Professor Laura Palazzani is Professor of Philosophy of Law at LUMSAUniversity in Rome, where she also directs the Center for Bioethics and Digital Transition and the Center for ethics in scientific research.Her academic work spans biolaw, ethics of science and technology, human rights, and AIgovernance. Prof. Palazzani served (2010-2025) as a member of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), which advises the European Commission on the ethical implications of scientific and technological innovation. From 2016 to 2023, she was a member of the UNESCO International Bioethics Committee, where she contributed toglobal policy dialogue on biomedical ethics and the responsible development of AI. She has also been member and Vice President of the Italian National Bioethics Committee, the country’s advisory body on bioethical issues (2002-2022), and served on ethics committees of national institutions, including the Italian Ministry of Health and AIFA (Italian Medicines Agency). She has participated in numerous EU-fundedresearch projects (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe), working on the ethical, legal, and societal implications of AI, genomics, and digital transformation in health care. Her work with the Pontifical Academy for Life (as member since 2016 and in the Steering Committee since 2022) and in the Steering Committee of Human Rights in the field of Health and Biomedicine at the Council of Europe, reflects her deepcommitment to ensuring that new technologies remains aligned with human dignity, justice, and human rights. Prof. Palazzani has published extensively on topics rangingfrom bioethics and biolaw (beginning and end of life issues) to AI and neuroscience and the law. She is also actively involved in teaching at both national and international levels.
Research fields: Bioethics, biolaw on beginning of life issues and end of life issues; cure and experimentations; AI and neurotechnologies between ethics and law; gender issues; C. Thomasius