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Samar Abbas Nawaz is a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) with expertise at the intersection of law and technology. He holds a PhD in "Safe integration of civil drones: Law, self-operation & infrastructure" from the Department of Criminology & Sociology of Law at the University of Oslo. His current research focuses on regulatory challenges of emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence and unmanned systems.
Dr. Nawaz has been professionally involved in the legal field for nearly a decade, serving as a practitioner, in-house advisor, and academic researcher. His doctoral research was conducted as part of the 'RegulAIR' project funded by the Research Council of Norway between 2021-2024 under the supervision of Bruno O. Martins and Kristin B. Sandvik.
His primary research interests lie in the regulatory frameworks governing emerging technologies, with special focus on:
- Legal challenges of integrating civil drones into civilian airspace
- Regulation of artificial intelligence in security and border management contexts
- Human oversight requirements for autonomous systems
- Infrastructure challenges for drone operations (U-Space)
- Policy coherence in EU regulatory approaches to drone technology and AI
- Conceptual issues in defining "autonomous operation" and "remote pilot"
Dr. Nawaz's scholarly work demonstrates a consistent focus on the intersection of law, technology, and regulatory frameworks. His publications reveal an evolving research trajectory from foundational drone law analysis towards more complex issues of AI integration, autonomy spectrums, and institutional policy coherence. A notable trend in his work is the application of Science and Technology Studies (STS) perspectives to legal analysis of emerging technologies, highlighting regulatory lag and conceptual challenges in current frameworks.
As a Senior Researcher at PRIO, Dr. Nawaz is currently working on the EU-funded 'TRANSCEND' project, researching challenges for civil society engagement in border management technologies. He is also engaged in an internal project analyzing AI-related frameworks in Kenya, Brazil, and South Korea. Between 2021-2024, he conducted doctoral research as part of the 'RegulAIR' project funded by the Research Council of Norway. In 2022 and 2025, he co-facilitated the 'Peace Research' summer course in collaboration with the University of Oslo.
