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Professor Giancarlo Frosio

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Professor Giancarlo Frosio

School of Law

My work begins from a central question: how does the law adapt to technological innovation? In this context, interdisciplinary working characterizes my research agenda to the maximum extent, since my primary research interest lies at the intersection of law, technology and the humanities. I have dedicated most of my academic career to studying the interface between technology, innovation, creativity, and intellectual property through the lens of international, European and American law. In doing so, I focused on five main research clusters: (I) Intellectual Property (IP) and digitization; (II) IP, public interest, and global justice; (III) history and economics of creativity; (IV) Information Technology (IT), Internet governance, intermediary liability, and platform economy; and (V) legal aspects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulation, with special emphasis on IP rights.

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  • g.frosio@qub.ac.uk
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Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in:

  • copyright law broadly
  • copyright law in the digital environment
  • copyright, cultural heritage, and digital libraries
  • copyright, public interest, and global justice, including cultural appropriation and access to knowledge
  • intellectual property and fundamental rights online and offline
  • internet governance and platform regulation
  • intermediary liability of online service providers
  • intellectual property enforcement online
  • algorithmic enforcement online
  • artificial intelligence and the law
  • artificial intelligence and intellectual property
  • history and economics of creativity/innovation
  • intellectual property theories and justifications

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Non-Resident Fellow of Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society
  • Faculty Associate of the Nexa Center for Internet and Society
  • Member of the Observatory of Experts of the Internet & Jurisdictions Project
  • Member of the Digital Scholarship Institute
  • 2019 Chief Researcher in IP/IT law at the International Laboratory for IT and IP law of the Higher School of Economics of the National Research University
  • Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability
  • Author of numerous studies in the field of IP/IT law commissioned by public institutions, including the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Intellectual Property Office, the European Audiovisual Observatory, and the United Kingdom Research and Innovation
  • Research cited multiple times by the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union
  • Speaking (as an invited speaker or expert) and teaching engagements at multiple international venues and institutions, such as Bocconi University, the Council of Europe, Duke University, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European IP Office, the European Audiovisual Office, the Institute for Trade and Development, the Koren Copyright Office, Oxford University, Stanford University, Turin University, Peking University, and WIPO

Research students

PhD area Algorithmic regulation of the music industry regarding the consumption of music
Name Katherine Pittalis
   
PhD Area Pharma corporate intellectual property (IP) governance and pandemic preparedness (A comparative study of the United Kingdom and global south (including Pakistan)
Name Zahoor Elahi

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Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law

Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?

If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.


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