Stavridou Sylvia

Stavridou Sylvia serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), with significant cross-institutional engagement. Her academic affiliations include:

• Primary appointment teaching Commercial Law I, II, and III at DUTH's Department of Economics
• Lecturer for "IP and Internet" in the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program (M.Sc. Law and Informatics), jointly operated by University of Macedonia's Department of Applied Informatics and DUTH's Faculty of Law
• Peer reviewer for Oxford University Press's GRUR International – Journal of European and International IP Law

Her research spans Intellectual Property Law, Media Law, Commercial Law, and Consumer Law, emphasizing the economic implications of legal frameworks in digital commerce. She investigates how intellectual property regulations affect media industries and commercial transactions within evolving EU legal contexts, with particular attention to internet-related jurisdictional challenges and consumer protection mechanisms.

Professor Stavridou maintains active professional legal practice alongside academia, having served as a licensed attorney in Greece since 1996. Her institutional memberships demonstrate deep sector integration:

• Boarding Committee member, Union on Protection of Author’s Rights (Greek ALAI group)
• Alumni Association member, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
• Active participant, Hellenic Society of Consumer’s Law

This dual academic-practitioner profile enables her to deliver commercially relevant legal education, preparing students for real-world challenges in intellectual property management and commercial litigation through case-based teaching methodologies grounded in current legal practice.