Dr Aphrodite Papachristodoulou is Research Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway where she completed a two year Post-Doctoral Fellowship focusing on AI Technologies in Maritime Border and Migration Management. She holds a Law degree from the University of Southampton, a Master of Laws in Maritime Law from University College London (UCL), and a PhD in Law from University College Dublin. Dr Papachristodoulou publishes on international law issues including migration, extraterritorial human rights jurisdiction, maritime security and border technologies, and teaches at universities across Europe, including the University of Cyprus. She is a consultant to a number of national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations, and serves as Management Committee Member of the COST Action BlueRights (CA23103)(representing Cyprus).