Ana Beduschi

Dr Ana Beduschi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Exeter and Senior Research Fellow at the Geneva Academy.

Her research and teaching focus on international human rights law, technology, digital law, data protection and privacy, and international migration and refugee law. Her recent publications examine the impact of artificial intelligence on human rights protection, the opportunities and challenges presented by digital identity, and the implications of big data and artificial intelligence for international migration and human rights law.

Dr Beduschi currently leads research projects on the following topics: Artificial Intelligence in international migration; Digital technologies in the humanitarian context; Disruptive technologies and rights-based resilience; Human rights implications of Covid-19 health status certificates.

Ana holds a PhD in Law (2011) from the University of Montpellier 1, France. She also received an LLB degree in Law (in 2003), an LLM degree in International and European Law (Maîtrise, in 2004), and an LLM degree in European Human Rights Law (Master 2, in 2005) from the University of Montpellier 1, France. She also holds an LLB degree in Law from the UNESP (University of the State of São Paulo, Brazil) obtained in 2000. She has been a registered Attorney-at-Law in São Paulo, Brazil, since 2001.