Stefano Zunarelli

• Stefano Zunarelli is one of the most renowned European experts in the field of transportation law, air law and maritime law. He has always been accustomed to international contexts and, aside from teaching at the University of Bologna, as Full Professor of Maritime and Transport Law, he has taught at many foreign universities as visiting Professor. From 1998 to 2004 he was Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Bologna and from 2007 to 2012 he was the President of Polo Scientifico – Didattico di Ravenna, University of Bologna.

  He has participated in the work of international organizations of his area of expertise by contributing to the drafting of several international Conventions in the maritime and transportation fields, as well as in several working groups established by the European Commission. In particular he was the representative of the Italian Government in the Juridical Committee of International Maritime Organization (IMO), as well as in Diplomatic Conferences at which several International Conventions were adopted, namely on Nationality of Vessels (1986), Salvage (1989), Liability for Carriage of Passengers by Sea (1990), Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (1996) and Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (1996). He has also taken active part in the modernization process of the Italian transportation laws in his capacity as advisor to the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport and as advisor to several regional and local governments.

  He is the author of numerous publications in the field of maritime and aviation law, transport law, and insurance law. He is in the managing board of the “Rivista del Diritto della Navigazione”, of the “Rivista di Diritto del Turismo” and of the review “Diritto dei trasporti”. He is director of the review series “Quaderni del corso di perfezionamento di diritto ed economia dei trasporti e della logistica” and co-director of the review series “Diritto e pratica dei trasporti”. He is a member of the editorial board of the “Journal of International Maritime Law”. He is a member of the Bologna Bar Association.