Dr. Anu Bradford

Professor

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Biography

Anu Bradford is the Henry L. Moses Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center. She is also the director of Columbia’s European Legal Studies Center and a Senior Scholar at the Jerome Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School. An expert in European Union law, digital regulation, international trade law, and comparative international antitrust law, Bradford is the author of 'The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World,' published by Oxford University Press in 2020, which was named a Best Book of 2020 by Foreign Affairs. Her recent work, 'Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology,' was published in September 2023. In 2024, she received the Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, recognizing her contributions to the field. Bradford serves as a Special Advisor to European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen on digital governance issues within the global Transatlantic context.

Research Interests

Experience

Henry L. Moses Professor of Law

— Present

Columbia Law School • New York

Teaching and conducting research in law, with a focus on international and comparative law.

Director

— Present

Columbia’s European Legal Studies Center • New York

Leading the center that focuses on the study and teaching of European law.

Senior Scholar

— Present

Jerome Chazen Institute for Global Business • New York

Contributing to research on global business and international law.

Requirements for Harvard University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).