Anna Katsoulaki

(she/her)

Publication

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Research

• Anna Katsoulaki, 'Maritime Cybersecurity and Hybrid Threats: Navigating Legal and Insurance Complexities' (2026) Journal of Business Law (forthcoming).

• Written evidence published by the UK Parliament on how can Government and financial regulators strike the right balance between seizing the opportunities of AI but at the same time protecting consumers and mitigating against any threats to financial stability (2025) AIFS0082.

• Anna Katsoulaki, 'Cyber Attacks in Commercial Shipping with Potential Hybrid Threats Effects: Consideration of Relevant Legal and Insurance Issues', Hybrid CoE Limited Release Paper 4 (January 2022).

• Writing my PhD on defining the legal and ethical framework for the use of AI on financial intelligence for combating money laundering. My research employs doctrinal legal analysis to examine regulatory frameworks, a comparative legal method to explore how different jurisdictions (EU, USA, UK) balance innovation and regulation, and socio-legal approach that situates these issues in their broader technological and policy contexts, with a strong emphasis on ethics, human / consumer rights and geopolitical inequalities.

Teaching

• LL.B teaching:

Healthcare, Ethics and Law (Module Lead)

AI, Ethics and Law (Module Lead)

EU Law

Tort

Commercial Law

Legal Foundations

• LL.M teaching:

International Investment Law (Module Lead 2023-24)

Medicine, Law and Society (AI in Healthcare)

Dissertation supervision

Biography

Ph.D (cand.) in Law (Cardiff)

LL.M in Maritime Law (Cardiff)

PGDip in Human Rights Law (Cardiff)

LL.B in Law (Cardiff)

B.Sc in Shipping and Transport 

Cert. in Councelling and Psychotherapy (Tavistock and Portman NHS)

Cert. in EU Law (EUI)

Cert. in Ethics of AI (LSE)

I have a professinal background spanning both the maritime industry and academia. For ten years, I worked as an in-house legal advisor in the maritime sector, specialising in commercial law, contract law, international trade law, marine insurance, carriage of goods by sea, ship sale and purchase, safety management & quality, and ADR.

In 2008, I entered academia and joined the City Law School, City University of London (now City St George's, University of London), where I spent a further decade as LL.M Programme Director and Lecturer in Law. During this time, I designed and led modules, including Medical Law & Bioethics; CILEX Tort; International Trade Law, and also taught on Tort, Contract Law, and Carriage of Goods by Sea. Additionally, I was Ph.D supervisor, led the Staff Research Seminars, and organised the annual Maritime Law Symposia, attracting up to 300 participants, with speakers from academia and industry.

In 2020, I was a researcher at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats based in Finland, focusing on cybersecurity and hybrid threats, where I served as the lead presenter at conferences and roundtable discussions with EU and NATO delegates. Working alongside a team of cybersecurity and insurance specialists, we identified critical vulnerabilities in the maritime sector, impacting industry practice by promoting relevant recommendations.

In 2022, I joined the School of Law & Politics in Cardiff University where I have taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and led the Research Lecture Series. I currently serve as Year 1 LL.B Academic Lead, Module Lead of AI, Ethics & Law and Module Co-Lead of Healthcare Ethics & Law. I continue to research and publish on AI and Cybersecurity.

My community and wider participation has included the positions of President of the Parents Association of a primary school; Parent Governor and Equality & Diversity Champion of a secondary school; member of the School Committee, the Social Care Committee, and the Environment Working Group of a local authority.

Honours and awards

• Funding awarded by the Learned Society of Wales under its Research Culture Network Scheme (2026): For a project to establish the Collaborative Futures: A Research Culture Network for Women in Legal Academia in Wales and Beyond.
• Funding awarded by Cardiff University under its School Governors Grant Funding (2026): For a project to build on the powerful work already done by POBL, Stanwell School pupils' Anti-Racism Group.
• Shortlisted for the Hywel Thomas ECR Prize for Research Culture and Community Leadership (2026).

Professional memberships

• The Society of Legal Scholars
• The Socio-Legal Studies Association

Committees and reviewing

• Reviewer for the Journal of Economic Criminology
• Editorial Board Member of the International Transport Law Review 2016

Supervisions

Past projects

Second supervisor for Dr. Sengnan Jia.

News articles

New network driving change for women in legal academia

27 August 2026

A new network is bringing women in legal academia together across Wales and beyond.