Alessandro Mantelero is Associate Professor of Private Law and Law & Technology at Polytechnic University of Turin. In 2022 he was granted the Jean Monnet Chair in Mediterranean Digital Societies and Law by the European Commission. He is member of the Support Pool of Experts of the European Data Protection Board. From 2016 to 2022, he served as scientific expert for the Council of Europe on AI, data protection and human rights. On these topics, he has also advised several organizations, including the United Nations, the European Commission, the European Data Protection Board, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Italian Ministry of Justice, the Presidency of the Dominican Republic, and the Brazilian Federal Senate. He regularly acts as an independent ethics reviewer for the ERC Executive Agency and other EU agencies. His latest book is Beyond Data. Human Rights, Ethical and Social Impact Assessment in AI (Springer-Asser, 2022).