Notes on Contributors
Imad Antoine Ibrahim
is a Research Assistant Professor at the Center for Law and Development, College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar and a Research Associate at gLAWcal – Global Law Initiative for Sustainable Development, Essex, United Kingdom. He has been working on global environmental issues and their interplay with other fields such as emerging technologies. He is currently involved in several projects related to natural resources management in South Africa, Middle East and North Africa region, Central Asia, and China.
Rafael Dean Brown
is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the College of Law, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. He is Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs in the QU Faculty Senate, and an Affiliate Member of the Center for Law and Development. His research focuses on AI, cybersecurity, data protection, arbitration, and legal skills. He is licensed to practice law in Ohio, where he previously taught in the LLM Program at the School of Law, Case Western Reserve University. He has been teaching for over 15 years.
Jon Truby
is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Law & Development at the College of Law, Qatar University, where he works on major research grants delivering solution in legal fields related to financial and technological innovation. A lawyer and legal academic, he specialises in law and policy related to digital and financial innovation, and the application of legal and fiscal tools in sustainable development policy. He joined Qatar University in 2010 from Newcastle Law School at Newcastle University, where he both taught and completed his doctorate in environmental taxation law. He is an avid publisher and is currently researching legal fields in blockchain, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and financial technology. He recently spoke at the United Nations on Blockchain’s energy consumption problem. He was Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Review of Law.