19 Facts About Alberto Alemanno

Alberto Alemanno is Jean Monnet Professor in EU Law at HEC Paris since 2009, permanent Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, School of Public Policy, and at the College of Europe in Bruges.

Alberto Alemanno started teaching in 2009 as associate professor of law at HEC Paris; since 2011 he is Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law at HEC Paris where he teaches European Union Law, EU Affairs and Advocacy, as well as Global Risk Regulation.

Alberto Alemanno is permanent visiting professor at the University of Tokyo, School of Public Policy and at the College of Europe.

Alberto Alemanno has been guest professor at St Gallen University, where he led the Public Affairs, Advocacy and Law module at the MBL Executive Programme for over a decade.

Alberto Alemanno regularly provides advice to a variety of NGOs as well as governments and international organizations on various aspects of European Union law, international regulatory co-operation, international trade and global health law.

Alberto Alemanno sits on the board of several civil society organisations, such as European Alternatives, Access Info Europe, Riparte il Futuro, Diritto di Sapere, as well as the citizens' pan-EU campaigning movements We Move and Vox-Europe.

Alberto Alemanno was involved in the registration of the first European Citizen Initiative aimed at eliminating the international roaming charges in 2013 and provided advice to several others.

Alberto Alemanno campaigned for plain tobacco packaging by training public officials and health advocates and providing legal assistance to the World Health Organization.

In Spring 2018, after publishing an op-ed in Le Monde and Politico, Alberto Alemanno lodged a complaint before the European Ombudsman arguing that the EU Disinformation Review violates the freedom of expression and right of defense.

Alberto Alemanno campaigned and drafted the first EU directive aimed at protecting whistleblowers in the European Union.

Alberto Alemanno's text was used by the EU Commission in 2018 when putting foreword its proposal.

In 2020 Alberto Alemanno was part of the citizens committee that started the European Citizens Initiative, Voters without Borders, calling the EU to confer full political rights to all citizens regardless where they reside.

Alberto Alemanno provided pro bono legal assistance to the ECI initiators before, during and after the signature collection against reauthorization of glyphosate in Europe.

Alberto Alemanno lodged a collective complaint on behalf of the European Youth Forum to challenge the institutionalization of unpaid internships in Belgium before the Council of Europe.

Alberto Alemanno obtained 5,613 preference votes and was not elected.

Alberto Alemanno has published in leading international law journals, such as the International Journal of Constitutional Law, the Harvard International Law Journal and the Common Market Law Review, and authored books with university publishers and edited volumes.

Alberto Alemanno is the founder and editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Risk Regulation.

Alberto Alemanno contributes to scholarly blogs, including Verfassungsblog, and the Italian legal blog Diritti Comparati, which he co-founded.

Alberto Alemanno created and participated in different initiatives combining academia and NGOs.