Georgios Yannopoulos

Georgios Yannopoulos (Athens, 1964) is Professor of Legal Informatics at the School of Law, University of Athens, where he has directed the Laboratory of Law and Informatics since 2015. He holds a law degree from the University of Athens and vocational certifications in computer programming and systems analysis. He received his PhD from Queen Mary College, University of London (1996), with a focus on the application of AI to legal decision-making. He has taught and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of London and has held teaching positions at the Universities of Westminster, Macedonia, and Piraeus, as well as at the Greek National School of the Judiciary. He is a practising Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court of Greece (Areios Pagos) and a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1990, he has extensive experience advising public sector bodies and financial institutions. His research and professional interests lie at the intersection of law and IT, encompassing Internet Law and Regulation, Liability of Social Networks and Platforms, Legal Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Data Protection, Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, E-commerce and E-identification, Industrial and Intellectual Property. He regularly coordinates various research projects and provides consultancy services to public and private organisations. He has written five monographs and numerous articles in Greek and international journals, and has presented extensively at academic conferences. His most recent monograph, Electa Alea Esto (P. N. Sakkoulas Publications, 2024), examines the regulation of online gambling. Since 2021, he has served as a member of the Hellenic Gaming Commission.

Institution

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece