Luca Belli

Dr. Luca Belli is Professor of Digital Governance and Regulation at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Law School, Rio de Janeiro, where he directs the Center for Technology and Society (CTS-FGV) and the CyberBRICS project. Luca is also editor of the International Data Privacy Law (IDPL) Journal, published by Oxford University Press, and Director of the Computers Privacy and Data Protection conference Latin-America (CPDP LatAm). He is member of the Brazilian Presidency’s National Cybersecurity Committee and, since July 2025, he has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Council of the Brazilian Interministerial Committee for Digital Transformation. In 2026, he has been invited to join the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Data Frontiers. He is also board member of the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership and member of the Steering Committee of the Forum for Information & Democracy. He is author of more than 100 publications on law and technology, exploring data governance, cybersecurity, AI regulation, Internet access, and digital transformation, with a particular focus on BRICS+ and Latin American countries. Luca has been consulted by several intergovernmental organizations and national regulators, including the International Telecommunications Union, the Council of Europe, the Digital Cooperation Organization, etc. and his works have been quoted by numerous media outlets, including The Economist, The New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, Le Monde, BBC, China Today, The Beijing Review, The Hill, O Globo, Folha de São Paulo, El Pais, etc. Luca holds a PhD in Public Law from Université Paris Panthéon-Assas.