FoodTech for Sustainable Agrifood Chain
Identity in the Age of Globalization Series
hosted by Professor
Vera Negri Zamagni
Andrea Renda
Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
Andrea Renda is Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy (GRID) at CEPS.
He is currently a non-resident Senior Fellow at Duke University's Kenan Institute for Ethics, and has held the "Google Chair" for Digital Innovation at the College of Europe in Bruges since 2017. Specializing in EU law and policymaking, his current research interests include regulation and policy evaluation, regulatory governance, private regulation, innovation and competition policies, internet policy, and the alignment of policies for long-term impacts such as sustainability and decarbonization.
Renda has acted as advisor to several international institutions, including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the OECD, the World Bank and national governments around the world.
He has taught at the European University Institute in Florence; the Luiss Guido Carli University, in Rome; Erasmus University of Rotterdam; the University of Stockholm; the University of Jordan and Fudan University in Shanghai.
In 2017 Renda became a member of the ESIR (Economic and Societal Impacts for Research) expert group of the European Commission. He is on the editorial boards of the journals "Telecommunication Policy" (Elsevier) and "European Journal of Risk Regulation" (Lexxion) .
Renda has an EMLE degree from the University of Hamburg and a PhD in Law and Economics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam. He is the author of several publications and is currently working on two new books: "Governing AI Ethical and Policy Challenges" (Palgrave-MacMillan) and "A Modern Guide to Regulation" (Elgar); both are due for publication this year.