Legal and Regulatory Impacts on AI Development

Edited by:   Iris-Panagiota Efthymiou, Konstantinos Kouroupis
Imprint:   Engineering Science Reference
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm, 
ISBN:   9798337379975
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   27 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr Iris-Panagiota Efthymiou is a lecturer at the Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) at the University of Greenwich. She has over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, international affairs, and executive leadership. She has previously taught at the University of East London and WSKZ in Poland and held senior academic and institutional roles, including as a college director. She combines academic teaching with strategic consultancy, specialising in public affairs, research development, and institutional management. She is the author of 19 books and more than 60 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and monographs published by academic publishers such as Springer and IGI Global. She serves as Chief Editor of the Journal of Politics and Ethics in New Technologies and AI, and sits on several editorial and academic boards. She has delivered keynote speeches at high-level forums, including the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, and has worked with policymakers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, academics, and journalists on cross-sector initiatives. Iris holds a PhD in Behavioural Economics (summa cum laude), a Master's in Health Economics and Management, and a Bachelor's in Economics. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), with formal recognition of her teaching excellence in UK higher education. She is a Board Member of the Hellenic Association of Political Scientists (HAPSc) and serves on the academic board of the Laboratory of Health Economics and Management (LabHEM) at the University of Piraeus. She is also an Advisory Council Member of the Harvard Business Review, a member of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence, and a partisan expert for CLAIRE AI in France. In 2020, she was awarded the title Exceptional Woman of Excellence by the Women Economic Forum. Her academic and professional work reflects a consistent commitment to equal opportunities, transparency, and the acceptance of human imperfection. Dr Konstantinos Kouroupis is an Associate Professor of European and IT Law and Vice-Head of the Department of Law of Frederick University, in Cyprus. His area of expertise is online protection of privacy, security and data rights, artificial intelligence, digital law, human rights and European Law. He has participated as a speaker and keynote lecturer on data rights, privacy and EU issues in numerous international conferences. Some of his studies have been uploaded to the digital library of EUROJUST, in The Hague and are accessible from a large number of prosecutors, judicial officers and administrative staff of the European agency. In 2018 he delivered a speech on “National and European legal framework on Cybersecurity and data protection” as an expert and on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus, during an international exercise under the supervision of the European Defence Agency, held at Zenon Coordination Centre, in Larnaka, Cyprus. He has participated in European projects and actions funded by the EU concerning the consolidation of a European area of justice and human rights. He has served as a Management Committee Delegate, representing Cyprus, in the framework of the European Cost action entitled “Global Digital Human Rights Network”, under the auspices of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). He is a member of the editorial board of esteemed legal journals. He is also member of the pool of experts of the European Data Protection Board in the field of Data Protection and New Technologies, upon evaluation. Since August 2023, he has been appointed as a member of the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee upon a decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus for 4 years.