
Prof.
Michael
Karanicolas
United States
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
Michael Karanicolas is the Executive Director of the UCLA Institute for Technology Law & Policy and, as of January 1 2025, will be an associate professor and the James S. Palmer Chair in Law and Public Policy at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Previously, we was the Wikimedia Fellow at Yale Information Society Project, where he remains an affiliated fellow. Prior to his academic career, Michael spent a decade as a human rights advocate, where he worked to develop legal frameworks supporting foundational rights for democracy. His research encompasses a number of thematic areas, but generally revolves around the application of human rights standards in an online context. Michael has a B.A. (Hons.) from Queen's University (Dean's List), an LL.B. from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University (Dean's List), and an LL.M. from the University of Toronto. You can find his publications at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3448585.