Biography

Elettra Bargellini was awarded a PhD in EU Law and International Trade Law from Dublin City University (2025), under the supervision of Professor Federico Fabbrini. She holds an LLM in EU Law from King’s College London (2020) and a combined LLM and LLB (Laurea Magistrale) from the University of Bologna (2020). In 2024, she joined Princeton University as a Visiting Researcher, where she was affiliated with the School of Public and International Affairs.
Elettra’s PhD thesis investigates the subsidy control regime established under the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), assessing its ability to maintain a level playing field between the EU and the UK through a comparative analysis with WTO subsidy law and EU State aid law. While grounded in legal doctrine, her analysis adopts a law-in-context approach, examining the influence of political and economic dynamics on the drafting and implementation of the TCA.
As a Max Weber Fellow, Elettra will work on an interdisciplinary project that seeks to identify potential strategies for managing the increased use of subsidies at the global level, focusing on how EU anti-subsidy rules can be designed to effectively support climate change mitigation while safeguarding EU competitiveness.
She has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, delivering lectures and visiting lectures on EU Law, EU Competition and Trade Law, Climate Change Law, and Research Methods in EU Law and Policy.

Mentor

• Sergio, Puig De La Parra