Dr. Morshed Mannan

Biography

Morshed Mannan is a Lecturer in Global Law and Digital Technology at Edinburgh Law School, having joined on November 1, 2024. His research focuses on blockchain governance and cooperative governance. Morshed has a Ph.D. from Leiden Law School at Leiden University, where he completed his dissertation titled "Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead" in 2022. Previously, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, contributing to the ERC project 'BlockchainGov' led by Dr. Primavera de Filippi. Morshed has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on comparative corporate governance and the freedom of establishment. He is affiliated with the Institute for the Cooperative Digital Economy at The New School in New York City and has served as a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. He has co-authored the book 'Blockchain Governance' and published articles in leading refereed journals on topics related to his research. Morshed is active in legal consultancy focusing on cooperative law and governance, and is involved with organizations such as the European Commission and the UN. He is also a member of the Coalition of Automated Legal Applications, contributing to discussions on decentralized autonomous organizations.

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