Professor Dr. Smita Kheria

Biography

Smita Kheria is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at Edinburgh Law School and Co-Director of the Scottish Research Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology Law (SCRIPT). She holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Buckingham, an LLM from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD from Queen's University Belfast. Her research focuses on copyright related rights, creative practices, and new technologies. Smita's socio-legal research evaluates the complexities of copyright in 'real world' contexts, particularly the law's role in the uncertain fast-moving social, technological, and economic landscape. Funded by UKRI, her research examines the intersections of copyright with everyday lives and practices in online creative communities. Recently, she has worked on projects involving streaming services and the music industry, aiming to represent artists' understandings and voices concerning copyright issues. Smita is committed to engaging non-academic audiences with her research while contributing to policy discussions relevant to the creative industry. She co-authored the textbook 'Contemporary Intellectual Property: Law Policy' and champions the integration of socio-legal research in the curriculum. Additionally, she serves as Chair of the Socio-Legal Studies Association and has held various roles that promote empirical legal research in intellectual property.

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