Petros (he/him) is a Lecturer in Digital Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, an Honorary Fellow at University College London, and a Fellow at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on the role of law and regulation in the way emerging technologies are produced and function with a central emphasis on the role and impact of computing and sensing infrastructures on modern institutions and societies.

Before joining The Dickson Poon School of Law, Petros was a Quantum Technologies Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam where he explored the standardisation landscape of quantum technologies (incl. quantum computing). Prior to that, between 2021-2023, Petros completed, with the support of Fondation Botnar, a 2-year Research Fellowship at University College London on the regulation and governance of computational infrastructures. During this time, he contributed to the project of developing of privacy-preserving technologies for public health in Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire and engaged in policy work for the proposed European Health Data Space regulation and the DSA’s provisions on algorithmic auditing.

Petros holds a PhD in Information Law from the University of Winchester (UK) and a Master’s degree in Law and Economics from the University of Macedonia (Greece). As an accredited Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), he has taught a wide range of subjects at the intersection of Law and Technology, including ‘Information Technology Law’ at the London School of Economics, ‘Privacy, Data, and Surveillance Law’ at University College London, and ‘Transformation in Law and Technology Governance’ at the University of Amsterdam. 

You can reach Petros on Bluesky and find out more about him on his personal website.

Petros is currently unable to take on PhD supervisions. 

Research interests 

• Law and technology
• Global value chains
• Cloud infrastructures
• Computing and sensing
• Smartphone regulation
• Algorithmic auditing
• Health data infrastructures
• Wearable devices for public health

Selected publications 

Petros Terzis, Law and the political economy of AI production, International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Volume 31, Issue 4, Winter 2023, Pages 302–330, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaae001

Petros Terzis, Against Digital Constitutionalism, European Law Open, Volume 3, Issue 2 , June 2024, pp. 336 - 352, https://doi.org/10.1017/elo.2024.15