NIOVI VAVOULA. Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (School of Law - Queen Mary, University of London)

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1 NIOVI VAVOULA Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (School of Law - Queen Mary, University of London) Part-time Teacher (London School of Economics and Political Science) Flat 3, 94 Campbell Road, E34EA London, UK +44 (0) / n.vavoula@qmul.ac.uk N.Vavoula@lse.ac.uk Education October 2012 February 2017 Ph.D. entitled Immigration and Privacy in the Law of the European Union - The Case of Databases (Pass without corrections Queen Mary, University of London). November 2014 Visiting Researcher at the Institute of European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). September 2010 August 2011 LL.M. in European Law ( Merit - Queen Mary, University of London). September 2003 September 2008 Bachelor of Laws ( Very Good University of Athens, School of Law). Professional Experience September 2017 current position Part-time Teacher in European Union Law (London School of Economics and Political Science). February 2017 current position Post-doctoral Research Assistant (Queen Mary, University of London). May current position Assistant editor to the New Journal of European Criminal Law. November current position Assistant in the administration of the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN). August 2015 February 2017 Research Assistant of Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas (Queen Mary, University of London). July 2013 Coordination Assistant at the Odysseus Network (for the Odysseus Network Summer School). February June 2012 Intern at the Greek Desk of EUROJUST. December 2011 January 2012 Volunteer at the NGO Greek Council for Refugees (Legal department). October 2011 January 2012 Research Assistant of Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas in drafting a synthesis report on the national implementation of EU Criminal law for the XXV FIDE Congress. Teaching experience 1

2 August current position Co-convenor of the LLM courses EU Immigration Law and EU Criminal Law (Queen Mary, University of London). September 2016 August 2017 Tutor for the LLB course Law of the European Union (Queen Mary, University of London). 10 July 2017 Invited Lecturer at the Odysseus Network Summer School (Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB) June 2017 Invited Lecturer at the Small States Summer School (University of Iceland). 18 June 2017 Invited Lecturer at the 2 nd Open Doors Summer School (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence on Migrants Rights in the Mediterranean). 2 May 2017 Invited Lecturer at the International Spring Course EU Substantive Criminal Law and the Protection of Victims Fight against Terrorism through Prevention of Financing and Recruitment (University of Zagreb). 9 January 2017 Invited Lecturer at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (LLM in Criminal Law). March 2014 current position Guest Lecturer at QMUL (LLM Courses: Terrorism and Human Rights and Migration, Security and Human Rights ). Research Experience in EU-Funded Projects February 2017 May 2017 Conduct of study for the European Parliament LIBE Committee entitled European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS): Border management, fundamental rights and data protection. July 2014 January 2015 National rapporteur for Greece in a study requested by the European Commission (DG Justice) and conducted by ECORYS and ECLAN on the existence and imposition of minimum criminal sanctions in the EU Member States (with Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas). January June 2012 Researcher in drafting an external evaluation report commissioned by the Fundamental Rights Agency regarding the impact of three FRA reports on asylum and border controls to national legislation and policy (with Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas and Prof. Elspeth Guild). Publications A) Monograph Immigration and Privacy in the Law of the European Union The Case of Databases (forthcoming Brill Nijhoff, 2018). B) Edited Collections 1. New Voices in European Criminal Law (with Valsamis Mitsilegas and Irene Wietzorek), special issue of the New Journal of European Criminal Law (Volume 27(1)). 2. Securitising Asylum: Extraterritoriality, Deterrence and Human Rights (with Valsamis Mitsilegas and Violeta Moreno-Lax) (forthcoming Brill, 2018). 2

3 3. Extraterritorial Immigration Control and Human Rights Challenges (with Valsamis Mitsilegas), special issue of the Nordic Journal of International Law (forthcoming 2017). B) Articles in peer-reviewed journals 1. The Evolving EU Anti-Money Laundering Regime: Challenges for Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law (with Valsamis Mitsilegas), (2016) 23(2) Maastricht Journal of European & Comparative Law, pp The Role of Technology in the Fight against Human Trafficking: Reflections on Privacy and Data Protection Concerns (with Felicity Gerry QC and Julia Muraszkiewicz), (2016) 32(2) Computer Law & Security Review, pp C) Book chapters in edited volumes 1. The Administrative Dimension of EU Criminal Law (with Valsamis Mitsilegas) in Herwig Hofmann, Gerard Rowe and Alexander Türk (eds) Specialized Administrative Law of the European Union - A Sectoral Treatment (forthcoming OUP, 2018). 2. Counter-terrorism, Prevention and the Transformation of Citizenship in the European Union: The Case of Foreign Fighters (with Valsamis Mitsilegas) in Satvinder Juss (ed.) Beyond Human Rights & the War on Terror (forthcoming 2018). 3. Using Technology to Combat Human Trafficking: Recognising the Implications for Privacy (with Felicity Gerry and Julia Muraszkiewicz) in Nora Cronin and Kimberly Ellis (eds) Human Trafficking (Lawyers & Judges Publishing, 2017). 4. The Normalisation of Surveillance in an Era of Global Mobility (with Valsamis Mitsilegas) in Philippe Bourbeau (ed) Handbook of Migration and Security (Edward Elgar, 2017). 5. The Interplay between EU Immigration Law and National Criminal Law - The Case of the Return Directive in Valsamis Mitsilegas, Maria Bergström and Theodore Konstantinides (eds) Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law (Hart Publishing, 2016), p Access to EURODAC by Law Enforcement Authorities and Europol for the Purposes of the Prevention, Detection and Investigation of Terrorist Offences and Other Serious Crimes in Despina Anagnostopoulou (ed.) Developments and Challenges of the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (Jean Monnet Chair of the University of Macedonia, 2016) (in Greek), p The Recast Eurodac Regulation Are Asylum-Seekers Treated as Suspected Criminals? in Céline Bauloz, Meltem Ineli Ciger, Sarah Singer and Vladislava Stoyanova (eds) Seeking Asylum in the European Union (Martinus Nijhoff, 2015), p Criminal Law: Institutional Rebalancing and Judicialization as Drivers of Policy Change (with Valsamis Mitsilegas) in Florian Trauner and Ariadna Ripoll Servent (eds) Policy Change in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice How Institutions Matter (Routledge, 2015), p Other publications (blog posts, book reviews, case notes) 1. (Book review) The Greek Penal Code edited by Emmanouil Billis (forthcoming New Journal of European Criminal Law, 2017). 2. (Blog post) Biometrics at the Borders: Is the Right to Privacy Sufficiently Respected? 3

4 (forthcoming at the SOURCE website, 2017). 3. (Blog post) Transatlantic Data Transfers and Privacy Protection: An Ongoing Battle open Democracy, 23 April 2017 (with Valsamis Mitsilegas). 4. (Book review) On the Doorstep of Europe Asylum and citizenship in Greece by Heat Cabot (2017) 31(1) Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, pp (Blog post) I Travel, therefore, I Am A Suspect: An Analysis of the EU PNR Directive EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Blog (September 2016). 6. (Blog post) Detecting Foreign Fighters: The Reinvigoration of the Schengen Information System in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks, EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Blog (May 2016). 7. (Case note) Exchanging Information on Road Traffic Offences: - A Measure of Police Cooperation or Transport Policy? (Case note on C-43/12 Commission v Parliament and Council), (2016) 8(1) New Journal of European Criminal Law, pp (Blog post) Back from the Dead and Standing on Travellers Doorstep: The Case of the EU PNR Directive opendemocracy (9 February 2016). 9. (Editorial) The Constitutional Significance of EU Criminal Law (with Irene Wieczorek), (1) New Journal of European Criminal Law, pp (Non peer reviewed article) Who is Sharing Personal Data Obtained in Immigration Procedures with Whom? (with Elspeth Guild), ILPA European Update (September 2014). 11. (Case note in blog) Detention of irregular migrants The Returns Directive shows its poor design in Mahdi (C-146/14 PPU), European Law Blog (15 September 2014). 12. (Book review) EU Security and Justice after Lisbon and Stockholm by Diego Acosta Arcarazo and Cian Murphy (eds), European Law Blog (27 May 2014). Awards/Scholarships October 2012 October 2015 Ph.D. Studentship jointly awarded by QMUL (School of Law) and ILPA. June 2013 Scholarship to participate at the IX Migration Summer School: Theories, Methods and Policies awarded by the European University Institute (June 2013). October 2011 Award for best student specialising in European Law ( ), QMUL. Conferences/Seminars/Workshops (selected) 12-4 July 2017 Paper presentation Privacy and Data Processing in the Jurisprudence of the CJEU: An Area of Judicial Activism? (Council for European Studies Conference, Glasgow). 30 June 2017 Paper presentation The El Dridi judgment (Workshop The Impact of European Union Law on National Criminal Law Challenges and Constraints to Criminal Liability for Member States, University of Edinburgh) May 2017 Participation in the conference Asylum at the Frontiers of Europe: Realities and Legal Challenges (Lund University). 4-5 May 2017 Paper presentation The EU Directive on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings: Towards a Holistic Legal Framework? (Workshop organised by the International Institute for the Sociology of Law entitled When the exception becomes the rule: European Union Societies on the Move ). 4

5 30-31 March 2017 Participation in the ECLAN Annual Conference European Criminal Law in the Global Context: Values, Principles and Policies (University of Coimbra). 10 February 2017 Convenor of the Workshop on Databases under Judicial Scrutiny (OMNIA Annual Conference). 1-2 December 2016 Participation in the ERA Annual Conference on Countering Terrorism (ERA, Trier). 4-5 October 2016 Paper presentations Exploring the Case Law on the EU Return Directive: To what Extent are Irregular Migrants Protected from Criminalisation at the National Level? and EU Immigration Control and Privacy in An Era of Digitalization: The Case of Databases (3 rd CINETS Conference Crimmigration in the Shadows of Sovereignty, University of Maryland) July 2016 Paper presentation The Tale of Eurodac: An Ugly Duckling Growing into a Swan? (Conference on Cities of Welcome, Cities of Transit, UNU-GCM, opendemocracy and Queen Mary, University of London, Barcelona) June 2016 Paper presentation The EU Response to the Phenomenon of Foreign Fighters (QM Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights, Paris). 31 March - 1 April 2016 Paper Presentation Managing Mass Mobility or Heading to Mass Surveillance? - The Case of the EU 'Smart Borders' Package (Conable Conference in International Studies, Rochester Institute of Technology). 20 November 2015 Paper Presentation Why EU Immigration Databases Constitute A Privacy Problem? (VU University of Amsterdam). 7-8 October 2015 Paper presentation EU Immigration Control and Privacy: The Case of Databases (ECLAN Ph.D. Seminar, University of Copenhagen). 3 September 2015 Paper presentation EU Immigration Databases, Terrorism and the Right to Private Life (QM Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights, London). 17 June 2014 Paper presentation: Immigration Databases and Counter-Terrorism in the EU: A Fair Balance between Fundamental Rights and Security? (Conference on 'The European Union's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Stockholm and Beyond' (University of Dundee). June 2014 Jean Monnet Summer School on the EU s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (University of Dundee). 25 April 2014 Paper presentation: The Recast EURODAC Regulation: Are Asylum Seekers Treated as Suspected Criminals? (2 nd Ph.D. Workshop, Refugee Law Initiative, London). 3-5 April 2014 Paper presentation: Assessing Law Enforcement Access to the Visa Information System (VIS) in Light of Article 8 ECHR (Postgraduate Conference, Newcastle Law School). July 2013 Odysseus Summer School EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy (Odysseus Academic Network, ULB, Brussels). June 2013 IX Migration Summer School: Theories, Methods and Policies (EUI and Migration Policy Group, Florence). 6 June 2013 Poster presentation: Does the EU Perceive Asylum-Seekers as Potential Terrorists? (Annual Ph.D. Conference, QMUL). 5

6 30-31 May 2013 Paper presentation: The Transformation of EU Databases into Criminal Law Weapons The case of EURODAC (ECLAN Ph.D. Seminar in the area of EU Criminal Justice, University of Pau, Bayonne) February 2013 Paper presentation: Access to EURODAC by law enforcement authorities and Europol for criminal law purposes (1 st Jean Monnet Conference Developments and Challenges of the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki). 6

QMUL Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights. The Great Data Extortion Exercise: investigating the Trump Travel Bans

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