Silvia Borelli

Silvia Borelli is an Associate Professor (GIUR-04/A classification) in the Department of Law at the University of Ferrara, Italy. She teaches multiple courses including Labor Law, Industrial Relations Law, and Legal Clinic for Labor and Social Benefits at both the main Ferrara campus and the Rovigo campus across various degree programs.

Professor Borelli's research focuses on critical contemporary labor law issues:

• Labor exploitation in subcontracting and platform work arrangements
• EU regulatory frameworks for workers' rights and social protection
• Gender equality in labor markets and workplace discrimination
• Social security systems and their adaptation to new work forms
• Migration and labor rights for third-country workers within EU frameworks
• The impact of digitalization on workplace regulation and algorithmic management

Her scholarly work demonstrates consistent engagement with the tension between economic efficiency and social protection in labor markets. Professor Borelli has published extensively on business relocation practices, examining how corporate mobility affects worker protections across jurisdictions. She has made significant contributions to understanding how traditional labor standards are challenged by new business models, particularly in logistics and platform work sectors. Her analysis of EU regulatory initiatives shows particular attention to the balance between simplification measures and maintaining robust social and environmental safeguards.

Professor Borelli's publication record is substantial, with 234 research outputs including 7 books, 77 contributions to edited volumes, 107 journal articles, and various editorial and research activities. Her recent work (2024-2025) shows increasing focus on the regulation of algorithms in employment contexts, corporate due diligence requirements, and the implementation of international labor standards in national legal systems.

As an academic leader, she has served as curator for significant publications addressing contemporary labor challenges, including "Relocation: an old problem in search of new answers" and works examining reasonable accommodations and discrimination. Her collaborative work with scholars like Fausta Guarriello, Andrea Allamprese, and Giovanni Orlandini demonstrates her engagement with interdisciplinary approaches to labor law problems.