Author: Natalie
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UK and Ireland Patent Network Virtual Seminar Series Launched
SCuLE’s Dr Naomi Hawkins and Dr Karen Walsh (Exeter University), together with Dr Aisling McMahon (Maynooth University), co-founders of the UK and Ireland Patent Scholars Network, have recently launched an online seminar series for the network. The seminar series offers a monthly forum to discuss research in progress from leading patent scholars based in the…
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Dr Kyriaki Noussia On Modern Threats to Environmental Sustainability in the Arctic
Dr Kyriaki Noussia contributed an article titled ‘On Modern Threats to Environmental Sustainability in the Arctic: The Climate Change Factor‘ to the European Energy and Environmental Law Review. The article is set against the backdrop of the growing possibility to explore natural resources and usage of new navigation routes in shipping due to the ice…
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COVID-19: Human Rights Implications of Digital Certificates for Health Status Verification
PROJECT DESCRIPTION COVID-19: Human Rights Implications of Digital Certificates for Health Status Verification Dr Ana Beduschi (principal investigator) Sponsor: UKRI ESRC (£98,714) Project length: 15 June 2020 – 14 December 2021 About the Project The UK government announced it would consider establishing “immunity passports” as part of a lockdown exit strategy during the ongoing outbreak…
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Naomi Hawkins appointed as QUEX Theme Lead
Dr Naomi Hawkins has been appointed as theme lead for the QUEX Institute’s new theme: Digital Worlds and Disruptive Technologies. The QUEX Institute of Global Sustainability and Wellbeing is a collaboration between The University of Queensland and University of Exeter. Its mission is to deliver innovative research engaging with crucial global challenges under three interdisciplinary…
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SCuLE’s Response to the EMRIP Report on Repatriation of Ceremonial Objects and human remains
The Centre for Science, Culture and the Law at Exeter published a Response for the EMRIP Report on repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The report was submitted in response to the call by the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People.…
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Dr Kyriaki Noussia co-edited InsurTech: A Legal and Regulatory View
Dr Kyriaki Noussia co-edited InsurTech: A Legal and Regulatory View with Pierpaolo Marano as part of the AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation. The Volume explores the key trends in InsurTech and the potential legal and regulatory issues that accompany them. InsurTech is an industry that emerged as a result of increasing…
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Guilty Pleas in Child Defendants
This project explores guilty pleas in children. The main aim of the project is to produce and publicise (1) a report that provides policy makers and practitioners with information relating to guilty pleas in child defendants, (2) model guidelines and training materials for practitioners working with children making guilty plea decisions, (3) an empirical base…
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Dr Kyriaki Noussia co-authored Law and Autonomous Vehicles
Dr Kyriaki Noussia co-authored Law and Autonomous Vehicles with Dr Matthew Channon and Barrister Lucy McCormack. Law and Autonomous Vehicles analyses the key legal issues facing autonomous vehicles, including testing on public roads, insurance, product liability, and cyber security and data protection. It also examines the approaches in other jurisdictions, such as Austria, Germany, Greece,…
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Prof Hitoshi Nasu on The Perfidy Implications of Invisibility Technology on Battlefields of the Future
Professor Hitoshi Nasu contributed a chapter titled “Invisible Soldiers” to The Impact of Emerging Technologies on the Law of Armed Conflict edited by Ronald T.P. Alcala and Eric Talbot Jensen. The chapter considers interpretation of the Law of Armed Conflict in the context of the use of invisibility technology in warfare. Recent technological developments point that…
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Patents and Emerging Technologies Workshop
On 19 & 20 November 2019, the Patents and Emerging Technologies Workshop was held at the Wellcome Collection in London. The workshop was convened by SCuLE’s Dr Naomi Hawkins, as the final workshop of her ESRC Future Research Leaders project, “The Impact of Patents on Translational Research – Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis in Europe and US”.…