Fabiana di Porto is the Assistant Professor of Economic Law and Technology at the University of Rome Unitelma Sapienza and Adjunct Professor of Law and Policy of Regulation at the Luiss University, Rome.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: regulation, law and technology. Computational methods in law and regulation. That applies to:
- Emerging and disruptive technologies (AI, generative AII, Fintech)
- Computational analysis of law and regulation
- Information Disclosure
- Competition law, regulated markets, consumer law
- Better Regulation and Consultation process through AI
- Virtual worlds, Metaverse and NFTs
ROLES
(2011-) Co-Editor in Chief, peer-reviewed A-rated Italian law journal “Concorrenza e mercato“ (Competition and the market. Antitrust, Regulation, Consumer Welfare, IP; Giuffrè-Lefebvre pub.)
(2023-) Director, Best Junior Papers Award, Academic Society for Competition Law (ASCOLA)
(2021) member of scientific committees of: Univ. Pisa PhD program in law; Global Pandemic Network, Osservatorio AIR (Regulatory Impact Assessment), Law, Ethics and Technology journal.
RESEARCH GRANTS
(2024-26) HORIZON grant (€3.000k, EU Commission) “AI4POL-Using AI to support regulators and policy makers”, Head of unit
(2023-25) PRIN-PNRR grant (€275k, Ital. Min. Univ), PI, “MetaJust. Metaverse Justice: Legal and Practical implications for justice in the Metaverse”
(2023-24) Innovation Grant (€47k, Next Gen EU), Head of unit, “Federated Learning for finance” (fraud and money laundry detection)
(2019-23) PRIN grant (70k Ital. Min. Univ.), Head of unit, “Algorithmic disclosure rules”
(2016-17) 1-year grant (40K, ARERA-Ital. Energy regulator), National coordinator, “Using behavioral insights to enhance energy regulation”
SEMINARS/CONSULTANCY/AUDIT
(2022) Initiator (with prof. D. Bosco) of The Italo-French Colloquium on Digital Sovereignty. Inaugural seminar: “Regulate the Metaverse?”
(2022) Law&Reg Tech Seminar II ed. (LUISS Uni.) “NFTs and Metaverse versus Law”
(2021) Law&Reg Tech Seminar I ed (LUISS Uni.) “Computational law: Theory and Applications”
Audited as national expert before the European Parliament on Dark Patterns (2022) and the Italian Senate on the Metaverse (2023)
(2024) Speaker on “Virtual worlds and competition law”, EU Commission workshop Competition in Virtual Worlds and Generative AI
(2023-24) Consultant for CERRE, Brussels on “Emerging Virtual Worlds: Implications for Policy and Regulation”
PUBLICATIONS: Over 80 articles (appeared, inter alia, in Stanford Computational Antitrust; Artificial Intelligence and Law; Concurrences; the Journal of Regulation and Technology); 4 monographs, 5 edited collections and several op-eds.