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Biography
Cristina Poncibò is Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Law Department of the University of Turin, Italy. In Fall 2021, Cristina has been a Faculty Member at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies (CTLS) in London (Course: The Law & Policy of Technological Innovation). She is also a TTLF Fellow of the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum (Stanford Law School and University of Vienna School of Law). She teaches Comparative Law, Comparative Regulation of Emerging Technologies, Contracts and EU Competition Law. Cristina is also the scientific coordinator of the Master in International Trade Law co-organized with ITC-ILO, UNCITRAL and Unidroit. Her most recent edited books include: Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Hart, 2022, with M. Ebers and M. Zou) and The Cambridge Handbook of Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms (Cambridge University Press, 2019, with L. Matteo and M. Cannarsa). Recently, she has published an article about “AI as a communication tool in contract law” in the ERPL special issue about AI and Private Law (2023).
Cristina is a member of the International Association of Comparative Law (SIRD) and Delegate of the Law Department (sponsor institution) to the American Association of Comparative Law. She is also a member of the following academic associations and institutions: European Law Institute (ELI), Juris Diversitas, Ascola and Secola. She regularly acts as an expert for European institutions (European Parliament, European Commission) and international organizations (ILO, UNCTAD). Cristina is a graduate of the University of Turin, Italy (Master and Bachelor in EU Private Law) and the University of Florence, Italy (PhD in Comparative Private Law) and was an associate in an international UK law firm and a fellow at the Italian Competition Authority (Legal affairs department). In her career, Cristina has been a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow of the European Commission for the two-year research project “EU Networks” at the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), France, and a Max Weber Fellow at the Law department of the European University Institute (EUI). Cristina has been a TTLF Fellow since 2021.
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