Marco OLIVI

Position
Associate Professor
Roles
Member of the technical-scientific Committee of the Ca' Foscari Challenge School
Director of NEED Research Centre - Nature Ethics Economy Environment
Director of the Professional Master’s Programme "Tutela e gestione della risorsa idrica" (III ed.)
Telephone
041 234 7222
E-mail
olivi@unive.it
Scientific sector (SSD)
Diritto amministrativo e pubblico [GIUR-06/A]
Website
www.unive.it/people/olivi (personal record)
 https://unive.it/need
Office
Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.fbc
Where: Malcanton Marcorà

 

Curriculum Vitae of Marco Olivi


Education and Qualifications
Bar Exam Qualification (Abilitazione all’esercizio della professione forense).
Juris Doctor (JD) / Master’s Degree in Law (Laurea in Giurisprudenza).
High School Diploma (Maturità classica).

Academic Role and Teaching Activities – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Associate Professor of Administrative Law

Current Courses:

Cultural Heritage Law for Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in "Conservation and Management of Cultural Heritage and Activities" and "Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities."
Environmental Law for the Degree in Environmental Sciences (starting 2025).
Founding Director:

University Master’s in Wildlife Administration and Management.
University Master’s in Water Resource Protection and Management.
NEED Research Centre (Natura Etica Economia Diritto – Nature Ethics Economics Law).

Institutional Roles – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Current: Member of the Scientific Technical Committee of the Ca’ Foscari Challenge School.
Past Roles:

Member of the University Statute Revision Commission.
Member of the University Code of Ethics Drafting Commission.
Rector's Delegate for Administrative Simplification: Oversaw the drafting of new regulations and the comprehensive review of all University regulations following the enactment of the new Statute.
Member of the Commission for the Valorisation of Knowledge.
Member of the Quality Assurance Group for the MA in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities.
Director of the Master’s in Environmental and Territorial Law.
Member of the Teaching Board for various degree courses.

Memberships and Scientific Committees
Founder and Director of the NEED Research Centre.
Member of Gruppo San Martino.
Member of the Italian Association of Administrative Law Professors (AIPDA).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the journal AmbienteDiritto.it.
Member of the Board of Referees for the journal Queste Istituzioni.

Academic Career
2018 – Present: Tenured Professor of Cultural Heritage Law.
2010 – 2018: Associate Professor; taught Public Law, Advanced Administrative Law, and Environmental Law.
2001 – 2010: Researcher in Public Law, Faculty of Economics.
1999 – 2001: PhD in Administrative Law, University of Trieste.
1995 – 2000: Adjunct Professor of "Urban Planning Law," IUAV University of Venice.
1994 – 2001: Research Fellow in Public Law subjects, Ca’ Foscari University.
1994 – 1995: Adjunct Professor of "Local Authorities," Faculty of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University.
Other significant teaching roles (2002–2008): Navigation Law, Institutions of Public Law, and Tourism Legislation.

Selected Publications
(Note: Titles of laws and specific Italian legal concepts are kept in Italian or translated descriptively for clarity)

Monograph:

- Beni demaniali ad uso collettivo – Conferimento di funzioni e privatizzazione (State-owned assets for collective use – Transfer of functions and privatisation), CEDAM, 2005.
Edited Volumes:

- Sustainable Hunting: Biological, Ethical, and Legal Profiles, FrancoAngeli, 2020.
- The Wolf between Myth and Reality, AMBIENTEDIRITTO, 2023.
- Agriculture and Environment in the Epochal Challenge of Sustainability (Forthcoming).
- Administrative Discretion: Essays on the republication of Luigi Benvenuti's work (Forthcoming).

Selected Articles and Essays:

- "The legal status of fishing valleys sixty years after the Navigation Code" (2004).
- "State-owned maritime property between the State and Local Authorities" (2006).
- "Public assets" in the Sole 24 Ore Legal Encyclopedia (2007).
- "The ownership of marinas" (2009).
- "Environmental damage for wildlife culling authorisation," Ambientediritto.it (2018).
- "Article 9 of the Constitution and the protection of wild animals" (2022).
- "Street art and the difficulty of balancing legally protected values" (2025).

Conferences and Guest Speaking
Regularly delivers keynote speeches at national and international conferences. Served as Scientific Coordinator for numerous events, including:

- Large Predators through the Prism of Sustainability (2023).
- The Reform of Articles 9 and 41 of the Constitution (2022).
- International Roundtable on Maritime Law (2003).
- The Brown Bear in the Central-Eastern Alps: Conservation vs. Other Legal Interests (2025).

Other Professional Experience
1987 – 1999: Officer of the Italian Coast Guard (Capitanerie di Porto).

Served as Harbour Master and District Commander for the coastal areas of Bibione, Caorle, Eraclea, and Jesolo.
Exercised statutory functions regarding navigation, international conventions on marine pollution/safety, and management of maritime state property.
Consultancy: Since entering academia, has provided legal consultancy for private companies, local authorities, and public bodies (within the limits of full-time professorship).
State Examinations: Repeatedly appointed as a member of the Board of Examiners for the Bar Exam and the Chartered Accountants (Commercialisti) qualification.

Philanthropy
Trustee of the "Neurosciences for the Children of Silence" Trust, dedicated to scientific research, diagnosis, and neurocognitive rehabilitation for children with autism.