Laura Caroli is a former Senior Fellow on AI governance and Regulation
at the Wadhwani AI Center, at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC.
She previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to MEP Brando Benifei
at the European Parliament from 2014 to 2024, where she led
negotiations on the EU AI Act at technical level. Prior to joining the
European Parliament, she worked at the Intelligence Foresight
Committee at the Italian Parliament and at the Italian think tank
“Italianieuropei”. She holds a PhD in Geopolitics from the University
of Trieste.