My research focuses on the intersections of law, technology, and society, with a particular emphasis on digital companions and their implications for legal regimes. My recent work investigates how these technologies challenge existing legal paradigms and often evade traditional regulatory frameworks.

Beyond a purely legal analysis, I have developed a three-dimensional lens of chatbot technology, as detailed in my article published in Philosophy & Technology (Springer). Additionally, my doctoral studies explored the unique legal challenges posed by ghostbots, with related findings published in the Computer Law & Security Review (CLSR).

My wider scholarly interest is concerned with the conceptualization of infrastructural power in relation to digital platforms and their societal impact. 

While I have explored how digital platforms disrupt social structures in prior publications, I am expanding this focus to examine the broader role of major technology corporations as infrastructures in both digital and physical realms.

When applied to digital platforms, the term infrastructure encompasses diverse scholarly approaches. For instance, geopolitical analyses highlight the strategic risks of external technological dependencies, framing infrastructure as a tool of power rather than neutrality. Alternatively, the concept of “platformization” explores how platforms embed themselves within economic systems and governance frameworks, becoming integral to social and economic life. Other perspectives focus on market dynamics, addressing competition, dominance, and antitrust regulation.

While these frameworks are valuable, they often fall short of adequately addressing platforms’ infrastructural power: their capacity to govern, rearrange, and coordinate individuals, collectives, and institutions through systems of data flows, protocols, material components, and physical spaces. Advancing a nuanced understanding of infrastructural power is essential to framing debates on platform governance. My approach to this issue is particularly influenced by legal scholars, such as Julie E. Cohen, who employs  STS perspectives.

Aligned with my broader research, I am also deeply interested in the governance of AI. Despite its inclusion on international agendas, frameworks such as International Law often struggle to effectively address the governance challenges AI poses. In a recent article for Computers and Law Magazine, I explored these shortcomings and argued for a more collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to fill these gaps. I believe there is significant potential for joint scholarly efforts to develop innovative solutions and elucidate the pitfalls of current frameworks.