季卫东，上海交通大学文科资深教授兼校务委员会委员、中国法与社会研究院院长、人工智能治理与法律研究中心主任。兼任上海市法学会法社会学研究会会长、国际学术期刊Asian Journal of Law and Society 创刊人兼主编、中国计算机协会（CCF）计算法学分会会长、上海国家新一代人工智能发展创新试验区专家咨询委员会顾问、中国数字经济50人论坛成员、中华司法研究会常务理事、亚洲科技促进可持续发展联盟副主席、联合国大学全球人工智能网络理事会联袂主席。曾经被遴选为社会学国际协会法社会学研究委员会（RCSL）指定理事、日本法社会学会理事、亚洲太平洋论坛（淡路会议）研究委员会委员、东京财团比较制度研究所研究员、国际高等研究所企画委员、达沃斯世界经济论坛司法全球议程理事会理事、中国教育部法学教育指导委员会副主任、上海市法治研究会会长。在2008-2018年期间担任过上海交通大学法学院院长，在1996-2008年期间为日本神户大学法学院教授，此前还曾经到斯坦福大学法学院做访问学者。教育背景：1983年从北京大学法律学系毕业后留学日本，获得京都大学法学博士学位。主要研究领域为法社会学、比较法学、数字法学。主要中文著作有《法治秩序的建构》（商务印书馆）、《宪政新论》（北京大学出版社）、《法律程序的意义》（中国法制出版社）、《大变局下的中国法治》（北京大学出版社）、《通往法治的道路－－社会的多元化与权威体系》（法律出版社）、《中国的司法改革》（编著，法律出版社）、《AI时代的法制变迁》（编著，三联出版社）、《法的跨界——规范、事实以及学科的交叉》（法律出版社）、《元宇宙的秩序——虚拟人、加密资产以及法治创新》（上海人民出版社） 、《法社会学》（编著，高等教育出版社）、《计算法学与数据伦理》（编著，商务印书馆）、《智网中的信息与法律推理》（编著，商务印书馆）、《程序与议论：现代法治的精髓》（北京大学出版社）等。

JI Weidong is University Professor of Humanity and Social Sciences, Board Member of University Administration, President of China Institute for Socio-Legal Studies, and Director of Center for AI Governance and Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.  He is also President of Sociology of Law Branch, Shanghai Law Society; Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Asian Journal of Law and Society; Chairman of the Association for Computational Law, China Computer Federation (CCF); Consultant of the Expert Consulting Committee of Shanghai National New-Generation AI Innovation & Development Pilot Zone; Member of China Digital Economy 50 Forum; Executive member of Chinese Judicial Research Society; Vice Chairman of Technology for Sustainable Development Goal Alliance for Asia; Co-Chair of UNU Global AI Network Board.

He was once selected as Board Member Co-opted of Research Committee on Sociology of Law, The International Sociological Association; Member of Council of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law; Member of the Research Committee of the Asia Pacific Forum (Awaji Conference); Fellow of the Virtual Center for Advanced Studies in Institution, the Tokyo Foundation; Researcher and Member of Planning Committee, International Institute of Advanced Studies; Member of Global Agenda Council on Justice, World Economic Forum; Vice Chairman of the Guiding Committee of Legal Education, the Ministry of Education, China; President of Shanghai Rule of Law Association.

He was Dean and KoGuan Chair Professor of Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2008-2018; Professor, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University, Japan, 1996-2008; Visiting Scholar, Stanford Law School, U.S.A., 1991-1992.

Educational Background: LL.B., Peking University, China, 1983; LL.M., Kyoto University, Japan, 1987; Dr. Jur., Kyoto University, Japan, 1993. 

Major Research Interests: sociology of law, comparative law and digital law.

Major Chinese Publications:

( 1 ) Constructing Rule of Law (Beijing: China University of Law and Political Sciences Press, 1999);

( 2 ) New Views on Constitutionalism (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2002, enlarged edition, 2005);

( 3 ) The Significance of Legal Procedures (Beijing: China Legal Publishing House, 2004);

( 4 ) Great Transformation and Rule of Law in China (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2013);

( 5) The Road to The Rule of Law: Social Diversity and Authority System (Beijing: Law Press, 2014);

( 6 ) Judicial Reform in China: The Path Dependence of Institutional Change and the Grand Design (ed., Beijing, Law Press, 2016);

( 7 ) Legal Changes in the AI Era (ed., Shanghai: Sanlian Press, 2020);

( 8 ) Transboundary Studies in Law: Norms, Facts and Interdiscipline (Beijing: Law Press, 2022);

( 9 ) The Order of the Metaverse: Virtual People, Crypto Assets, and Legal Innovations (Shanghai: People's Press, 2023)；

( 10 ) Sociology of Law (ed., Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2023)；

(11) Computatinal Law and Data Ethics (ed., Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2024);

(12) Information and Legal Reasoning in AIoT (ed., Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2024);  

(13) Procedure and Argumentation: The Essence of Modern Rule of Law (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2025),etc.