Ilaria Pretelli is a licensed lawyer - Italian Bar Association - and Associate Professor of Public and Private International Law - MIUR, Italy - and Senior Fellow at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Paris 2, Panthéon-Assas, and completed her Laurea in Italy in the framework of a joint program with the Belgian KUL university for a master's thesis on humanitarian interventions in international law. Currently Principal Investigator of the international "Just Bonding" research project (Swiss National Science Foundation/FWO-Vlaanderen), she serves as Reporter for the European Law Institute's "Enhancing Child Protection" project and has advised the European Commission on parenthood recognition between Member States. She is the co-editor of the Yearbook of Private International Law and has held visiting positions at Paris-Sorbonne, Paris-Saclay, and Lausanne. She represented the ELI at CIEC in drafting Convention No. 35 on Matrimonial Capacity.  From 2008 to 2015, she directed the Centro di Studi Giuridici Europei in the framework of a joint program between the Universities of Paris 2 and Urbino. 

Her research focus covers international family law, digital platforms, human rights, especially in the context of socio-environmental sustainability, and violence against women. 

Full list of projects and publications: https://www.isdc.ch/media/2568/2025-main-publications_ip.pdf