Law, ethics and technological innovation - University of Birmingham

Law, Ethics and Technological Innovation is a forum intended to cultivate and sustain an engaged community of researchers with an interest in the implications of technological innovation in contemporary society.

The Theme is based in the Law School but actively encourages cross-disciplinary exchange and thus warmly welcomes to interested scholars and researchers from across the University, particularly the School of Computer Science.

Its primary aim is community-building, offering researchers of all levels of seniority within the University a forum to build friendships, professional networks, a sense of community, and to help foster a vibrant research environment.

Staff researching in this theme

Kate Bedford's research focuses on law and development, and gender and political economy. She also researches gambling law and regulation.
Emma Breeze's research focuses on armed conflict, technology, intelligence and international crimes.
Aleksandra Cavoski is a Professor of Law whose research interests are in the field of environmental law and EU law, including the intersection of law and other disciplines, in particular politics, science, public policy and language.
Peter Coe's research focusses on the changing nature of journalism, and how this impacts on free speech, the public sphere and democracy, and press freedom and regulation.
Caroline Collins is interested in Criminal Law.
Hailemichael Teshome Demissie's area of research interest is the human-centric regulation of emerging technologies.
Angela Eggleton is an interdisciplinary researcher focussing on the regulation of emerging technologies.
Natasha Gooden's research addresses public international law and advancements in technology, with a focus on cyber operations, conflict and human rights.
Rosie Harding uses empirical and conceptual socio-legal methods to investigate the place of law in everyday life, with a focus on social justice, family law and disability law.
Laura Holden's research focuses on environmental law, ethical science, acceptance of novel technology, and the assessment of risk.
Anthea Hucklesby undertakes theoretically informed empirical research on all stages of the criminal justice process.
Mohammad Shahabuddin is an international commercial lawyer whose research focuses on analysing the impact of social norms and legal rules on the transition of trade transactions from paper to digital formats, aiming to improve digital platform design and legal policies to ensure trustworthiness and efficacy. He is also the author of a book on letters of credit, which serves as a reference for courts and practicing lawyers.
Atina Krajewska is a health lawyer specialising in global health law and sexual and reproductive justice, developing the sociology of health law.
Maureen Mapp researches relational law, gender and pluriversal justice in the physical and digital world.
Jean McHale's research is in the area of health and care law.
Muireann Quigley's research focuses on law, regulation, and policy relating to bodies, biomaterials, and biotechnologies.
Frances Seabridge has a particular research interest in the curriculum design and the development of legal education, and the fusion of embedding employability skills.
Linden Thomas' research focusses on clinical legal education, pro bono, public legal education and employability.
Lisa Webley's research considers the regulation, education and ethicality and professionalism of the legal profession, and broader access to justice and rule of law concerns.
Karen Yeung has extensive expertise in the legal, ethical and democratic implications of the ongoing digital transformation, including AI governance.
Chen Zhu's research focuses on intellectual property law (especially music copyright), computational legal research methods and legal pedagogy.