Designation: Fellow 2023/2025

Luca Ratti is an Associate Professor of European and Comparative Labour Law and Director of the Master in European Law at the University of Luxembourg. He is a key figure in the study of European labor law, focusing on in-work poverty and European social citizenship.

He is currently holding a Jean Monnet Chair to research and teach on the Sustainability of the European Social Model for the period 2022-2025.

Before joining the University of Luxembourg, he was a Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor of Labour Law and Social Security at the University of Bologna, where he also earned his Doctorate. Since February 2020, he has been coordinating the Horizon2020 project “WorkYP: Working, Yet Poor,” which aims to address issues related to in-work poverty. Additionally, since May 2021, he has been co-coordinating the W@W interdisciplinary project on wellbeing at work, funded by the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at the University of Luxembourg.

Jenny Orlando-Salling is a Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Copenhagen, where she joined in September 2020. Her research primarily focuses on the enduring impact of colonialism/imperialism on the European legal order, specifically examining the core-periphery dynamic and its interaction with European Constitutionalism.

Before joining the University of Copenhagen, Jenny served in various prestigious roles. She worked at the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU, where she was Malta’s Representative to several committees including the Nicolaidis Group, Mashreq, Maghreb (MaMa), and Middle East (MOG) from 2015 to 2019. She was also appointed as Deputy Head of Mission and Consul to the Embassy of Malta in Egypt and Sudan for the year 2019-2020.

Jenny holds an undergraduate degree in Law (LLB (Hons.)) from University College London (UCL), where she was awarded two academic excellence awards. She also holds an MSc in Politics and Government in the European Union from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), graduating with Distinction and receiving the Paul Taylor Prize for Overall Performance. During her Ph.D. Fellowship, she completed a Master in Laws (LL.M) at the University of Copenhagen, successfully defending her thesis entitled, ‘Postcoloniality, Memory and Identity in European Constitutionalism – Lessons from Hungary’ in December 2021.

She has lectured undergraduate students in Criminology and Global Challenges in International Law and is open to supervising BA and LLM theses in a variety of subjects. Jenny has also undertaken research stays at the University of Milan  and Princeton University, United States.

Her Ph.D. project is part-funded by the Government of Malta’s TESS Scholarship for the period 2020-2025.

Marta Rocchi is currently an Assistant Professor in Corporate Governance and Business Ethics at DCU Business School, as well as a member of the Irish Institute of Digital Business. She is a highly respected figure in the field of business ethics, particularly focusing on virtue ethics in business and finance.

Prior to her current role, she served as Research Fellow and Vice-Director of the Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre in Rome, Italy. She holds a PhD in Business from the University of Navarra in Spain, specializing in the ethics of finance. She also holds an MSc and a BSc in Economics from Sapienza University of Rome.

She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Hoffman Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University and is a founding member of the Virtue Ethics in Business Research Group of the University of Navarra. Dr. Rocchi has received several prestigious awards, including the 1st prize ex-aequo of the “Ethics and Trust in Finance” Global Award of the Observatoire de la Finance in 2019, the “Society for Business Ethics Founders’ Award” in 2016, and the 2016 Rafael Termes Research Prize on ethics and finance.

Her research has been published in esteemed journals such as Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Business Ethics: A European Review. Currently, she serves as the Programme Chair for the Bachelor of Business Studies International at DCU.

Flynn Coleman is currently a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University. She is an author, international human rights attorney, professor, public speaker, and a social innovator and entrepreneur.

Flynn is a prominent voice in the intersection of technology, ethics, and human rights, advocating for ethically designed AI and its role in global justice, environmental issues, and international affairs.

She is the author of the book A Human Algorithm: How Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Who We Are, a compelling narrative that delves into the ethical implications of AI and serves as a guidebook for life in the age of intelligent technology.

Flynn has an extensive background in international human rights law, having worked with the United Nations, the United States federal government, and various international corporations, universities, and human rights organizations globally. She has taught at The New School, Parsons School of Design, and was the inaugural fellow at the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship at NYU School of Law.

Her accolades include being named a Henry Luce Scholar, a Council on Foreign Relations Stephen M. Kellen Member, the recipient of the YFU Distinguished Alum Award, and the 2019 honoree of the NCP Visionary Award. Flynn holds a BSFS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, a JD from UC Berkeley School of Law, and an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Silvia Martinelli is an Adjunct Professor in the Institution of Private Law  at the University of Turin. She is also the co-founder and Fellow at the Turin Observatory on Economic Law and Innovation (TOELI), She is also a Fellow of the Italian Academy of the Internet Code and a corresponding member of the Unione dei Privatisti.

She is also the winner of the JM Module “PLATFORMLAW – Platform & Data Economy European Legal Framework” as Project Coordinator. Notably, she is considered one of the emerging researchers in the Italian landscape.

Significantly, Silvia Martinelli is a leading expert in the field of private law, particularly focusing on the legal implications of digital innovation and platform economy.

She holds a Law degree from the University of Milan, where she also completed a Postgraduate Course in Legal Informatics. She earned her Ph.D. in “Law, the Individual and Market” from the University of Turin, where her thesis on platform economy and online intermediation services received honors. She has also completed an intensive course on Technological Innovation and Law at the University of Pavia.

Her research is comprehensive and includes ecommerce, data protection, providers and platforms, personality rights, personal data protection, and content moderation. She has written two monographs, “Diritto all’oblio e motori di ricerca” and “I contratti della platform economy”, and several scientific articles, such as “Ai as a tool to manage contracts” in European Review of Private Law,

Silvia Martinelli has received a Research Grant at the University of Milan, Department Cesare Beccaria, and is currently a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Turin.

She is a co-founder and member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law, Market & Innovation (JLMI), TOELI Research Papers coordinator, and a member of various editorial committees.

Yulia Razmetaeva is a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Law and the Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS) at Uppsala University. She is also Head of the Center for Law, Ethics and Digital Technologies at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.

Significantly, Yulia Razmetaeva is deeply involved in the intersection of artificial intelligence and human rights

Her multidisciplinary research interests span a wide range of topics, including artificial intelligence, human rights, rule of law, digital technology, philosophy of technology, and democracy. She has also shown a keen interest in Philosophy of Law, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, and European Philosophy as indicated on her PhilPeople profile.

Yulia Razmetaeva addresses the ethical and legal implications of artificial intelligence, particularly its impact on human rights and the rule of law.

Her work is not only academic but also highly relevant to current debates on the role of technology in society. She has contributed to these discussions through her publications, such as “The loss of experience in the digital age: Legal implications” and “The Right to Resist and the Right of Rebellion”.

Bryant Walker Smith is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law and at the School of Engineering.

He is also an affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.

Notably, Smith led the legal aspects of the automated driving program at Stanford University, establishing him as one of America’s leading experts in autonomous driving.

Trained as both a lawyer and an engineer, Smith advises cities, states, countries, and the United Nations on emerging transportation technologies.

He co-authored the globally influential levels of driving automation, drafted a model law for automated driving, and taught the first legal course dedicated to automated driving in 2012. He is currently writing on what it means for a company to be trustworthy. His publications are available at newlypossible.org.

Before joining the University of South Carolina, Smith clerked for the Hon. Evan J. Wallach at the United States Court of International Trade, and worked as a fellow at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He holds both an LL.M. in International Legal Studies and a J.D. (cum laude) from New York University School of Law, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.

Nizan Geslevich Packin is a Professor of Law at the Law Department of the Zicklin School of Business and Professor at Haifa University

She joined the department in 2013 and her areas of expertise include Financial Regulation, Technology Law and Policy, Privacy and Information Law, Commercial and Ethics Law, and Consumer Protection Law. In addition, Professor Packin is affiliated with the Center for Cyber Law & Policy and also focuses on issues related to cybersecurity.

Before joining the Zicklin School of Business, she practiced law at the New York office of an internationa law firm. She represented clients in complex Chapter 11 cases, as well as in international business transactions and credit facilities.

Professor Packin served as a law clerk in the Israeli Supreme Court and interned at the Federal Trade Commission.

She is a contributor to Forbes, where she regularly writes about issues related to FinTech. She has published opinion articles in various media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, American Banker, Newsday, and Bottom Line. Her research has appeared in academic journals like the Washington University Law Review, Indiana Law Journal, Wisconsin Law Review, Utah Law Review, Houston Law Review, William and Mary Law Review, Chicago Kent Law Review, Berkeley Business Law Journal, Columbia Business Law Review, Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Forum, Oxford Business Law Blog, Columbia Blue Sky Blog, and Duke’s FinReg Blog.

Nizan Geslevich Packin earned her law degrees from Columbia Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the University of Haifa.

At the University of Haifa, she focused on various aspects of law, further enriching her diverse legal background. She also externed for Judge Jack B. Weinstein in the Eastern District Federal Court of New York.

Cary Coglianese is the Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, as well as the Director of the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts in his fields of administrative law and regulatory processes. His work places a strong emphasis on empirical analysis of alternative processes and strategies, public participation, technology, and business-government relations in policymaking.

He has authored over 200 articles, book chapters, and essays, with recent book projects including “Achieving Regulatory Excellence”, “Does Regulation Kill Jobs?”, and “Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation”. He has also written extensively on topics such as climate change policy, the use of artificial intelligence by government agencies, and voluntary environmental programs.

Coglianese served as the founding director of the Penn Program on Regulation and was Penn Law’s Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs. Before joining Penn, he spent 12 years at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he founded and chaired the school’s Regulatory Policy Program. He has also been a visiting law professor at Stanford and Vanderbilt Universities.

He is a Senior Fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), and has served as a Public Member and the Chair of ACUS’s Rulemaking Committee. He has chaired and co-chaired several committees of the American Bar Association’s Section on Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy and is a member of the American Law Institute. At Penn, he teaches courses in administrative law, environmental law, regulatory law and policy, and policy analysis.

Coglianese has been involved in various advisory roles, including serving on a National Academy of Sciences committee studying maritime sector trends, an Aspen Institute panel on energy governance, and a task force on water affordability for the American Water Works Association. He has also provided research and advice to various organizations including the Alberta Energy Regulator, Environment Canada, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Maria Pilar Cousido González is a Full Professor of Constitutional Law/Information Law at the Complutense University of Madrid. She is an authority in the field of Constitutional Law and Information Law. She earned her Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), a law degree from UNED, and a diploma in European Communities from the Diplomatic School. She served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester from 2014 to 2016 and as Maître de Conférences at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II in 1997. She is the research director of the UCM Consolidated Research Group “Transparency, Good Governance, and Communication, TRABUCOM, 931036” and the director of Darecom, the International Online Journal of Communication Law. She was a member of the Government Expert Committee on Transparency Law in 2013 and is currently the Academic Secretary of the Faculty of Information Sciences at UCM. She has lectured on more than 140 occasions in various countries, including the United States, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany, France, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom.