Donatella Della Ratta is a scholar, performer, and curator specializing in networked technologies and generative AI. Currently Associate Professor of Communication at John Cabot University, she is a former Affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. A former journalist and TV author for Italian public broadcaster Rai Television, from 2007 to 2013 she served as the Arab world community manager for the Creative Commons. She has curated several international art programs, including Syria Off Frame in collaboration with the Luciano Benetton Foundation, Venice, 2015. She is co-founder and board member of SyriaUntold, and a member of the advisory board of the Cinema Futures initiative at Locarno International Film Festival. In 2025, GEN_, the documentary she has co-authored with Gianluca Matarrese, was selected in the international world doc competition at Sundance Film Festival. Donatella’s research on Generative AI and speculative violence earned her the Italian Council award 2024-25 from Italy’s Ministry of Culture.