Smita Kheria

Smita Kheria is a Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the School of Law, University of Edinburgh. She is also an associate of SCRIPT: the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law based at the University of Edinburgh. She studied at University of Buckingham (LLB Hons), University of Cambridge (LLM) and Queen's University Belfast (PhD) and also gained legal experience as a practicing advocate. Her research interests include applicability of empirical research, particularly socio-legal methodologies in addressing questions on copyright law and policy as to new types of creative content and exploring connections between Intellectual property law and new forms of property and culture through perspectives of creators and users.