Cristina Poncibò

Cristina Poncibò is a professor of comparative private law and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Turin and an affiliate of the Collegio Carlo Alberto. Her research focuses on comparative law, artificial intelligence and digital regulation, consumer protection, online platforms, blockchain, and emerging technologies.

Poncibò is scientific director of the Master in International Trade Law, jointly organized by the University of Turin, the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law. She also advises European institutions, European Union agencies, and international organizations on technology law and regulation.

Poncibò was a fellow of the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum at Stanford Law School and a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford’s Institute of European and Comparative Law. She has also taught at Georgetown University’s Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London. Earlier, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Panthéon-Assas University and a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.

Her recent books include “AI and Consumers: Comparative Perspectives,” “Artificial Intelligence: Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics,” “Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” and “Smart Contracts, Blockchain Technology and Digital Platforms.”

Before her academic career, Poncibò practiced law at Allen & Overy in London and interned at the Italian Competition Authority.

Poncibò earned a Ph.D. in comparative law from the University of Florence, a master’s in AI ethics and society from the University of Cambridge, and degrees in law and European private law from the University of Turin.