About
Rebecca Schmidt obtained a PhD from the European University Institute an LLM in International and Legal Studies from New York University, and a law degree (1st state exam) from Heidelberg University. Before starting her current position, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law (at UiO) and an assistant professor in law at the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. She has also held research positions in Ireland, Canada, the United States, and Israel.
In her research Rebecca examines a key feature of globalization, the rise of regulation beyond the state. She focuses on the emergence of transnational regulatory cooperation between public and private actors, and in particular the interaction between expertise-driven private regulation and more traditional political authority in multi-level transnational regulatory networks. Her monograph 'Regulatory Integration across Borders' is published by Cambridge University Press. More recently, Rebecca has started focusing on the regulation of new technologies, such as AI systems. Here she examines the interplay between public (particularly EU-level) regulation of robots and AI systems with privately developed regulatory regimes (as found in international technical standards, industry codes, as well as best practices).
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Research groups
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Bygrave, Lee Andrew;
Schmidt, Rebecca
(2025).
Regulating Non-High-Risk AI Systems Under the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, with Special Focus on the Role of Soft Law.
Raposo, Vera (Ed.).
The European Artificial Intelligence Act: Promises and Perils? | SpringerLink. p. 181-210.
Springer Nature.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5329719
Schmidt, Rebecca
; Galán, Alexis
(2025).
"THE EMERGENCE OF AN OBJECT OF REGULATORY CONCERN: THE EUROPEAN UNION’S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACT.
Santa Clara Journal of International Law.
Vol. 23.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5332685
Weitzenboeck, Emily Mary
;
Schmidt, Rebecca
;
Praino, Diego
(2025).
Rettslig regulering av samarbeid mellom offentlige og private aktører – digital sikkerhet i helsesektoren.
Bay, Ann-Helén; Røiseland, Asbjørn (Ed.).
Offentlige eller private velferdstjenester? Politiske spenninger og faglige nyanser.
Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
https://doi.org/10.23865/cdf.243.ch5
Tomic, Slobodan;
Schmidt, Rebecca
(2023).
The Accountability Response of the Global Anti-doping Regime to the Russian Doping Scandal (2015-2020).
Delimatsis, Panagiotis; Bijlmakers, Stephanie; Borowicz, M. Konrad (Ed.).
The Evolution of Transnational Rule-Makers through Crisis. p. 220-241.
Cambridge University Press.
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009329408.016
Schmidt, Rebecca
; Scott, Colin
(2021).
Regulatory discretion: Structuring power in the era of regulatory capitalism.
Legal Studies.
Vol. 41.
https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2021.13
Schmidt, Rebecca
(2020).
The Carbon Footprint of the Games – International Climate Change Law and the Olympics.
AJIL Unbound.
Vol. 114.
https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2020.71
Fabbrini, Federico;
Schmidt, Rebecca
(2019).
The Composition of the European Parliament in Brexit Times: Changes and Challenges.
European Law Review.
Vol. 44.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5128958
Schmidt, Rebecca
; Fabbrini, Federico
(2019).
The Institutional Consequences of the Brexit Extension.
European Journal of Legal Studies.
https://doi.org/10.2924/EJLS.2019.004
Schmidt, Rebecca
(2018).
Regulatory Integration Across Borders
Public–Private Cooperation in Transnational Regulation.
ISBN: 9781108667692.
238 p.
Cambridge University Press.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4740138
Schmidt, Rebecca
(2017).
Protecting the Environment
through Sports? Public-Private
Cooperation for Regulatory
Resources and International Law.
European journal of international law.
Vol. 28.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chx063
