Dr. Jennifer Cobbe

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Assistant Professor in Law and Technology at the University of Cambridge, Jennifer Cobbe is a member of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law and a Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. She serves as a Research Affiliate at the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy. Before joining the Law Faculty, she was a Senior Research Associate in the Computer Science Department at Cambridge, contributing to the Compliant & Accountable Systems research group. Jennifer holds a PhD and an LLM in Law and Governance from Queen’s University, Belfast. Her doctoral research focused on the use of machine learning in commercial state internet surveillance and its societal impacts. In the academic year 2025-26, she will convene and lecture on LLM papers related to Law, Technology, and Society, and is also set to supervise PhD students in topics intersecting law, political economy, and digital governance. Her research interests encompass critical and interdisciplinary inquiries into power dynamics, political economy, and the legal frameworks governing technological infrastructures.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

— Present

University of Cambridge Faculty of Law • Cambridge, United Kingdom

Teaching and supervising on topics related to law, technology, and political economy.

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.