Alberto Alemanno

Biography

Alberto Alemanno is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law at HEC Paris and at the College of Europe in Bruges. One of the leading voices on Europe’s democratization, his research and public interest work have been centered on how law and policies may be used to improve people’s lives, through the adoption of power-shifting reforms countering political, economic, and health disparities of access within society.

His commitment to bridge the gap between academic research and policy action through his nonprofit The Good Lobby has earned Alemanno numerous recognitions, including Politico’s Power 40 — Brussels class of 2023, Social Innovator of the Year Award by the Schwab Foundation (2022), Ashoka Fellow since 2019, and Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (2015).

During his time at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES), Alemanno will work on a project to understand how EU citizens can influence the evolution of the European Union through existing democratic processes.

Alemanno holds LLM degrees from Harvard Law School and the College of Europe. He holds a Ph.D. in International Law & Economics from Bocconi University. He served as global professor of Law at NYU School of Law where he taught EU law (2014-2018) as well as visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Centre (2011-2014).

This information is accurate for the time period that the visiting scholar is affiliated with CES.

Affiliations

• Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, HEC Paris
• Visiting Scholar 2024-2025, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
• Democracy Visiting Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School