Donatella Della Ratta is a scholar, performer, and curator specializing in networked technologies and generative AI. She is currently Associate Professor of Communication at John Cabot University in Rome and a former Affiliate of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. From 2007 to 2013, she served as Community Manager for the Arabic-speaking world at the international organization Creative Commons. She has curated numerous international art and film programs, including Syria Off Frame, in collaboration with the Luciano Benetton Foundation in Venice (2015). She is the founder and board member of SyriaUntold, recipient of the Digital Communities Award at Ars Electronica (2014), and serves on the advisory board of the Cinema Futures initiative at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2025, GEN_, the documentary she co-wrote with Gianluca Matarrese, was selected for the International Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. Her research on generative AI and speculative violence was awarded the Italian Council 2024–25 grant by the Italian Ministry of Culture.