Guido Noto La Diega

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  • 141 St James Rd, G4 0LT, Lord Hope Building, room 312

    Glasgow

    United Kingdom

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Personal Statement

An award-winning Italy-born naturalised British law academic with a passion for the law of emerging technologies, Professor Guido Noto La Diega (they/he) is a Professor of Law, Technology and Innovation and Programme Leader of the LLM/MSc Law, Technology, and Innovation, as well as of the namesake research cluster. Appointed directly by the Principal of the University through the Global Talent Acquisition Programme (GTAP), Noto La Diega brings to Strathclyde an internationally recognised expertise is in the European, Italian, and British legal and regulatory approaches to Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, cloud computing, robotics, and blockchain. Their work is animated by the conviction that the law should steer innovation in a socially just, inclusive, and sustainable direction.

Holder of a PhD (Unipa), a postdoc (QMUL), and an HEA Fellowship, Noto La Diega is the author of the groundbreaking open-access book Internet of Things and the Law and of several articles in leading international journals such as the European Intellectual Property Review and European Journal of Law & Technology; they also appeared in mainstream popular press such as Vogue, Sky News, CNET, Il Sole 24 Ore, ABC, and Wired. Noto La Diega’s works – published in English and Italian, and translated into Chinese, Russian, and Korean – have been cited by the EU Court of Justice's Advocate General, the House of Lords, the UK Intellectual Property Office, the World Economic Forum, the European Parliament, and the Council of Europe, amongst others. As a member of the European Commission’s Expert Group on AI and Data in Education and Training, Noto La Diega contributed to the EU Guidelines on AI in Education.

Noto La Diega has a strong bidding record, having been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Horizon Europe, the German Research Foundation, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Society of Legal Scholars, the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association, the Modern Law Review, and Santander. They are currently leading the half-a-million-pound international project “From Smart Technologies to Smart Laws” (AHRC-DFG). They have 14 years’ academic experience in the UK, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, and the US, and they have delivered keynote speeches and presented their research in prestigious venues including the WTO Public Forum in Geneva, the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference in Brussels, and the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference in New York.

Outside of Strathclyde, Noto La Diega is a Martin-Flynn Global Law Professor in the School of Law at the University of Connecticut; Fellow of the Nexa Center for Internet and Society; Expert of the European Data Protection Board; Research Associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies; Scotland Advisory Council Member of the Open Rights Group; Advisory Board Member of the Gender Equality Special Interest Group at the European Law Institute; Steering Committee Member at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO – Academic Research Programme); External Expert of the European Data Protection Board; and Research Grants Committee Member at the Society of Legal Scholars, the oldest and largest society of law academics in the UK and Ireland.

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Alongside research, teaching, and consultancy, Noto La Diega is a qualified lawyer called to the Bar of Italy in 2013 (non-practising), an LGBTQ+ rights advocate, as well as a Trustee of the award-winning charity Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol & Drugs.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 1 - No Poverty
  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Civil Law, Il paradigma proprietario e l'appropriazione dell'immateriale, Universita degli Studi di Palermo

1 Jan 20105 May 2014

Award Date: 5 May 2014

External positions

Research Grants Committee Member, Society of Legal Scholars (The)

1 Oct 202430 Sept 2027

Cultore del Diritto Privato, Universita degli Studi di Palermo

19 Mar 2024 → …

Martin-Flynn Global Law Professor, University of Connecticut

2 Nov 2022 → …

External Expert, European Data Protection Board

31 Oct 2022 → …

EU Expert Group on AI in Education, European Commission

23 Apr 202129 Mar 2023

Research Associate, UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologires

1 Jan 2020 → …

Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society

1 Jan 2017 → …

Keywords

  • iot
  • AI
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law and Technology
  • European private law
  • Consumer Law
  • Copyright
  • Patents
  • Trade marks
  • Liability
  • Contracts
  • Queer Studies
  • Blockchain
  • Cloud computing
  • Robots
  • Fashion
  • Internet of Things
  • Data Protection
  • privacy
  • EdTech
  • education

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  • General Court (Role in IP Cases)

    Noto La Diega, G., 1 Aug 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Torremans, P., Stamatoudi, I., Yu, P. K. & Jütte, B. J. (eds.). Cheltenham

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

    Open Access
  • Idea (concept of)

    Noto La Diega, G., 1 Aug 2025, Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law. Torremans, P., Stamatoudi, I., Yu, P. K. & Jütte, B. J. (eds.). Cheltenham

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEntry for encyclopedia/dictionary