Silvia A. Carretta is a Visiting Fellow at the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech (USA). She is a joint doctoral candidate at the law faculty of Uppsala University (Sweden) and the Wallenberg Graduate School on AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program - Humanities and Society (WASP-HS).

Silvia’s research studies the accountability of artificial intelligence under the lens of private law and, in particular, the impact of algorithmic online content moderation on users’ fundamental rights. She regularly lectures in advanced courses at the law faculty and has several publications around her research interests (which include intellectual property law, law and technology, and private law issues connected to upcoming AI shifts in society).

As a scholar-practitioner, Silvia acts as Chief Legal Officer for Women in AI, a global do-tank working towards gender-inclusive AI. She has been a member of the Milan Bar Association since 2017.

Silvia holds a Law degree and an LL.M. in Private International Law and Arbitration from the Catholic University of Milan (Italy) as well as an LL.M. in European Intellectual Property Law from Stockholm University (Sweden).