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Emily Laidlaw serves as Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity Law at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Law, where she also holds appointments as Co-Director of the Canadian Network on Information and Security and Ethics Advisor to Calgary’s City Council.
Her academic credentials include a PhD (2012) and LLM (2007) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a JD (2002) from the University of Saskatchewan, and a BA in Communications (1998) from Linfield University.
Dr. Laidlaw's research critically examines the intersection of digital technologies and fundamental rights, with primary focus on cybersecurity law, online harms regulation, platform accountability, privacy protections, and freedom of expression in networked environments. Her influential book Regulating Speech in Cyberspace (Cambridge University Press, 2015) established foundational frameworks for analyzing corporate responsibility in digital governance, while her ongoing work addresses emerging challenges in intimate image abuse legislation and cross-border data flows.
Her publication record reveals consistent scholarly engagement with intermediary liability doctrines and digital tort reform across Canadian, UK, and European contexts, demonstrating particular expertise in developing legal mechanisms for addressing online defamation and non-consensual intimate imagery. Recent work increasingly examines the role of technology mindfulness in shaping privacy tort evolution and content moderation systems.
Recognition for her impactful scholarship includes:
- Peak Scholar award from the University of Calgary (2018)
Dr. Laidlaw directs significant research initiatives including an SSHRC Insight Grant on developing digital privacy torts, a MINDS Grant for the Canadian Network on Information and Security, and participation as co-investigator in the SSHRC Partnership Grant for Human-Centric Cybersecurity. She recently co-chaired the federal government's expert advisory panel on online safety legislation.
Her institutional affiliations include leadership roles in the Institute for Security, Privacy and Information Assurance, membership on the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel on Public Safety in the Digital Age, and editorial positions with the European Journal of Law and Technology and International Cybersecurity Law Review.
