Oreste Pollicino

Founder & Managing Partner

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Professor Pollicino is the only legal scholar in Italy to have simultaneously obtained—back in 2014—three full professorship qualifications in three distinct academic fields (Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, and European Union Law). He is also one of the most cited constitutional law scholars in Europe in matters concerning the protection of fundamental rights online, digital technologies, artificial intelligence governance, and the fight against disinformation.

Full Professor of Constitutional Law and AI Law at Bocconi University, where he serves as Director of the postgraduate Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law of Technology and Automated Systems (LATAS).

President of DICOPO – Centre for Digital Constitutionalism and Policy (Brussels).

A barrister before the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione), he brings over twenty years of experience in media law, digital technologies, data protection, and European and constitutional litigation.

Today, he is one of the most renowned advisors on artificial intelligence regulation, AI compliance and governance, privacy protection, data valorization, digital content regulation, freedom of expression online, content moderation oversight, and the fight against disinformation. He also conducts fundamental rights impact assessments for both public and private entities, in accordance with current legislation on artificial intelligence and digital sustainability.

He is an expert in European (Court of Justice of the EU and European Court of Human Rights) and constitutional litigation in these areas.

Among his national and international roles in the digital field and AI governance, he has collaborated or continues to collaborate with:

  • European Commission
  • World Economic Forum
  • OECD
 

He currently also serves as:

  • Legal expert to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers;
  • Advisor to the National Cybersecurity Agency;
  • Chair of the Committee on Data Governance and AI Compliance at the School of Economic and Social Policies (SPES);
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the Digital Library (Ministry of Culture);
  • Member of the “Data Governance” Working Group of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) within the OECD;
  • Member of the Resilience Governance and Regulation Working Group, AI Governance Alliance, World Economic Forum.
 

He has previously served as:

  • Independent Member of the Board of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights;
  • Independent Academic Member of the Standing Assembly of the European Commission for the drafting of a Code of Conduct on General Purpose AI, collaborating with AI model developers and users, civil society, academia, and European regulators;
  • Expert appointed by AGCOM for the investigation on services offered by online platforms;
  • Member of the Expert Group for the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (Ministry of Economic Development);
  • Member of the Ministry of Justice Expert Commission for the implementation of GDPR in the Italian legal system;
  • Independent expert appointed by AGCOM for the drafting of the White Paper on TV 2.0.
 
He has been, or continues to be, a visiting professor and visiting scholar at several international universities, including:
  • Fribourg University (Switzerland);
  • Nuffield College – Oxford University (Jemolo Fellow);
  • New York University (Fulbright and Emile Noël Fellow);
  • Haifa University (Israel);
  • Sciences Po (Paris).
 
He regularly participates as a keynote speaker at high-level public and closed-door events organized by leading national and international think tanks on artificial intelligence regulation, innovation, and the protection of fundamental rights.
 
Professor Pollicino promotes ongoing outreach, actively participating in the public debate on the constitutional and democratic implications of digital transformation. Through articles in national and international publications, interviews, podcasts, public lectures, and educational seminars, he contributes to making complex topics such as the regulation of artificial intelligence, online disinformation, and the balance between innovation and the protection of human rights accessible.