Carlotta Buttaboni

Carlotta ButtaboniDC7

Eindhoven University of Technology · Multi-level governance of AI in the electricity sector
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Bio

Carlotta Buttaboni is a PhD researcher within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network HARNESS. She is jointly affiliated with the Rathenau Instituut / Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where she is enrolled as a doctoral candidate. Her research focuses on the multi-level governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the electricity sector, with particular attention to its governance, ethical, legal, and social implications (GELSI).

Carlotta holds a five-year integrated Master’s degree in Law (combined LL.B./LL.M. equivalent) from the University of Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum (Italy). Prior to her doctoral project, she worked as Postgraduate Research Associate at the Digital Ethics Center (DEC), Yale University (USA), where she published on digital platform regulation, property law in the digital domain, and AI regulation. Within her PhD trajectory, she will critically assess the regulation and governance of AI solutions in decentralized energy systems, exploring their intersection with European law, AI digital regulation, energy policy, and ethical frameworks

Research interests

Energy Policy Multi-level Governance Digital Regulation Societal Impact of Technology

Deliverables

  1. D2.6 Analysis of the AI and Data Regulatory Framework
    WP2 · Lead: KNAW — June 2026. DOI
  2. D3.3 Ethical Framework for Anticipatory Impacts - v1
    WP3 · Lead: DCU — June 2026. DOI
  3. D3.5 Demonstration of HARNESS in Specific Domains
    WP3 · Lead: UT — December 2027.

Communication

  1. Legal4Tech Podcast — Episode 19: AI Deployment in the Energy Sector
    Interview with Carlotta Buttaboni on her PhD research on AI in the energy sector. Legal4Tech, 2026. LinkedIn