Luigi Pigna
Visiting Stay: January to July 2026
Luigi is a PhD candidate in Public, Comparative and International Law (International Order and Human Rights) at Sapienza University of Rome. He holds a degree in International Relations (2022) and an LLM in International Protection of Human Rights, with theses on EU personal data protection and the regulation of artificial intelligence.
He is currently focusing his doctoral research on the role of litigation, particularly human rights-based public interest cases, in promoting accountability for climate obligations, with a special interest in climate-related litigation within the European Union and its contribution to climate justice and environmental governance.
Luigi has written several publications, mainly related to the protection of human rights, in particular in the digital realm. His core research interests lie in EU law, particularly climate change law and the governance of the EU digital single market, with a focus on personal data protection and the challenges of artificial intelligence. These areas intersect with his broader engagement with international human rights law, encompassing migration, refugee protection, and the work of UN bodies and international courts.
From October 2024 to May 2025, Luigi completed an internship at UNIDROIT, the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, where he contributed to a joint UNIDROIT/ICC project on International Investment Contracts (IICs) aimed at developing guidance to support the modernization and standardization of international investment agreements.