Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- copyright law broadly
- copyright law in the digital environment
- copyright, cultural heritage, and digital libraries
- copyright, public interest, and global justice, including cultural appropriation and access to knowledge
- intellectual property and fundamental rights online and offline
- internet governance and platform regulation
- intermediary liability of online service providers
- intellectual property enforcement online
- algorithmic enforcement online
- artificial intelligence and the law
- artificial intelligence and intellectual property
- history and economics of creativity/innovation
- intellectual property theories and justifications
Public outreach & key achievements
- Non-Resident Fellow of Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
- Faculty Associate of the Nexa Center for Internet and Society
- Member of the Observatory of Experts of the Internet & Jurisdictions Project
- Member of the Digital Scholarship Institute
- 2019 Chief Researcher in IP/IT law at the International Laboratory for IT and IP law of the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University
- Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability
- Author of numerous studies in the field of IP/IT law commissioned by public institutions, including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Intellectual Property Office, the European Audiovisual Observatory, and the United Kingdom Research and Innovation
- Research cited multiple times by the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union
- Speaking (as an invited speaker or expert) and teaching engagements at multiple international venues and institutions, such as Bocconi University, the Council of Europe, Duke University, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European IP Office, the European Audiovisual Office, the Institute for Trade and Development, the Koren Copyright Office, Oxford University, Stanford University, Turin University, Peking University, and WIPO
Research students
| PhD area | Algorithmic regulation of the music industry regarding the consumption of music |
|---|---|
| Name | Katherine Pittalis |
| PhD Area | Pharma corporate intellectual property (IP) governance and pandemic preparedness (A comparative study of the United Kingdom and global south (including Pakistan) |
| Name | Zahoor Elahi |
| PhD Area | Fast Fashion v/s traditional artists rights within the intellectual property law regime: The case for empirical evidence-based findings |
| Name | Niharika Salar |
| PhD Area | Emerging algorithmic technologies and the representation of knowledge. What are the effects of algorithmic decision-making on market abuse laws? |
| Name | Habeeb Ramos |
| PhD Area | Algorithmic decision making and online content moderation: Devising technological and regulatory solutions to preserve fundamental rights online |
| Name | Cecile Harrault |
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Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.
Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?
If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.