Eleni Kaprou is a new Lecturer in Business Law at Queen Mary. She talks to us about herself, and her research.
I joined Queen Mary as a lecturer in Business Law in September 2022. Prior to that I held positions Brunel University London and Cardiff University. My main area of expertise is in consumer law, I am particularly interested in the impact of new technologies on consumers as well as the protection of vulnerable consumers. I have received my PhD on aggressive commercial practices from the University of Nottingham. I have experience teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as in executive programmes for UK civil servants. I have also acted as a national expert in several consumer law projects for the EU Commission.
I will be teaching contract law, a module I have also taught in the past. As it is usually a first-year module it serves as an introduction of new students to the discipline and shapes their understanding of the common law system. The aspect of contract law of particular interest to me are consumer contracts. Consumer contracts offer the chance to see how contract law has responded to the challenge of imbalance of power between the parties and is a more contemporary aspect of contract law.
I will also be teaching contemporary issues in business law, which connects to my interests in business regulation and especially business-to-consumer transactions. As this is a module offered both to business school and law students I look forward to contrasting and synthesizing their views in particular, on how businesses should respond to the challenges of technology be it on incorporating new tools in their business model or using consumer data to target a specific audience.
For the next academic year I am planning to design a new module focusing on the law of digital markets.