Norberto de Andrade is a global public policy and tech regulation expert, as well as a legal scholar and researcher, working at the intersection of law, governance, and new technologies. He is the creator and founder of Open Loop, an award-winning global experimental governance program that bridges the gap between tech and policy Innovation.

With over 18 years of international experience across industry, government and academia, Norberto de Andrade has held corporate roles in public policy and regulatory affairs at Meta (Director of AI Policy), Mozilla and Workday; scientific research roles at the European Commission; expert advisory roles at international organizations and associations (OECD, International Development Bank [IDB], International Association of Privacy Professionals [IAPP], Partnership on AI, etc); regulatory roles at the Portuguese National Authority for the Communications sector; and academic fellowship roles at UC Berkeley School of Law (US), Stanford Law School (US), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law (HiiL, The Netherlands).

Norberto de Andrade (PhD in Law & Technology, European University Institute) is an Adjunct Professor and the Academic Director of the Advanced Program on Law, Policy and Technology at IE Law School (Spain).

Corporate Experience

• Director of AI Policy, Meta (Facebook), USA, 2016 – 2023
• Founder and Global Lead, Open Loop, USA, 2020 – 2023
• Global Privacy and Public Policy Manager, Workday, USA, 2015 – 2016
• Lead Public Policy Contributor, Mozilla, USA, 2014 – 2015
• Scientific Officer- Legal Policy, European Commission / Joint Research Centre (Spain), 2010 – 2013
• Legal Policy and International Relations Program Manager, ICP-ANACOM, Portugal, 2004 – 2006

Academic Experience

• Academic Director of the Advanced Program on Law, Policy and Technology, IE Law School, Spain, 2021 – Present
• Adjunct Professor of Law, IE Law School, Spain, 2018 – Present
• Affiliated Scholar at the Center for Internet & Society (CIS), Stanford Law School, USA, 2014 – Present
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Law & Technology Policy, UC Berkeley Law School, USA, 2013 – 2015
• Legal Foresight Research Fellow, Hague Institute for Internationalisation of Law (HiiL), The Netherlands, 2012 – 2014
• Visiting Scholar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2007
• Doctoral Researcher, European University Institute, Italy, 2006 – 2010

Academic Background

•  Ph.D. in Law & Technology, European University Institute, Italy, 2011
• Master of Research in European, International and Comparative Law, European University Institute, Italy, 2007
• Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations and European Studies, Central European University, Hungary, 2004
• Bachelor in Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2003