
Dr Isabela Parisio
Postodctorate Research Associate
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She/Her
Biography
I am a New York State Bar-qualified lawyer, with an international legal background and expertise in public law, regulations and AI policy. Currently, I am a Postdoctorate Research Associate at King’s College London, serving the Responsible AI UK grant (RAi UK).
Before joining King’s, I completed a year-long Optional Practical Training in the United States, where I worked as a policy analyst at Johns Hopkins University within the Office of the President. I hold a Master of Laws (LL.M) from Georgetown University (2023), graduating with honours. During this time, I was a research Assistant at the Center for AI and Digital Policy (Washington, DC).
I also hold a Master’s in Law & Development from FGV DIREITO SP in Brazil (2022). My thesis, ‘Reviewing the Interpretation of Article 37 of the Brazilian Federal Constitution: Legal Solutions on Human Resources Management for the Municipality of São Paulo’ (2022), underscores my dedication to empirical research and legal reform.
In Brazil, I collaborated with the Brazilian Society of Public Law, supporting initiatives focused on Brazilian administrative reforms, and the FGV Research Centre of Competition, Public Policy, Technology, and Innovation, helping implement the Brazilian Telecommunications Universalisation Fund.
Research Interests and PhD Supervision
Currently, I am the principal investigator of a project titled "A Techno-Regulatory AI Sandbox: from hypothetical regulations to practice, and back", which was chosen for funding from an International Sandpit hosted by RAi UK in partnership with CeRAI (India). The project involves UK and India-based legal scholars and technologists aiming to prototype AI regulations and test their implementation through fraud detection algorithms.
Broadly, my research interests include:
- AI regulations and policy
- Legal enforcement and interpretation
- AI ethics and interdisciplinary research
Expertise and Public Engagement
- Responsible AI UK, Response to DSIT’s AIME Tool Consultation (2025)
- Responsible AI UK, Response to Joint Consultation on AI & Copyrights (2025)
- Responsible AI UK, Response to DSIT’s Digital Action Plan Consultation (2025)
- Techno-Regulatory AI Sandbox Project, Response to Treasury Committee Call for Evidence on AI in the Financial Sector (2025)
- In Conversation with Dr Coreena Brink, AI & Us channel (2025)
- Keynote Speaker at the Annual Epi Pre-Council Conference (2024)
Selected Publications
- Ana Luiza Arruda; Ana Luiza Vidoti & Isabela de Oliveira Parisio, Global law, global lawyers and the new curriculum and institutional experience of INSPER, in Globalization, Legal Education and Inequality 227, 254 (José Garcez Ghirardi & Marina Feferbaum eds., 1st ed. 2022).
- Isabela de Oliveira Parisio & Carlos Ari Sundfeld, Fragility and Flexibility in Public Sector's Fixed-Term Contracts: Perceptions of the Judiciary, 26 Cadernos de Gestão Pública e Cidadania 84 (2021).
- Mateus Piva Adami & Isabela de Oliveira Parisio, Contracting Cloud Computing Services and Infrastructure by the Brazilian Public Administration: Legal Barriers to State Modernization, in Direito Público Digital: O Estado e as Novas Tecnologias - Desafios e Soluções 127, 158 (Diogo Rais & Francisco Octavio Almeida Prado Filho eds., 1st ed. 2020).
Research

Responsible AI UK
An international ecosystem for responsible AI research and innovation
Project status: Ongoing
Research

Responsible AI UK
An international ecosystem for responsible AI research and innovation
Project status: Ongoing