Project Code

Project Title

Primary Supervisor

LAW-G-IPT01

Generative AI, Authorship, and Markets: Evidence for Proportionate IP Enforcement

This project will combine doctrinal analysis with empirical measurement of substitution and market impact across music, screen and publishing to calibrate copyright enforcement for the GenAI era—protecting creators while avoiding over-blocking of legitimate online creativity. This work will engage NI creators, SMEs, collecting societies and platform partners to generate evidence-based guidance for proportionate remedies and licensing models.

Professor Giancarlo Frosio

LAW-G-IPT02

AI in the Workplace: a legal framework for flexible working arrangements in context of AI

This project will explore the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in reshaping flexible work arrangements, namely through its impact on workplace automation. It will examine the adequacy of existing labour laws and assess whether the existing legal framework balances innovation, workers’ rights employer responsibilities in an AI-driven workplace. This project aligns to the NI Executive Government Plan in relation to the Equality Impact Assessment.

Professor Billy Melo Araujo

LAW-G-IPT03

Using AI to build an inclusive and responsible FinTech regulatory system for NI

The project will deliver an empirical study of the experience of people in Northern Ireland in engaging with FinTech opportunities (e.g. online investment apps and de-centralised smart contracts) and propose an inclusive and responsible FinTech regulatory framework. It aligns with the DfE’s Sectoral Action plan in establishing Belfast’s position as a global FinTech centre, creating good jobs, as well as encouraging innovation and investment.

Dr Zi Yang

LAW-G-IPT06

AI decision-making in the Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunal System

This project will review the range of AI assisted mechanisms for decision-making within justice systems world-wide; survey the perceptions and use of AI among  judicial office holders across Northern Ireland; and, within a co-production process with judicial office holders, develop  a series of tailored  principles and guidelines for using AI within the Justice system. It will also draw upon and develop a collaborative approach between the judiciary and academic expertise. 

Dr Tomas McInerney