Gianmaria Ajani is Professor of Comparative Law, Law & Technoplogy and Law & Art at the University of Turin, Italy, and past Rector of the same University. He taught EU Law at UC Berkeley, USA, and advised various international organisations such as the IMF, EU Commission, Council of Europe, UNDP, GIZ and the ILO. He served as expert on legal reforms in PRChina, Russia, Albania, Kosovo, Ukraine, Vietnam. He received an honorary doctorate from the Université de Savoie.