Alessandra Porcari is a PhD candidate in Comparative and European legal studies at Trento University and a teaching assistant in EU law since January 2022. She was awarded a topic-specific scholarship funded by the National Operational Program on Research and Innovation.
Previously, she graduated cum laude from Trento University in July 2021. Then, she moved to Brussels where she worked as a trainee in an international law firm that regularly assists the European Commission and the European Parliament in drafting reports and analysis.
Coherently with the Italian Recovery and Resilience National Plan, her PhD research project is about legal pathways of decarbonisation, with a focus on the regulation of the hydrogen supply chain.
As part of her PhD program, she collaborates with Dolomiti Energia Group, providing legal assistance on the most relevant topics related to the green energy transition.
Before joining the NOVA Green Lab at the NOVA School of Law in Lisbon, she carried out another visiting research period at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.
She was admitted to the Italian bar in 2023.