- Led by Dr Stergios Aidinlis, Durham University
- Partnered with Digital Regulation and Cooperation Forum (DRCF)
- Innovation Fellow in partnership with British Academy
The DRCF aims to build a gateway for a wide range of cutting-edge AI and digital research. The Fellows working with DRCF will conduct research on topics such as:
- Protecting people online through developing an in-depth understanding of frontier technology use, the consumer online journey, AI and digital touchpoints. Developing this understanding through cutting edge research will aid regulators in their identification of current and potential AI harms.
- Helping to promote the safe adoption and growth of frontier technologies. Through our research we are developing an understanding of how firms have adopted AI technology, how those technologies are being used, and gathering views on the role for regulators to assist in the safe adoption of AI.
- Developing an understanding of the third-party algorithmic auditing market. By conducting market research and interviewing auditors we can better understand their auditing tools, practices and principles, as well as the demand for their services.
This Innovation Fellowship is part of a unique strategic partnership between the British Academy and BRAID, supported by funding from the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Stergios Aidinlis is Associate Professor in IT Law in the Department of Business Law and Taxation at Monash Business School, Monash University, effective October 2026. He was previously Associate Professor in AI Law at Durham Law School and, from 2025 to 2026, an Innovation Fellow at the UK Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum. His work on AI regulation, data governance and fundamental rights has appeared in the Law Quarterly Review, Public Law and International Data Privacy Law, and in two 2025 monographs with Hart and Routledge, with a third under contract with Springer and an invited Research Agenda on EU AI law forthcoming with Edward Elgar. He has been principal or co-investigator on projects funded by Horizon Europe, InnovateUK, the British Academy and UKFin+, and was Durham Law School’s most successful faculty member for external research funding in 2025.
