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Giovanna Massarotto serves as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, specializing in the convergence of law, economics, and computer science through antitrust and regulatory frameworks. She maintains active affiliations with the Center for Technology, Innovation & Competition (CTIC), the Penn Program on Regulation, and the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT), contributing to interdisciplinary research in digital governance.
Her academic foundation includes a PhD from Bocconi University in Milan, where she previously taught as an Adjunct Professor. Professional experience encompasses a visiting research fellowship at Fordham University, economic consulting work in Washington D.C. focused on intellectual property and antitrust in high-tech industries, and adjunct teaching roles at the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.
Massarotto's research critically examines antitrust dynamics in digital ecosystems, with concentrated expertise in algorithmic collusion mechanisms, blockchain-based market structures, and AI-driven regulatory challenges. She investigates how Byzantine agreement algorithms in distributed systems parallel corporate collusion tactics, while analyzing transatlantic regulatory divergences through frameworks like Europe's Digital Markets Act. Her scholarship bridges computational theory with practical antitrust enforcement in markets exceeding $3 trillion in valuation.
Recent publications reveal a methodological trend combining computer science principles with legal analysis to detect covert coordination in digital markets. Her work demonstrates how cryptographic techniques and consensus mechanisms originally designed for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can be repurposed as evidence in antitrust cases, while comparative studies highlight fundamental ideological differences between U.S. neoclassical and European ordoliberal competition paradigms.
As an educator, Massarotto teaches antitrust law and law-technology integration courses while presenting research at premier institutions including Stanford, Harvard, and Oxford. Her advisory contributions extend to global bodies such as the OECD, Competition and Markets Authority, and Italian communications regulator AGCOM, though formal student mentorship details remain unpublicized.
She actively collaborates with research entities including CTIC and UCL CBT, driving initiatives that model regulatory responses to algorithmic market failures and develop forensic tools for detecting digital collusion in cryptocurrency networks processing over 450,000 daily transactions.
