Mario Biagioli, an authority in the intersection of law, science and technology, has joined UCLA as a distinguished professor of law and communications.
Biagioli comes to UCLA School of Law and UCLA’s Department of Communication from UC Davis, where he served as a distinguished professor in the law school, history department and Science and Technology Studies program. He also served as the founding director of UC Davis’ Center for Science and Innovation Studies and as an associate faculty member of the Cultural Studies program and the Critical Theory Program.
Artificial intelligence, sophisticated algorithms and other rapid advances in technology are changing how people and institutions engage with each other and raise numerous vexing issues for application of the law. UCLA Law's Institute for Technology, Law & Policy, a collaboration with UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, explores the impact of advances on privacy, justice and the law.