Edoardo C. Raffiotta

Edoardo C. Raffiotta is a Professor of Law at the University of Milan Bicocca. He is also a Fellow at the Public Law and Policy Program of the University of California at Berkeley and Legal Advisor to the Italian Data Protection Authority. He holds a J.D. from the University of Catania (2004) and a Ph.D. in Constitutional Law from the University of Bologna. He was a Professor of Law at the University of Bologna (from 2011 to 2021). His main areas of interest are constitutional law, administrative law, and comparative law. He has published numerous articles and books: on the exercise of executive powers during a state of emergency comparing European and US constitutional systems; on economic governance and the role of public powers during financial crises; on fundamental rights protection; and on legal and administrative regulation in the tech field. Prof. Raffiotta’s fellowship at Berkeley’s Public Law and Policy Program is concentrated on Tech Law and Cybersecurity. The study focuses on the legal effect of artificial intelligence applications, following trends in legal regulations within the EU and the US.