Gaia Bernstein is a visiting fellow with the Center for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. She is also a law professor, co-director of the Institute for Privacy Protection, and co-director of the Gibbons Institute for Law Science and Technology at the Seton Hall University School of Law.
Bernstein specializes in law and technology, focusing on addictive technologies, social media regulation and artificial intelligence regulation, with a particular emphasis on harms to children. She has spoken about these issues from the TEDx stage to the World Economic Forum and regularly appears on diverse media outlets, from general news interviews to wellness and parenting shows. Bernstein also advises organizations and policymakers on technology regulation.
Bernstein’s book “Unwired: Gaining Control Over Addictive Technologies” was published in 2023 by Cambridge University Press. It has been featured and excerpted by Wired magazine, Time magazine, and the Boston Globe. It has received numerous recognitions, including selection as one of the Next Big Idea Club’s must-read books and as a finalist for the PROSE Award in legal studies, the International Book Awards in general nonfiction, and the American Book Fest Award in business-technology.
Bernstein’s recent articles include “Gatekeeping Screen Time: Configuring the Regulation of Addictive Technologies and Kids’ Privacy Rights” and “A Window of Opportunity to Regulate Addictive Technologies.” Her current book project is titled “Technologies of Loneliness” and ongoing research focuses on the impact of AI companion bots.
In 2017, Bernstein founded and spearheaded the development of the nationally acclaimed Student-Parent Outreach Program at Seton Hall’s Institute for Privacy Protection, which addresses technology over-use.
Bernstein previously served as chair of the Section on Privacy and Defamation and as a member of the executive board of the Section on Intellectual Property of the American Association of Law Schools.
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Current Positions
- Professor of Technology, Privacy, and Policy, Seton Hall University School of Law
- Founder and Co-Director, Seton Hall Institute for Privacy Protection
- Co-Director, Gibbons Institute of Law Science and Technology, Seton Hall University School of Law