Dr Nora Ni Loideain is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Law and Director of the Information Law & Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. Her research focuses on EU law, European human rights law, and technology regulation, particularly within the contexts of privacy and data protection. She has published on a rich range of topics including AI Digital Assistants, facial recognition, national security surveillance, and cross-border transfers. With her work being cited by leading institutions including the BBC, the United Nations, and the UK House of Lords report on Brexit and cross-border transfers. Her book on EU Data Privacy Law and Serious Crime is forthcoming (Oxford University Press).

Recently, Nora was appointed to Editor-in-Chief of the leading law journal International Data Privacy Law (Oxford University Press). She consults on the use of AI and emerging technologies in law enforcement and intelligence for the Alan Turing Institute and co-authored a report on ‘The Future of Biometric Technology in Policing and Law Enforcement’ in 2024. In 2019, she was appointed to the UK Home Office Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group (BFEG). This group provides independent expert advice on the ethics and law underpinning biometrics and forensics policy development for public security and policing in the UK.

Previously, Nora has held the following appointments: Lecturer in Information Law, King’s College London; Research Fellow and Affiliated Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge; Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town; and Visiting Research Fellow, ANU College of Law, Australian National University. Prior to her academic career, Nora was a Legal and Policy Officer for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of Ireland and clerked for the Irish Supreme Court. She holds BA, LLB, LLM (Public Law) degrees from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and a PhD in law from the University of Cambridge.