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Overview
Dr. Ogulcan Ekiz is a senior lecturer in law. His research focuses on law, art, and creativity. Ogulcan adopts both empirical and art-based research methodologies.
Ogulcan has published a monograph titled Photographs and Copyright Law: Reproduction, Permissions, and Scholarship with Routledge in 2025. He has also published in journals such as IPQ, QMJIP, and Amicus Curiae.
Ogulcan is a member of the Art/Law Network, the Hub of Law and the Humanities, the Five Leaf Institute. He was previously a member of the Pastiche and Copyright Research Network. Ogulcan is one of the co-convenors of the intellectual property law stream of the Socio-Legal Studies Association's annual conference.
Publication
2026
- Ekiz, O. 2026. Taking down deepfakes through copyright enforcement. In: Bennett, T. D. C. and Moosavian, R. eds. Deepfakes and the Law: Challenges, Responses, and Critique. London, UK: Routledge. , pp.127-149. (10.4324/9781003589525-6)
Book sections
- Ekiz, O. 2026. Taking down deepfakes through copyright enforcement. In: Bennett, T. D. C. and Moosavian, R. eds. Deepfakes and the Law: Challenges, Responses, and Critique. London, UK: Routledge. , pp.127-149. (10.4324/9781003589525-6)
Biography
Dr Ogulcan Ekiz joined the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University as a senior lecturer in February 2026. Previously, he worked as a lecturer-in-law at Swansea University, and a teaching fellow at Queen Mary University of London, School of Law.
Ogulcan holds a PhD and an LLM from Queen Mary University of London.
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Research themes
Specialisms
- copyright
- Photography, video and lens-based practice
- Film and Television
- Book culture and publishing
- Creative methods