Benedetta Lacey

Rights Lab Visiting Professor of Innovation and Impact

Benedetta is responsible for DSIT’s strategic approach to international engagement and she engages regularly with partner governments and international organisations on shared interests in science and technology. She has been a diplomat, a human rights investigator and is a qualified barrister. She has worked across as sectors in government, the UN, and civil society, including as Special Adviser on Business and Human Rights at Amnesty International. Her interests and expertise span science and technology diplomacy, foreign and security policy, and business and human rights.