Nicolo Zingales is Professor of Information Law and Regulation at the law school of the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, and coordinator of its E-commerce research group. Fascinated by the interaction of law, technology and markets, he researches on a range of issues revolving around the roles and responsibilities of digital platforms and intermediaries in the online ecosystem. He published several articles in scientific journals primarily on competition law, intermediary liability, Internet governance and data protection law, including most recently ‘Platform value(s): A multidimensional framework for online responsibility’ (2020) Computer Security and Law Review; BRICS academic report on Digital Era Competition Law: A BRICS Perspective (2019, BRICS Competition Centre); ‘Antitrust intent in an age of algorithmic nudging’ (2019) Journal of Antitrust Enforcement; ‘Data protection considerations in competition analysis: funnel or straitjacket for innovation?’, in P. Nihoul and P. Van Cleynenbreugel, The Role of Innovation in Competition Analysis (Edward Elgar, 2018); ‘Between a Rock and Two Hard Places: WhatsApp at the Crossroad of Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law’ (2017) Computer Law & Security Review; Platform Regulations: How Platforms Are Regulated and How They Regulate Us (FGV Press, 2017); and ‘The Legal Framework for SEP Disputes in the EU Post-Huawei: Whither Harmonization?’ (2017) Yearbook of European Law.

His research has been cited, among others, by the UN Special Rapporteur for the Protection and Promotion of Freedom of Opinion and Expression, the UK House of Lords, and the European Parliament.  He is founder and co-chair of the Internet Governance Forum’s Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, a founding member of the MyData Global Network and lead of its Brazilian Hub. He is also currently a Research Associate at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society and an Extramural Fellow at the Tilburg Law and Economics Center. Prior to establishing his academic home at FGV, he worked for three years in the United Kingdom (University of Leeds and University of Sussex), and for two years in the Netherlands (Tilburg Law School). He held visiting appointments at the law schools of the University of Western Australia, the Graduate Institute of Geneva, New York University, Harvard University, and at the Max Planck Institute for Competition and Innovation. He holds a JD from the University of Bologna and a PhD in international law and economics from Bocconi University (2013).