Anna Pirri Valentini

Anna Pirri Valentini is an Assistant Professor of Administrative Law at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, specializing in Global Law. She teaches at multiple institutions: Art Market Legislation at NABA (Milan, 2019-2023), and Tourism, Heritage, and Cultural Policy courses at Luiss Guido Carli University (Rome, 2021-2024). She holds a PhD in Cultural Heritage Management (IMT Lucca, 2020) and a Law degree cum laude from Sapienza University of Rome (2015). Her research focuses on cultural heritage legislation and art law, particularly the legal protection of contemporary art, artists' contracts, art export controls, and institutional governance.

She collaborates with international research networks like the Law and Cultural Heritage across the Atlantic and contributes to projects such as MEMOLOI and the ELGAR Research Handbook. She is a visiting scholar at ENS Paris Saclay and LSE, and consults for Fondazione Scuola Beni e Attività Culturali on cultural projects. Professional roles include Deputy Secretary General of ICON-S (International Society of Public Law) and Secretary General of its Italian chapter.