Dr Karanasiou’s research focusses on the relationship between Law and Emerging Technologies and falls within three general lines of work: 1. Data Governance, 2. Legal Tech and law computability, and 3. Regulating mixed interfaces (Human-Computer Interactions). Although distinct, all three lines of work result from recent technological advancements and are closely related to digital humanities (data governance), critical data studies (FAccT in Machine Learning) and human rights, whilst also benefiting from a truly interdisciplinary approach (STEM, Media & Communications, Neuroscience). Her published work is widely cited in leading textbooks (Information Technology Law, OUP 2019), educational material (LSE LL204 Cyberlaw Syllabus, Greek Open University Syllabus), United Nations Cybercrime courses (UNODC’s Education for Justice Module Series 2019), and several MSc/LLM/PhD Theses at the Universities of Delft, Ghent, Utrecht, Tilburg, KU Leuven, and Turku Finland.
Argyro’s research is highly recognised both within her discipline and externally, by the wider academic and policy community. She has often been invited to deliver talks at international prestigious fora, such as the world-leading multidisciplinary CPDP conference (invited twice: by the University of Amsterdam, and by the University of Turin), at the University of Oxford, at the University of Amsterdam, at Boston University, at Stanford University, at Yale Law School, at New York University, at IDC Herzliya in Israel. To support her research, Argyro has successfully bid for funding from both external and internal sources, including funding as the principal investigator for 17 projects over the last 10 years. These projects have involved original research and knowledge exchange/enterprise, whilst often partnering with high profile collaborators and have yielded deliverables of international focus and appeal.
A firm believer in impactful academic interdisciplinary networks, Argyro is currently sitting on the British Academy’s ECRN Advisory Board, contributing to the civic academic WG. In the past she has served at the steering committee for GIGANET (Chair of Communication Committee, 2016), at the editorial advisory board for IGI Global, as a guest editor for the European Journal for Law Computers and Technology, as expert evaluator for the Swiss National Foundation and for the Newbreed doctoral programme in Sweden, as a reviewer for eight international journals, and as invited Programme Committee member to three international conferences.