Dr Irini Katsirea
LLM (Leicester); PhD (Cambridge)
School of Journalism, Media and Communication
Reader in International Media Law


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School of Journalism, Media and Communication
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- Profile
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Dr Irini Katsirea is Reader in International Media Law at the University of 91Ö±²¥. She joined the School of Journalism, Media and Communication in September 2015. Before her appointment at the University of 91Ö±²¥, Irini was Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University, London. She has served as Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and is a member of the Athens Bar. She holds a First Examination in Law from the Free University of Berlin, an LLM in European and International Trade Law from the University of Leicester and a PhD from Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Her current collaborative research projects include 'Unreliable science: Unravelling the impact of mainstream media misrepresentation', funded by the Gulbenkian Foundation European Media and Information Fund, and 'Fact-checked - Understanding the Factors Behind Direct Fact-Check Rejection', funded by SPRITE+ (EPSRC).
- Research interests
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Irini's research interests are in the areas of international, European and comparative media law as well as EU law. She has published extensively in these areas. Her recent research projects include 'Press Regulation in an Era of Convergence', funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust, and '', funded by IPSO.
Irini welcomes PhD applications in her areas of research.
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
Chapters
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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Irini has taught a variety of subjects including intellectual property and media law, EU law and international commercial arbitration. She is currently module leader for JNL6075 Media Freedom: European, UK and US Perspectives and oversees dissertation work by students on MA Global Journalism (JNL6133) and MA International Public and Political Communication (JNL6600).
- PhD supervision
Irini welcomes supervision enquiries for PhD study in her research areas of international, European and comparative media law, as well as EU law.
Current PhD students
- Wenqing Fu: ‘Exploring the Twitter debate surrounding the proposed US Twitter ban’