Barbara Pozzo has been Full Professor of Private Comparative Law at the University of Insubria since 2001, where she also holds the UNESCO Chair on “Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in the Multicultural Society” (since 2019).

Since 2022, she has served as President of SIRD, the Italian Society for Comparative Law Research. From 2021 to 2024, she was the Rector’s Delegate for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities, and since November 2024, she has been the Rector’s Delegate for International Relations.

Since 2020, she has been a member of the Board of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA), and as of April 2024, she serves as its Vice-President.

She has been a Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) since 2006. She is also a member of the Italian Board of the Association Capitant – Amis de la Culture Juridique Française and of the Société de Législation Comparée.

Professor Pozzo serves on the editorial boards of several legal journals, including the European Review of Private Law, the Revista General de Derecho Público Comparado, and the Annuario di Diritto Comparato.

In 2024, she was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions.