Digital Law, Université de Caen Normandie, France

Fabiana Cebrian, PhD Candidate in Law, PUCPR (Brazil), Data Protection Specialist, ANPD (Brazilian Data Protection Agency), Brazil

Massimiliano Ceschini, Senior Consultant, Legal Compliance & Organization + Digital Transformation, KPMG Studio Associato, Italy

Judy Jepchumba Cheserek, Chief Counsel and D. Director Legal Services Nairobi City County Government, Kenya

Dilnesaw Israel Chinasho, Dr. Legal Director, Prime Minister’s office of Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Harshali Chowdhary, Judge, Punjab and Haryaba High Court, United States of America

Riccardo Michele Colangelo, Dr. Ph.D. Student, Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy and Tutor (teaching assistant), University of Turin, Italy

Alessandro Cortina, Senior Cybersecurity Consultant, Spike Reply, Italy

Bohdan Demidont, Managing Partner at Demidont & Partners Law Office (Ukraine) and Founder of KPI Lex, Legal Operations and Technology, United States of America

Silvia Elia, Legal Counsel, Italy

Riccardo Fava, Ricercatore CNR ISSIRFA, Italy

Marco Fontana, Italian Lawyer, Post-doc Research Fellow at the Polytechnic of Milan, Lecturer in Multilevel Protection of Rights in AI, University of Milan, Italy

Arletta Gorecka, Dr., Lecturer in Law, Glasgow International College, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Emma Jones, Dr., Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Nana Khechikashvili, Researcher, University of Glasgow, Belgium

Simona Klimbacher, Lawyer, General Counsel, Lecturer in Legal Informatics, University of Milan, Italy

Andrej Krištofík, Assistant Professor, Institute of Law and Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Maria Lubomira Kubica, Ramon y Cajal Research Fellow of Spanish Ministry of Education and Universities in Civil Law at UNED Madrid, Spain

Pavel Loutocký, Dr., Assistant Professor, Institute of Law and Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

Charles Ho Wang Mak, Lecturer in Law, University of Bristol, United Kingdom

Claudia Mangè, Lawyer, Italy

Anne-Sophie Martin, Research Assistant, Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome; Lecturer in Space Law, Centre for High Defence Studies (CASD) Rome, Italy

Silvia Martinelli, Research Fellow, University of Turin, Italy

Solomon Meru, Partner (Law Firm), Kenya

Maryam Mohammadi, Legal counsel, Joynext GmbH, Germany

Davide Palazzo, Post-doc Researcher, Università di Roma Tre, Italy

Dyuti Pandya, Analyst, ECIPE, India

Angela Raffaele, Trainee lawyer, Italy

Abhiyanshu Ranjan, Legal Associate, Office of Advocate Sukesh Ranjan, Patna High Court, India

Fasilat Rauf-Oyedele, Esq., Associate, Pinheiro LP, Nigeria

Omar Scuderi, Master’s Degree Candidate in Law, University of Urbino “Carlo Bo” Urbino (PU), Italy

Sonia Sforza, PhD Candidate Sonia Sforza, Comparative Private Law, University of Milan, Italy, currently visiting researcher in China

Eleonora Silva, PhD candidate, international and public law, ethics and economics for sustainable development, University of Milan, Italy

Sarah A. Sutherland, PhD Student, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Canada, United Kingdom

Emir Syahlani, Student, Australia

Freyja van den Boom, Dr., Postdoc Researcher on anticipatory AI governance and legal futures, Belgium, Japan

Uri Volovelsky, Senior Legal Counsel and Head of the Commercial and Civil Division, Asset Forfeiture Unit, Ministry of Justice, Israel; Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Roza Woldemichael Wana, Junior Associate, Aman & Partners LLP, Ethiopia

Waridah Makena, Global AI & Data Policy Advisor, waMamba Labs, AI Policy Group Member, CAIDP, United States of America

Wai Wai Wong, Senior Lecturer, University Malaya, Malaysia

Akos Wordie, Independent Researcher, United States of America