Research & Teaching

My scholarship lies at the critical nexus of European law, international law, constitutional law theory, fundamental rights, and the evolving framework of EU digital regulations. Building on my monograph (A Rights-Based Inter-Legal approach to Artificial Intelligence, Hart, Oxford 2026), my research agenda is structured around three interrelated pillars: 

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• The first pillar focuses on identifying and understanding the defining features, capabilities, and implications of AI systems deployed in the public sector. It examines systems that satisfy two principal criteria: (i) relevance, meaning that they are actively used by public authorities in the administration and delivery of public services, and (ii) sensitivity, meaning that their use raises significant questions concerning the protection of fundamental and human rights. The research also incorporates a multidisciplinary inquiry into the definition of AI, drawing on computer science, philosophy of technology, and legal scholarship to explore its inter-systemic character. Building on this interdisciplinary analysis, it then examines how AI is regulated and how constitutional values, rights, and principles are concretised through emerging legal frameworks.

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• The second pillar of my research focuses on the evolving judicial response to advanced technologies, particularly through the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. It examines how these courts address the fundamental- and human-rights implications of data-driven and automated technologies, including automated decision-making, algorithmic systems, digital surveillance, and other emerging technological applications. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which established rights and legal principles are interpreted and adapted in technologically novel contexts, as well as to the interaction between European Union law and the European Convention on Human Rights.

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• ​The third pillar focuses on the application and further evolution of the theory of inter-legality in the context of AI and advanced technologies. Inter-legality captures situations in which a single legal problem is simultaneously shaped by multiple, overlapping legal orders, regimes, and normative frameworks. Moving beyond traditional monist and dualist approaches and predetermined hierarchies, this strand examines how these different legalities interact, compete, and mutually influence one another in a particular case. Central to this inquiry is the role of practical legal wisdom and contextual reasoning in navigating normative conflicts and identifying just solutions across plural legal frameworks. This research also engages critically with the notion of digital constitutionalism, examining its conceptual foundations, normative claims, and capacity to capture the constitutional implications of technological transformation.​​​​