جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Margarita Boenig-Liptsinمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Social and political aspects of digital technologies
• Identity and citizenship in technological societies
• Ethics of Technology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Margarita Boenig-Liptsin is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Ethics, Technology and Society at ETH Zurich's Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, a position she has held since September 2022. Trained in Science, Technology and Society with dual PhDs from Harvard University (History of Science) and Université Paris-Sorbonne (Philosophy), she brings interdisciplinary expertise to examining the relationship between technology, power, democracy, and ethics. Her research spans several interconnected areas focusing on transformations to human identity and citizenship in relation to information technologies across time and cultures. She investigates the social and political aspects of digital technologies, identity and selfhood in technological societies, ethics of technology, and comparative cultures of innovation. Her work uniquely bridges historical analysis with contemporary ethical concerns, examining how concepts like human dignity evolve alongside technological developments from punch cards to AI governance frameworks. Her recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a strong focus on AI ethics, data justice, and the philosophical implications of algorithmic systems. These works demonstrate her consistent interest in how technology shapes democratic processes, citizenship, and ethical frameworks. Her research shows progression from historical studies of computer literacy programs to contemporary analyses of generative AI's impact on knowledge production and everyday ethics. Her scientific recognition includes: NSF funding for her collaborative project on Silicon Valley's innovation imaginary Mozilla Foundation Responsible Computer Science Challenge grant (2018-2021) Academic Data Science Alliance support (2020-2022) Sorbonne Université's Paris IAS Chair on 'Major Changes' (2021-2022) At ETH Zurich, she leads research and teaching initiatives that build connections between engineering and social sciences. Previously at UC Berkeley, she directed the Human Contexts and Ethics Program, developing the Human Contexts and Ethics component for data science education. Her work consistently emphasizes translating social science theory for diverse audiences and connecting scholarly work to community needs in Zurich, Switzerland, and Europe. She teaches courses including 'Artificial Intelligence and Human Values' and 'Research in Ethics, Technology and Society' for the Fall 2025 semester.

• Health Law
• Privacy Law
• Drug Policy
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Jennifer D. Oliva is a Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law where she holds the Val Nolan Faculty Fellow position. She maintains significant interdisciplinary affiliations as a Research Scholar at Georgetown University Law Center's O'Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law and as a Senior Scholar with the UCSF/UC Law Consortium on Law, Science & Health Policy. Her academic work bridges legal scholarship with practical health policy development, focusing on the intersection of constitutional protections, public health needs, and modern surveillance technologies. Professor Oliva's research interests center on health law, privacy law, and drug policy with particular expertise in prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs), health information privacy, and the legal dimensions of the opioid crisis. Her scholarship critically examines how law enforcement surveillance of prescription data impacts patient privacy rights, particularly for vulnerable populations including those with substance use disorders. She has developed significant expertise in how constitutional privacy protections apply to health data in the digital age, especially following the Supreme Court's decision in Carpenter v. United States. Her recent publications reveal a growing focus on algorithmic regulation in healthcare, examining how risk scoring systems and coverage algorithms can perpetuate health disparities. She has published extensively on the intersection of reproductive rights and health data privacy in the post-Dobbs landscape, analyzing how prescription monitoring systems could be weaponized against individuals seeking reproductive healthcare. Her work consistently connects doctrinal legal analysis with public health realities, advocating for evidence-based policy approaches that prioritize patient privacy and health equity over punitive enforcement. Dosing Discrimination: Regulating PDMP Risk Scores (2022) The "New" Drug War (2024) Prescription Drug Policing: The Right to Health Information Privacy Pre- and Post-Carpenter (2020) Opioid Multidistrict Litigation Secrecy (2019) Surveillance, Privacy, and App Tracking (2020) Professor Oliva actively engages with policymakers and has contributed to amicus briefs in significant cases including Ruan v. United States. Her scholarship has been cited in legal proceedings and she regularly presents at major academic conferences including the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting. She has collaborated with scholars across disciplines including public health researchers, medical ethicists, and data scientists to address complex challenges at the intersection of law, technology, and healthcare.

Suzie Dunnمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Technology and Law
• Gender Equality
• Digital Privacy
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Suzie Dunn is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law and Acting Director of the Law & Technology Institute. She teaches Contracts, Judicial Decision-Making, Law and Technology, Intellectual Property, and Legal Ethics. Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, equality, technology, and law, particularly technology-facilitated violence, deepfakes, and digital privacy. Education: PhD candidate at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, with JD, LLM, and BA degrees. She previously served as a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa, where she taught Contracts and Law of Images, earning a 2021 teaching excellence award. Awards include the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarship for PhD research and the Greenberg Prize for Feminist Research. Professional roles include advising the G7 and UN on gender-based violence in digital contexts, contributing to CIPPIC interventions in landmark Supreme Court cases (R v Jarvis, R v Downes), and serving on advisory boards for organizations like the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund. She is a Senior Fellow at CIGI, working on global projects against online gender-based violence, and co-authored a UN resolution on digital violence prevention. Her work extends to tech safety toolkits for domestic violence shelters, policy development, and international collaborations. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2016 and actively engages in public discourse on AI ethics and digital rights.

Fiona Humمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Evidence Law
• Criminal Justice
• Health Law
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr Fiona Hum is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University's Faculty of Law, where she conducts research and teaches. Admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria, she previously practiced commercial litigation, criminal law, and personal injury law while consulting for major insurers and the Victorian police force. Her doctorate from the University of Melbourne focused on Northern Territory euthanasia laws. Education: Doctorate in Law, University of Melbourne (thesis on euthanasia laws) Admitted Solicitor and Barrister, Supreme Court of Victoria Research Focus: Dr Hum's work centers on Evidence Law , Wrongful Convictions , and Gender/Race Relations in Law , with pioneering studies on compassion training for law students now expanding into climate change law. Her research directly supports UN Sustainable Development Goals for justice, equality, and well-being through interdisciplinary approaches connecting legal theory with psychological and social frameworks. Publication Trends: Recent work (2022-2025) analyzes high-profile cases like Kathleen Folbigg and Cardinal Pell while advancing evidence law pedagogy through her Cambridge University Press textbook. Earlier scholarship (2010) established foundational critiques of gender bias in evidentiary processes, particularly regarding women complainants and pregnant patients. Scientific Awards: Faculty Teaching Award for Teaching Excellence (2010) Certificate of Recognition for S1 Unit Performance (2015) Certificate of Recognition for S2 Unit Improvement (2016) Nominee: Inspiring Woman Award (2021) Nominee: Australian Legal Education Award (2023) Advising & Professional Impact: Accepting PhD students, Dr Hum actively shapes legal education through curriculum innovation and peer review for top journals ( University of New South Wales Law Journal , Sydney Law Review ). Her external collaborations include specialist lectures for Monash's Faculty of Medicine and keynotes at national conferences like the Women's Lawyers Conference on 'Justice for All'. Institutional Roles: Current member of the Australasian Law Academics Association (2025-2028) and former Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne (2019-2021), she bridges academic rigor with real-world legal practice through ongoing consultancy work.

Aleksandra Jordanoskaمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Financial Regulation
• Corporate Crime
• Financial Technology (FinTech)
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Aleksandra Jordanoska is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London's Dickson Poon School of Law, specializing in corporate law and financial regulation. She holds a PhD from Queen Mary University of London (funded by a Queen Mary Research Studentship) and an MPhil in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on financial markets governance, FinTech regulation, and white-collar crime, with recent grants from the British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. She has held visiting roles at institutions like UC Berkeley and ANU. Teaching includes undergraduate Company Law and postgraduate courses on FinTech policy and financial crime regulation. Key research projects include the 'Global White-Collar Crime Survey' and studies on NFT regulatory risks. She co-chairs the Law and Society Association's Regulatory Governance Network and collaborates internationally on compliance and crime prevention initiatives. Her work employs interdisciplinary methods, including interviews with industry stakeholders and observational studies of legal proceedings. She is actively involved in funding initiatives through organizations like the ESRC and King's College London.

E. Lea Johnstonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Criminal Law
• Criminal Procedure
• Mental Health Law
• +۴ مورد دیگر

E. Lea Johnston is the Clarence J. TeSelle Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She is a leading expert in mental health law, criminal law, and criminal procedure, with her work appearing in top law reviews and peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journals. Her scholarship has been widely cited by legal scholars, appears in leading treatises, and has received attention from courts and social scientists. Her theory of sentencing forms part of the theoretical framework for the standard textbook for forensic psychiatry fellowship programs. Professor Johnston earned her A.B. from Princeton University and her J.D. (cum laude) from Harvard Law School. Before entering academia, she worked as a litigation associate at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, D.C., served as director of the Maryland Public Interest Research Group, and clerked for Judge Richard Tallman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Johnston's research primarily focuses on the intersection of mental health and criminal justice. Her work examines how mental illness impacts criminal responsibility, competence to stand trial, sentencing, and diversion programs. She has made significant contributions to understanding diminished responsibility doctrines, insanity defenses, mental health courts, and assisted outpatient treatment. Her scholarship often employs interdisciplinary approaches, integrating legal analysis with insights from psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences to develop more humane and just approaches to mentally ill offenders within the criminal justice system. Her publications demonstrate consistent scholarly output with significant impact across multiple disciplines. The trajectory of her work shows an evolution from foundational analyses of legal standards for mentally ill defendants toward more comprehensive reform proposals addressing systemic issues in how the criminal justice system handles mental illness. Elected to American Law Institute (2020) Former Chair of Criminal Justice Section, American Association of Law Schools Former Chair of Law and Mental Disability Section, American Association of Law Schools Member of Legal Scholars Committee, American Psychology-Law Society Professor Johnston has significantly influenced both legal scholarship and practice through her theoretical contributions and practical recommendations. Her work on sentencing theory for mentally ill offenders has been incorporated into forensic psychiatry training materials, demonstrating real-world impact beyond academia. While specific grant information isn't detailed in the provided text, her extensive publication record and leadership roles suggest substantial research support throughout her career. Her scholarship serves as a critical bridge between legal doctrine and clinical mental health practice, offering frameworks that balance therapeutic needs with justice considerations.

• Public Law
• Algorithmic Decision-Making
• Constitutional Law
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Adam Harkens is a Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Strathclyde. He holds a PhD in Law from Queen's University Belfast, funded by the Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS). His research focuses on the intersection of public power, digital decision-making tools, and constitutionalism, addressing issues like algorithmic policing, surveillance, and AI governance. He is a founding member of the Strathclyde Centre for Doctoral Training (SCDT) in Human Rights-Based Decision-Making and the LEADS Lab at the University of Birmingham. Teaching includes modules on constitutional law, administrative law, and digital regulation at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Professional activities include advising bodies like the Office for AI and the Dutch Raad van State. He co-leads the SCDT project (2023–2027) and contributed to the FATAL4JUSTICE? Programme (2019–2022). His upcoming monograph, The Algorithmic State: Power, Constitutionalism and the Future of Administrative Law , explores these themes further. Research interests emphasize preventing power abuse via algorithmic systems, engaging legal theory, human rights, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recent projects include workshops on predictive policing regulation and EU AI accountability frameworks.

• Criminology
• Intelligence Analysis
• Homeland Security
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Robert J. Girod is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Intelligence Analysis at Indiana State University, affiliated with the School of Criminology and Security Studies. He has also held teaching roles at Indiana University, Keiser University, and nine other institutions as a visiting or adjunct professor. J.D., Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School (2010) Ph.D., Union Institute & University in Criminology and Public Administration (2001) Post-doctoral certificate in Leadership, Harvard University (2003) M.S., University of Central Missouri in Criminal Justice Administration (1986) B.A., Indiana University in General Studies (2000) B.A., Huntington University in Sociology (1980) A.A., Indiana University in Criminal Justice (1983) His research spans criminology, intelligence analysis, homeland security, and cybersecurity, focusing on pandemic impacts on law enforcement, military history, war crimes trials, and policing strategies. Recent publications emphasize institutional adaptation during crises and intelligence tradecraft. Dr. Girod has authored or co-authored books and journal articles on topics including criminal investigations, police liability, and behavioral science. His awards include FBI and American Legion honors, and he is listed in Who’s Who in Law Enforcement (1991) and Who’s Who in Public Service (2000). Meritorious Service Medal, Fort Wayne Police Department (1994) Commendation Certificate, FBI Director (2002) Who’s Who in Law Enforcement (1991) Who’s Who in Public Service (2000) As a faculty advisor, he has guided student research and clubs, including the Amateur Radio Club at Indiana State University. His community service includes pro bono legal work with Neighborhood Christian Legal Services and The Innocence Project.

Céline Castets-Renardمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Artificial Intelligence Law
• Digital Governance
• Data Protection Law
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Céline Castets-Renard is a Full Professor in the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa and holds the Canada Research Chair in International and Comparative Law of Artificial Intelligence. She also serves as the University Research Chair on Accountable AI in a Global Context (2020-2024) and is an affiliated researcher at ANITI (Toulouse) and Yale Law School's Internet Society Project. She previously held senior academic roles at Université Toulouse Capitole and was a visiting scholar at institutions including Fordham Law School and Osaka University. Her research focuses on digital technology and AI governance from an international and comparative law perspective, emphasizing EU, Canadian, and US frameworks. Key areas include AI law, data protection, digital copyright, platform regulation, and the intersection of technology with human rights, equity, and gender issues. She has authored over 100 articles, 2 monographs, and edited 4 books. Dr. Castets-Renard advises on EU initiatives such as the AI Office’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice and the Digital Markets Act. Her work bridges legal scholarship with practical challenges in AI accountability, privacy, and transnational governance. Awards include the Honorary Junior Membership of the Institut Universitaire de France (2015-2019).

Michael D. Frakesمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Health Law
• Torts
• Innovation Policy
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Michael D. Frakes is the A. Kenneth Pye Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law School and Professor of Economics in the Duke Economics Department. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the American Law and Economics Review since late 2023. Education: BS in Economics (MIT, 2001), JD (Harvard, 2005), PhD in Economics (MIT, 2009). Prior Affiliations: Cornell Law School, Northwestern University School of Law, Visiting Professor at Harvard and NYU. Frakes conducts empirical research at the intersection of health law, torts, and innovation policy. His work examines how legal and financial incentives influence healthcare delivery, racial disparities in health outcomes, and patent office dynamics. He has secured NIH R01 grants to study medical liability's impact on care quality and pharmaceutical patent databases. His recent publications focus on pharmaceutical patent strategies, medical malpractice reform, and racial concordance in healthcare. While no explicit awards are listed, his grants and editorial leadership highlight his influence in empirical law and economics.

Foroud Shirvaniمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Property Law
• State Liability Law
• Environmental Law
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Foroud Shirvani is a distinguished Professor at the Chair of Public Law within the School of Law at the University of Bonn. Their research focuses on property law , state liability law , environmental law , constitutional law (including fundamental rights, party, and parliamentary law), and social law with a constitutional foundation. Additional expertise spans municipal law , police law , and energy law . Department of Law, University of Bonn Chair of Public Law Research trends include the socialization of property , compensation for pandemic-related expropriation-like interventions , and procedural limits to property rights under administrative law . Shirvani’s work bridges historical legal developments (e.g., expropriation law from the 19th century to the Weimar Constitution) with contemporary challenges like housing shortages and energy policy. Key publications include: Property without owners? (2024, co-edited with Judith Froese) Commentary on State Liability Law (2024, co-authored with Hans-Jürgen Papier) Compensation for expropriation-like interventions (2022) Commentary on Article 34 of the Basic Law (2020, co-authored with Hans-Jürgen Papier) Shirvani actively contributes to constitutional and administrative law , with a focus on the intersection of property rights and public policy.

• Artificial Intelligence Law
• Technology and Society
• Discrimination Law
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Andrew D. Selbst is a Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and currently serves as the William J. Friedman and Alicia Townsend Friedman Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He has been on the UCLA faculty since 2020 and previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Data & Society Research Institute and a Visiting Fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project. He has also taught as an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School. Professor Selbst received his educational training from prestigious institutions: S.B. in Physics and Electrical Science and Engineering from MIT (2004) M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (2005) J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School (2011) Before entering academia, Professor Selbst worked as a design engineer at Cirrus Logic and Analog Devices. Following law school, he served as a Privacy Research Fellow at NYU School of Law's Information Law Institute, an Alan Morrison Supreme Court Assistance Fellow at Public Citizen Litigation Group, a Senior Associate in Hogan Lovells US LLP's Communications group, and clerked for federal judges including the Honorable Dolly M. Gee and the Honorable Jane R. Roth. Professor Selbst's research examines the complex relationship between law, technology, and society. Drawing on resources from computer science, sociology, and science and technology studies, he seeks to understand how technologies interfere with existing legal regimes and how legal actors can respond to the social effects of new technology. His recent work has focused specifically on the effects of machine learning and artificial intelligence on various legal domains, including discrimination law, policing practices, credit regulation, data protection frameworks, and tort law. His interdisciplinary approach combines technical understanding of AI systems with deep legal analysis to address emerging challenges in the digital age. Professor Selbst teaches courses in torts, information privacy and data protection, a seminar on law, technology and society, and beginning in 2025, a dedicated course on Artificial Intelligence Law. His publications have appeared in leading law journals including Boston University Law Review, California Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, and University of Pennsylvania Law Review, as well as in the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability and Transparency. He is also the coauthor of a forthcoming casebook on Artificial Intelligence Law. His scholarly contributions demonstrate a consistent focus on the intersection of emerging technologies and legal frameworks, with particular attention to how AI systems create novel challenges for established legal doctrines. Professor Selbst's work has been influential in shaping academic and policy discussions around AI regulation, algorithmic accountability, and the adaptation of legal systems to technological change.

• International Investment Law
• International Economic Law
• Political Risk Management
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Thomas Nektarios Papanastasiou is an Associate Professor of International Economic Law and Law of Energy at Neapolis University Pafos. He holds a PhD in International Investment Law and advanced degrees in International Relations and Law from Waseda University and the University of Athens. Currently, he serves as Coordinator of the Distance LLM in International & European Business Law and Director of the Legal Clinic. His professional experience includes roles at the World Bank, OECD, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), as well as research positions at Waseda University and Mitsubishi Research Institute. Research Interests: Prof. Papanastasiou specializes in international investment law, political risk management, energy law, and the intersection of human rights with investment arbitration. His work emphasizes legal frameworks governing foreign investments in energy sectors across Asia and Europe, with a focus on Japan’s public insurance agencies and EU bilateral investment treaties. Publications: His recent work explores the role of human rights in arbitration, implications of political risk insurance for energy projects, and the post-Achmea landscape of intra-EU investment disputes. He has published in journals such as The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals and contributed chapters to edited volumes like Public Actors in International Investment Law . Teaching & Leadership: Beyond research, he lectures at the Police Academy of Cyprus and oversees interdisciplinary academic programs. His work bridges legal theory with practical governance challenges in international development and infrastructure projects.

Kenneth S. Abrahamمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Torts
• Insurance Law
• Legal Theory
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Kenneth S. Abraham is a distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he has established himself as one of the nation's leading scholars and teachers in the fields of torts and insurance law. With decades of academic excellence, Professor Abraham has shaped legal education and scholarship through his influential writings, teaching, and service to the legal profession. Professor Abraham's research focuses on the intricate relationship between tort law and insurance law, exploring how these two areas intersect to shape risk distribution, liability, and compensation systems. His scholarship spans historical analysis of legal developments, theoretical frameworks for understanding tort principles, and practical applications of insurance coverage doctrines. He has made significant contributions to understanding the evolution of tort liability, the role of insurance in shaping legal outcomes, and the theoretical underpinnings of modern tort doctrine. Professor Abraham's work often bridges historical perspective with contemporary legal challenges, revealing patterns and insights that inform current debates in tort and insurance law. His most recent scholarship demonstrates a continued focus on the theoretical foundations of tort law while addressing emerging challenges in areas such as cyber liability, police accountability, free speech implications for tort liability, and pandemic-related insurance claims. Abraham's articles frequently examine how historical developments have shaped current legal doctrines and identify conceptual gaps in existing tort theory, particularly regarding the underappreciated role of liability insurance in the tort system. William L. Prosser Award from the American Association of Law Schools (2024) Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Life Member of the American Law Institute All-University of Virginia Outstanding Teacher Award Distinguished Faculty Achievement Certificate from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia American Bar Association's Robert B. McKay Law Professor Award First law professor elected as an honorary fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel Professor Abraham has served on the ALI Council for 20 years and has been an adviser to the ALI's 'Restatement of Torts (Third)' and the senior adviser to the 'Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance.' His expertise is frequently sought in major insurance coverage cases involving commercial general liability, directors and officers liability, environmental cleanup liability, toxic tort and products liability, and property insurance claims. He has also served as an arbitrator for the Dalkon Shield Claimants Trust, resolving over 100 claims by women seeking damages for injuries caused by the Dalkon Shield intrauterine device.

Shaun Spencerمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Privacy Law
• Policy Analysis
• Empirical Legal Studies
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Shaun Spencer is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at UMass School of Law , University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He holds the academic rank of Professor and has contributed extensively to Privacy Law , Surveillance Jurisprudence , and Empirical Legal Writing . Contact: sspencer1@umassd.edu | 508-985-1192 Education: LLM, Harvard Law School Juris Doctor (JD), Boston College Law School BA, Boston College Research Interests focus on Privacy Law and Policy , particularly implications of Predictive Surveillance and Legal Writing Empiricism . His work bridges Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence , Social Media Regulation , and Digital Commerce . Publications include studies on First Amendment challenges in digital contexts, Consumer Privacy frameworks, and Legal Writing effectiveness. Articles like "Digital Disruption" and "Two First Amendment Futures" highlight his interdisciplinary approach. Awards Massachusetts Lawyer of the Year (2024) Professional Background spans academia and litigation: previously Lecturer at Harvard Law School, Adjunct Professor at Boston College Law School, and litigation associate at Bingham, Dana & Gould. He founded a firm specializing in Civil Appellate Practice and Employment Litigation .