Valerio De Stefano

Valerio De Stefano, PhD, is Full Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, where he is the inaugural Canada Research Chair in Innovation, Law and Society. Before joining Osgoode in 2022, he was the BOF-ZAP Professor of Labour Law at KU Leuven and previously served as an officer of the International Labour Organization in Geneva. He holds law degrees from Bocconi University, where he also worked as a postdoctoral researcher. His research focuses on labour law, platform work, artificial intelligence, algorithmic management, and labour protection in new forms of work. He is General Editor of the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal and Editorial Adviser to the International Labour Review. He is the co-author, with Antonio Aloisi, of Your Boss Is an Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence, Platform Work and Labour (Hart, 2022). His work has been cited by courts, governments, international organisations, social partners, and media worldwide. He has advised institutions including the ILO, European Parliament, Eurofound, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, and national governments, and is a member of the OECD’s Network of Experts on AI.