Susanna Villani

Dr. Susanna Villani (Ph.D.) is Junior Assistant Professor in EU law at the Department of Legal Studies of the University of Bologna and is involved in the extended partnership PE01 – “Future Artificial Intelligence Research” FAIR - PNRR, Spoke 8 – Pervasive AI. In 2018, she got the PhD in EU law at the University of Bologna in co-tutorship with the National Distance Education University (UNED) in Madrid. Currently, she is staff member of a number of national and international research projects. Since 2024, she has been qualified to hold the position of Associate Professor for GIUR-10/A (European Union Law).

Current research topics include: Artificial Intelligence and EU law; EU legal instruments and judicial protection in the field of climate change; the relationship between environmental degradation and migration; sustainable development and trade; international and EU disaster response law; EU external action; interaction between international law and EU law.