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Dr Niovi Vavoula is a Senior Lecturer in Migration and Security at Queen Mary University of London, specializing in EU immigration, criminal, and privacy law. She holds a PhD and LLM from Queen Mary and an LL.B. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her research focuses on digital migration control, AI in border management, and fundamental rights challenges in EU security policies. She contributes to academic networks like ODYSSEUS and ECLAN, and advises EU institutions on migration and data policies.
Education: BA (Law, Athens University), LLM/PhD (Queen Mary). Research interests include EU immigration law, criminal law, and AI's impact on migration governance. She has coordinated EU-funded projects like the Jean Monnet Network MAPS and participated in policy studies for the European Parliament and Commission.
Publications span monographs like Immigration and Privacy in the Law of the European Union and peer-reviewed articles on EU databases, AI in borders, and pandemic governance. Her consultancy work includes advising on Europol mandates, facial recognition databases, and data protection in migration systems.
Teaching includes postgraduate courses on AI, migration ethics, and criminal law. Supervised PhD topics address digital currencies, migrant rights, and human trafficking legal frameworks. Active in public engagement through blogs, op-eds, and policy reports on EU migration and security policies.
