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This research projects explores how digital constitutionalism can address the governance challenges posed by AI entities in metaverses—virtual, immersive environments increasingly populated not just by humans but also by AI agents. It proposes a framework for regulating these hybrid spaces, where traditional human rights must be reinterpreted and reasserted amid corporate control and algorithmic governance. The researcg argues for embedding constitutional values—like transparency, accountability, and fundamental rights—into the architecture and governance of metaverses, especially when AI agents act autonomously within them.
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Publications
- Juan Diego Arregui Acosta, Edoardo Celeste, Victor Henriquez Diaz (forthcoming April 2026) ‘Digital Constitutionalism in AI-Populated Metaverses’ in Riku Neuvonen and Jukka Viljanen (eds), Real Rights in the Virtual World: Human Rights in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Elgar.
Edoardo Celeste
Edoardo Celeste is an Associate Professor of Law, Technology and Innovation at the School of Law and Government of Dublin City University. Edoardo is the Programme Chair of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI), the Deputy-Director of the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI), the coordinator of the DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster, and a founding member of the Digital Constitutionalism Network.
Victor Henriquez Diaz
Victor Henriquez Diaz is a PhD Researcher at the School of Law and Government of Dublin City University. Victor is the Deputy Coordinator of the DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster, where he acts as the Editor of the Comparative Digital Law Blog and the executive co-producer of the DCU Digital Law Perspectives podcast.
Juan Diego Arriegui Acosta
Juan Diego Arriegui Acosta Juan Diego is a graduate of the first cohort of EMILDAI (European Masters in Law Data and Artificial Intelligence), he is a Lawyer by San Francisco University of Quito, and a candidate to the Masters in Research in Law at Simon Bolivar Andean University. He is a former partner at Calderon & Associates and until recently was working as a Senior Advisor to the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court.