Luz Helena Orozco y Villa

Luz is a Dphil Candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford and a non-resident Scholar at the Baker Institute of Public Policy, Rice University (US). 

Her research lies at the intersection of constitutional law, regulation, and emerging technologies. Her doctoral thesis focuses on the constitutionalisation of the digital environment - specifically the case of online platforms and content moderation. In addition to Internet governance, Luz is interested in AI and the legal and social implications of the use of algorithmic systems in public and private decision-making, particularly in fragile democracies.

At Oxford, Luz has contributed to teaching Law and Technology on the BA in Jurisprudence and MJur programmes, and Internet Technologies and Regulation on the MSc in Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). From 2022 - 2025, she co-convened the Future of Technology and Society Discussion Group at the Faculty of Law.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Luz served as a senior judicial clerk for the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico and worked as a research advisor at the Gender Equality Program of the Federal Judicial Council. 

Luz holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where she studied as a Fulbright grantee and Bretzfelder scholar, and an LL.B. from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Both her master's and doctoral studies have been generously supported by Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology.