Professor Lorna Woods
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872905
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Location
5S.7.25, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Lorna Woods was started her career as a practising solicitor in a TMT practice in the City of London. She has extensive experience in the field of media policy and communications regulation, including social media and the Internet, and she has published widely in this area (see list of publications) as well as contributed to a range of studies and parliamentary inquiries. In addition, Professor Woods is co-author of the textbook Steiner and Woods on EU Law (OUP) currently in its 13th edition and has written in the field of the internal market. She is serving a second term as a member of the ESRC Peer Review College
Qualifications
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LLB
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LLM
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solicitor
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Media regulation
Internet Law
Current research
Impact of positive obligations under freedom of expression on media and telecommunications regulation
Challenges of social media
Conferences and presentations
Latest Thinking on reducing harmful content online
Invited presentation, Protecting Children online: content regulatopm, age verification and latest thinking on industry responsibility, Westminster eForum Policy Conference, 10/12/2019
Conceptualising the Problem: Policy changes in comparative perspective
Invited presentation, Dealling with Digital Diminance: Joining up the Policy Solutions, London, United Kingdom, 9/12/2019
Corporate Accountability and Europe's Digital Agenda (roundtable discussion)
Invited presentation, Corproate Accountability and Europe's Digital Agenda, The Internet Commission, 13/11/2019
The Carnegie proposal for a Statutory Duty of Care
Invited presentation, Truth and Lies: Information in the Archives, National Archives, 22/10/2019
group discussion
Invited presentation, Stakeholder Meeting on Data Retention, Brussels, Belgium, 8/10/2019
The Online Harms White Paper
Invited presentation, The Future of Intermediary Liability in Europe, 21/5/2019
Domestic Surveillance and European Courts
Invited presentation, Supranational Courts: Are they effective in setting the limits of intrusive surveillance by public and private bodies?, 6/9/2018
Social Media and Freedom of Expression: On the Edge of Reason
Invited presentation, The Legal CHallenges of Social Media to Freedom of Expression, Leicester, United Kingdom, 6/12/2013
Competition Policy an dthe Regulation of Media and Communications, Tilburg Law and Econonmics Centre (TILEC), Tilburg University, 23-24 May 2013
Tilburg, Netherlands, 2013
The Legal Implications of On-line Social Media on Freedom of Speech, University of Leicester, December 2013
Leicester, United Kingdom, 2013
'Freedom of Expression on the Internet: bloggers 'rights'a at side event to the OSCE Conference, Warsaw,6th October 2009, organised by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the EU Presidency.
Warsaw, Poland, 2009
'Regulation, Co-regulation, Self-regulation: protection of minors - the case of the UK' at in the year 2009 - Accompanying the transposition of the Audiovisual Media Services
2009
'Ethics and Human Rigths and the Internet' Meeting in preparation for the IGF, Council of Europe, Media Division, Sept 2007
2007
The Constitution of the Public Sphere: the post-Leveson Landscape (W.G. Hart Workshop)
Directive (Saarbrucken, Germany), organised by European Audiovisual Observatory and EM
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Copyright and Trade Mark Law (LW363)
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Awarded date: 18/4/2018
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Awarded date: 7/3/2018
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/6/2015
Publications
Journal articles (31)
Draghici, C. and Woods, LM., (2019). Killing Journalists is Not Media Regulation: Private Rights, Collective Wrongs and the Impact of Impunity. Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems. 29 (1), 263-308
Woods, L., (2019). Digital Privacy and Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Political Quarterly. 90 (3), 422-429
Woods, L., (2019). The duty of care in the Online Harms White Paper. Journal of Media Law. 11 (1), 6-17
Woods, LM., (2018). Video-sharing platforms in the revised Audiovisual Media Services Directive. Communications Law. 23 (3), 127-140
Woods, L., (2017). Automated Number Plate Recognition: Data Retention and the Protection of Privacy in Public Places. Journal of Information Rights, Policy and Practice. 2 (1), 1-21
Woods, L., (2016). EU opinion of the advocate general in tele 2/Watson - Data retention and human rights. Communications Law. 21 (3), 72-77
Woods, L., (2012). Beyond Murphy, Films and Football: Audiovisual Content in Europe. Journal of Media Law. 4 (2), 189-212
Woods, L., (2012). Consistency in the chambers of the ECJ: a case study on the free movement of goods.. Civil Justice Quarterly. 31 (3), 339-367
Walden, I. and Woods, L., (2011). Broadcasting Privacy. Journal of Media Law. 3 (1), 117-141
Woods, L., (2008). The Consumer and Advertising Regulation in the Television without Frontiers and Audiovisual Media Services Directives. Journal of Consumer Policy. 31 (1), 63-77
Woods, L., (2006). Freedom of Expression in the European Union. European Public Law. 12, 371-401
Woods, L., (2005). Broadcasting, universal service and the communications package. Info. 7 (5), 29-41
Woods, L. and Smith, F., (2005). A Distinction without a Difference: Exploring the Boundary between Goods and Services in the World Trade Organization and the European Union. Columbia Journal of European Law. 12 (1), 1-51
Woods, L. and Scheuer, A., (2004). Advertising Regulation and the Television without Frontiers Directive. European Law Review. 29 (3), 366-384
Woods, L. and Smith, F., (2004). GATS and the Audiovisual Sector. Communications Law. 9 (1), 15-21
Harrison, J. and Woods, LM., (2001). Defining European Public Service Broadcasting. European Journal of Communication. 16 (4), 477-504
Woods, L., (2001). Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights During 2000. British Yearbook of International Law. 71 (1), 473-515
Woods, L., (2001). Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights during 2001. British Yearbook of International Law. 72 (1), 483-550
Woods, L., (2001). Nottingham City Council v October Films Ltd and Kelly v BBC ? Freedom of Expression and the Protection of Minors. Child and family law quarterly.. 13 (2), 209-223
Woods, L. and Harrison, J., (2001). Television quotas: protecting European culture?. Entertainment Law Review. 12 (1), 5-14
Harrison, J. and Woods, L., (2000). European Citizenship: Can European Audio-visual Policy Make a Difference?. Journal of Common Market Studies. 38 (3), 471-495
Woods, L., (1999). Decisions of the European Court on Human Rights during 1999. British Yearbook of International Law. 70 (1), 349-386
Woods, L. and Harrison, J., (1999). Determining Jurisdiction in the Digital Age. European Public Law, 583-600
Woods, L., (1999). Family Rights in the EU- disadvantaging the disadvantaged?. Child and family law quarterly.. 11, 17-31
Woods, L., (1998). Decisions of the European Court on Human Rights during 1998. British Yearbook of International Law. 69 (1), 361-410
Woods, L. and Scholes, J., (1997). Broadcasting: Creation of a European Culture or the Limits of the Internal Market?. Yearbook of European Law. 17 (1), 47-82
Smith, F. and Woods, L., (1997). Causation in Francovich: the neglected problem. International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 46 (4), 925-941
Woods, L., (1997). Decisions of the European Court on Human Rights during 1997. British Yearbook of International Law. 68 (1), 371-445
Villiers, C. and Woods, L., (1997). Seymour-Smith: problems in procedures and proof. Modern Law Review. 60 (1), 110-119
Woods, L. and Scholes, J., (1996). The Broadcasting Act 1996. Entertainment Law Review. 7 (7), 297-307
Woods, L. and Scholes, J., (1996). Media ownership: the UK government's proposals. Entertainment Law Review. 7 (1), 7-15
Books (5)
Ferstman, C., (2018). Contemporary Human Rights Challenges: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its Continuing Relevance. Routledge. 978-0-8153-6463-4
Woods, L. and Watson, P., (2014). Steiner and Woods on EU Law (12th Edition). Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-968567-7
Harrison, J. and Woods, L., (2007). European Broadcasting Law and Policy. Cambridge University Press. 0521613302. 9780521848978
Woods, L., (2004). The Free Movement of Goods and Services within the European Community. Ashgate
Michalowski, S. and Woods, L., (1999). German Constitutional Law The Protection of Civil Liberties. Dartmouth Publishing Company. 1855219204. 9781855219205
Book chapters (9)
Woods, L., (2017). Social media: it is not just about Article 10. Editors: Mangan, D. and Gillies, LE., . Edward Elgar. 978 1 78536 450 1
Woods, L., (2017). Digital freedom of expression in the EU. In: Research Handbook on EU Law and Human Rights. Edward Elgar Publishing. 394- 417. 9781782546399
Woods, L., (2016). Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen für Mediaagenturen in England. In: Handbuch Mediaagenturen: Aufgabenfelder, Gesch�ftsmodelle, Vertrags-und Wettbewerbsrecht. Editors: Gaedertz, JC., Martinek, M. and Ory, S., . Verlag C H Beck. 978-3-406-64466-5
Woods, L., (2015). Diversity, Distribution, and Definitions of ?Media?. In: Media Power and Plurality: From Hyperlocal to High-level Policy. Editors: Barnett, S. and Townend, J., . Palgrave Macmillan. 31- 44. 978-1-349-50664-4
Woods, L., (2014). Article 11 - Freedom of Expression and Information. In: Commentary on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Editors: Peers, S., Hervey, T., Kenner, J. and Ward, A., . Beck/Hart Publishing
Woods, L., (2014). Article 54 ? Abuse of Rights. In: The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A Commentary. Editors: Peers, S., Hervey, T., Kenner, J. and Ward, A., . Beck/Hart Publishing. 1539- 1559
Woods, L., (2014). Public service media in the era of austerity: European Union law and national public service media provision. In: Media Freedom and Regulation in the New Media World. Editors: Koltay, A., . Wolters Kluwer. 9789632954004
Woods, L., (2008). Jurisdiction in the Television without Frontiers Directive. In: The European Union and the Culture Industries Regulation and the Public Interest. Editors: Ward, D., . Ashgate. 145- 164. 9780754670186
Woods, L., (2008). Jurisdiction in the television without frontiers directive. In: The European Union and the Culture Industries: Regulation and the Public Interest. 145- 163. 9780754670186
Conferences (3)
Amos, M., Harrison, J. and Woods, L., (2012). Conclusion: Utilising a Human Rights Framework
Amos, M., Harrison, J. and Woods, L., (2012). Introduction: Freedom of expression and the media
Woods, L., (2012). User generated content: Freedom of expression and the role of the media in a digital age
Reports and Papers (1)
Woods, L. and Perrin, W., (2019). Online harm reduction – a statutory duty of care and regulator
Grants and funding
2020
Harm Regulation and Social Media 2020
Carnegie UK Trust
2019
Reducing Harm on Social Media: policy proposal for regulating social media � impact work with UK government and possibly involvement in revision of e-Commerce Directive
Carnegie UK Trust
2018
Reduction of harm on social media - a regulatory proposal
Carnegie UK Trust