I am a post-doctoral researcher within the ERC-funded CHAINLAW project at the University of Maastricht - Faculty of Law with professor Anna Beckers.
Prior to this, I received my PhD in law from the European University Institute, under the supervision of Professor Hans-W. Micklitz.
In my professional journey, I have been combining my research interests with practical experience by working as a sustainability specialist in the private sector from 2022 to 2024.
My research interests and expertise lie in EU consumer policy, sustainable production, global value chains and trade law.
You can find my CV here.
R. Ravalli, External Effects of Contracts: From Fair to Sustainable Contract Law? (2017)
R. Ravalli, Externalities of production in GVCs : An EU consumer perspective (Phd Thesis, 2021).
R. Ravalli, Contract Law and Sustainability of Global Value Chains: Assessing the Proposal for a EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive from a Contract Law Perspective, in M. Santos Silva et al. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Private law and Sustainability (Routledge, 2024).
A. Beckers, R. Ravalli, Consumers and GVCs in C. Busch, C. Twigg-Flesner (eds.), Handbook on EU Consumer Law (De Gruyter, forthcoming in 2025).
External Effects of Contracts: From Fair to Sustainable Contract Law - Ius Commune Conference on European Contract Law and Sustainability, 23-24 November 2017 - University of Utrecht, Utrecht (The Netherlands).
European Contract Law and the External Effects of Contracts in a Contractual Society - Doctoral Workshop, 16-17 April 2018 - European University Institute, Florence (Italy).
Networks of Contracts and Vulnerability - Summer school on Private Law and Vulnerability, 1-5 July 2018, Center for the Study of European Contract Law, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
External Effects of Contracts: Reconnecting Product and Production in GVCs - Workshop on Reimagining Contract Law in a World of Global Value Chains, 9-10 May 2019 - Sciences Po, Paris (France).
Enforceability of Voluntary Sustainability Standards - Secola Conference 2019 on European Contract Law & Sustainability, 21-22 June 2019 - Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece).
External Effects of Contracts in GVCs - Doctoral Workshop on Economic Law, 10 July 2019, European University Institute, Florence (Italy).
InterTran Research Seminar, 24 February 2020, – Helsinki University, Helsinki (Finland).
(Key Note Speaker) Political Framework and Fashion Sustainability - Global Fashion Conference, 18 November 2022, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
The Global Context of the Product Liability Directive: Global Value Chains - Product Liability Conference, 17-18 October 2024 - Maastricht University, Maastricht (The Netherlands).
Connecting interrupted chains: Envisioning a role for consumers in global value chains - The Many Futures of European Private Law: Digitalisation, Sustainability and Governance, 6-7 February 2025, European University Institute, Florence (Italy).
Beyond Borders: How GVCs Transform the Projection of the EU’s Public Interests - Conference on Public Interests without Borders, 4-5 March 2025, Asser Institute, The Hague (The Netherlands).
The contribution of consumers to normativity in GVCs - Symposium: Institutionalization of Global Value Chains: Regulation, Governance, Policies, 6 March 2025, Fukuoka City (Japan).
Consumer Law and Global Value Chains: Tracing a Missing Link in EU Law - M-EPLI Talk, Maastricht University Faculty of Law, 9 April 2025, Maastricht (The Netherlands).