Andrea Bertolini

Andrea Bertolini is an Associate Professor of Private Law at the Dirpolis Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and also serves as an adjunct professor of private law at the University of Pisa. He directs and coordinates the Centre of Excellence on the Regulation of Robotics and AI (EURA), which was previously funded by the European Commission through the Jean Monnet Action. Additionally, he serves on the board of Fondazione 'Ai4Industry,' where he was nominated as a counselor by the Italian Ministero dell'Economia e della Finanza.

His research spans private law (contracts, torts, law of obligations) to regulation of robotics and AI and technoethics, employing a comparative and law and economics approach. His work focuses on alternative liability models, product safety regulation, certification, insurance and risk management, human-machine interaction, user manipulation, and deception.

Bertolini regularly consults national, international, and European policymakers on robotics and AI regulation through written studies and in-person hearings. His publications reflect his expertise across traditional legal domains and emerging technology regulation, demonstrating a consistent scholarly trajectory examining how legal frameworks adapt to technological innovation.

His research interests include:

• Contract law and law of obligations
• Law and economics of contracts and liability rules
• Product liability and product safety
• Robolaw: law and robotics (and AI)
• Bioethics, Roboethics, Machine ethics

Dr. Bertolini holds a joint degree from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and the University of Pisa, a Ph.D. in private law from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School. He is licensed to practice law in both Italy and New York.