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Professor of Law and Technology, University of Leeds

I am a Professor of Law and Technology. I explore the multiple challenges digital technologies bring when applied to different aspects of society, such as transport, education, healthcare and social justice. I have acquired an international reputation for cutting-edge, rigorous, innovative, interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical research that strongly focuses on the Global South. Understanding and making sense of the increasing amount of "data" that is out there is central to my research. "Big data" can control our lives, and I am particularly interested in how we can better inform and empower consumers. I am also keen to examine how we can update our legal framework to protect privacy and equip the public with the knowledge needed to make informed choices. I was the Chair of the British and Irish Law Education Technology Association (2018-2021). I am a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts (FRSA), Manufactures and Commerce, a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Crime Sciences: Committee on International Cybercrime Law, and a Research Fellow of the African Centre for Cyberlaw and Cybercrime Prevention. I am the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal International Review of Law Computers and Technology (IRLCT).

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Professor of Law and Technology, University of Leeds
  • 2014–2023
    Associate professor, University of Leeds
  • 2009–2014
    Senior lecturer, University of Leeds
  • 2003–2009
    Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast

Education

  • 2003 
    Liverpool John Moores University, PhD

Publications

  • 2020
    Restoring Trust into the NHS: promoting data protection as an ‘architecture of custody’ for the sharing of data in direct care, International Journal of Law and Information Technology
  • 2020
    Next Generation Privacy, Information & Communications Technology Law
  • 2020
    Legal framework for small autonomous agricultural robots, AI and Society
  • 2018
    Regulation for E-payment Systems - Analytical Approaches Beyond Private Ordering, Journal of African Law
  • 2017
    International Direct Taxation and E-Commerce: A Catalyst for Reform?, NUJS Law Review
  • 2016
    Privacy and Healthcare Data: 'Choice of Control' to 'Choice' and 'Control' , Routledge
  • 2013
    Information Revolution: “Choice of Control” to “Choice and Control, International Review of Law Computers and Technology,
  • 2012
    Stalking the Stranger in Web 2.0: A Contemporary Regulatory Analysis, European Journal of Law and Technology
  • 2012
    Older people and legal advice – the need for joined up and creative approaches, Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
  • 2012
    Privacy Protection: A Tale of Two Cultures, Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology
  • 2010
    Providing Legal Information and Advice to Older People: as much a question of accessibility as affordability, European Journal of Law and Technology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2019
    Enhance driver behaviour and Public Acceptance of Connected and Autonomous vehicLes (PASCAL)
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    EU Horizon 2020
  • 2019
    MOdify Drivers’ behaviour to Adapt for Lower EmissionS (MODALES)
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    EU Horizon 2020
  • 2015
    CRITiCaL - Combatting cRiminals In The Cloud
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    EPSRC
  • 2014
    Review of Legislation and Policy Guidance relating to Adult Social Care in Northern Ireland
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    COPNI
  • 2012
    Crossing Borders and Barriers: How Older Adults Access Legal Advice and Information for Effective Justice
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging
  • 2009
    Hub Websites for Youth Participation
    Role:
    Co-Investigator
    Funding Source:
    EU
  • 2008
    Digital Divide, Ageing and Online Legal Advice
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Changing Ageing Partnership

Honours

Hind Rattan Award-2020 (Jewel of India)