Ilaria Cimadori

Ilaria is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, School of the Environment. Her current research examines the adequacy of laws and regulations in safeguarding farm animals from the impacts of breeding practices and gene editing, using a comparative legal approach. She is a fellow of the Law, Environment and Animal Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School and a LEAP student grant recipient, which supported her doctoral dissertation research. Ilaria holds an MA in Comparative International Relations from Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, specializing in the protection of animals in international law. During her master's studies, she was awarded a scholarship to conduct research at Duke University, where she developed her dissertation on the protection of African elephants in international law. Passionate about advancing legal frameworks for animal protection, she aims to contribute to more effective regulations addressing the ethical challenges of evolving breeding technologies.

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Session: Advancing Farmed Animal Welfare: Legal Frameworks, Policy Innovation, and Corporate Accountability