Claudia Biancotti

Claudia Biancotti joined the Research Department of Banca d’Italia in 2002. She is currently research advisor to the head of IT. She is interested in how digitalization is changing the economy and society, with a focus on security implications and shifts in power balances at the national and international level. Her latest work focuses on cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, the rise of decentralized systems and cryptoassets, and dual-use technology. Claudia was a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC in 2018-2019, and a seconded national expert at the European Central Bank in 2009-2010.