Susana Navas Navarro

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Susana Navas Navarro is a legal scholar at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona whose research sits at the compelling intersection of technology, artificial intelligence, and private law. Her work focuses primarily on the civil liability implications of autonomous systems, smart robots, and AI-driven technologies — areas of growing urgency as machine intelligence increasingly permeates everyday life. Her most cited contribution, "Robot Machines and Civil Liability" (2020, 16 citations), examines how machine learning algorithms and big-data systems challenge traditional legal frameworks for attributing responsibility when sophisticated autonomous technologies cause harm. This work addresses pressing questions around self-driving vehicles, medical diagnostics, and other AI applications that encroach upon tasks once exclusively human. Her earlier Spanish-language piece on smart robots and intelligent machines (2017) laid important groundwork by scrutinizing liability frameworks applicable to drones, 3D printers, and domestic robotics. As part of a broader collaborative effort among UAB law faculty, Navas Navarro has also explored the disruptive impact of AI on intellectual property and copyright law. Through her scholarship, she contributes meaningfully to shaping the legal responses Europe must develop to govern an increasingly automated world, making her an important voice in technology law.