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Dr Nikos Koutras is a lecturer in law at Curtin University, Australia. Nikos obtained a PhD in Law from Macquarie University, Australia, in April 2018 and a PhD in Political Sciences from Ionian University, Greece, in March 2015. While undertaking his first PhD at Ionian University, he was a part-time research fellow in the School of Information and Informatics where he worked on a research project related to the open access repository of the Ionian University library and its operation framework. While undertaking his second PhD at Macquarie University, Nikos worked as a research fellow with the Macquarie School of Business and Monash University Law on a research project on the Consumers Right Directive 2011/83/EU. Since completion of his PhD in Law, Nikos has held postdoctoral positions at the Faculty of Law of University of Trento, Italy, and the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp, Belgium, conducting research on open science, governance, and the implications to copyright regulations in the European Union. Nikos has over ten years of experience in conducting research in the fields of policy and law. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher on copyright law and open access governance in Belgium and was a visiting professor on European Union Law for the master’s program (i.e., LLM) offered by the Faculty of Law of the University of Antwerp from 2017 to 2019.

Professor Niloufer Selvadurai is a technology law scholar at Macquarie University. Niloufer researches and teaches on the effective governance of emerging and evolving technologies. She explores how technological change undermines the efficacy of laws, especially in the fields of AI and IP, and how legal frameworks can be reimagined to strengthen longevity and trust. A feature of her work is interdisciplinary collaborations with computing, engineering, and finance. Niloufer is the Director of Research and Innovation at the Macquarie Law School and a member of the cross-faculty leadership team of DataX Research Centre. Formerly, she was Deputy Dean of the Macquarie Law School. In 2022, Niloufer was the recipient of the Australian Legal Education Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision from the Australian Law Academic Association (ALAA), and in 2021 the Executive Dean’s Award for Research Engagement. Qualifications include a BA LLB (First Class Hons) from the University of Sydney, a PhD from Macquarie University and admission as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.