Research Interests

Media and information law and regulation; communication and data governance; access to information; non-profit journalism; protection of public interest journalism; justice system data and open justice; socio-legal research methods.

Additional Information

  • Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Politics and Sociology, University of Sussex, 2016-present (SL from 2019)
  • Co-chair of the Sussex University of Sanctuary executive committee, 2020-present
  • Fellow, Connected by Data, 2023-present 
  • Advisory committee member, Charitable Journalism Project, 2019-present 
  • Core committee member, the Transparency Project, 2015-present 
  • Member of Communications Law (Bloomsbury Professional) and Communication Law and Policy (Taylor & Francis) journal editorial boards 
  • Inaugural director of the Information Law and Policy Centre, IALS, 2014-16

Other Information

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Publications

Latest Publications

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