Staff Profile

I have expertise in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. I am particularly interested in exploring what societal impact new technologies create and how the norms of public international law can remain relevant in light of technological developments. I have expertise in artificial intelligence, robotic and digital technologies. I enjoy carrying out interdisciplinary research.

I hold a Master of Laws with distinction in public international law from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I gained a Doctor of Philosophy in law from the University of Essex. I received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to carry out a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University in Canada. Thereafter, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Tilburg University. I received internal funding for three consecutive years at Tilburg University. I have published with various publishers. Oxford University Press, University of Toronto, University of Melbourne, European University Institute in Florence, Elsevier and Brill among others feature my work. I acted as a peer reviewer for the following journals: Computer Law and Security Review, Melbourne University Law Review, European Journal of Law and Technology, Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions, North East Law Review, European Law Open and New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication. I was a visiting researcher at the University of Oxford and Emory University.

I draw on the perspectives from multiple disciplines in order to study how technology and law operate in the societal context. I theorise how new technologies are changing us as human beings, how we live and how we organise our societies. I contribute to the debate regarding how public international law norms may respond to rapid advances in technology. My scholarship seeks to strengthen the perspectives of underrepresented communities in policy making. My research interests are in international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international criminal law and public international law. I have expertise in artificial intelligence, robotic and digital technologies. At the moment I am exploring how individuals can be protected from discrimination in the digital context. My work appears in both law and media ecology publications. 

I am teaching on the following courses:

Artificial intelligence: law, theory and practice 

Law digital markets and competition  

Law and ethics

Fundamentals of legal translation 

LLM dissertation

I supervise graduate students who are writing a dissertation. I am available to supervise PhD students.

• Articles

  • Krupiy TK. The Value of Media Ecology for Enabling Human Rights Defenders to Advocate for the Protection of the Right to Mental Health in the Context of Deploying Artificial Intelligence Technology as part of the Decision-making Process. New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication 2024, 4(1), 1-42.
  • Krupiy T. The Need to Update the Equality Act 2010: Artificial Intelligence Widens Existing Gaps in Protection from Discrimination. Amicus Curiae 2024, 6(1), 143-169. In Press.
  • Krupiy TK. How the Electric Toothbrush, Search Engine, Smartphone, Social Media and Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Processes Amplify the Exercise of Power at State and Global Levels: a Media Ecology Analysis. New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication 2024, 4(1), 1-45.
  • Krupiy TK, Scheinin MS. Disability Discrimination in the Digital Realm: How the ICRPD Applies to Artificial Intelligence Decision-Making Processes and Helps in Determining the State of International Human Rights Law. Human Rights Law Review 2023, 23(3), ngad019.
  • Krupiy T. Law and media ecology at a tea party: engaging with the invisibilities within the law. Explorations in Media Ecology 2022, 21(4), 333-355.
  • Krupiy T. Understanding digital discrimination: analysing Marshall McLuhan’s work through a human rights lense. New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication 2021, 2(1), 34-55.
  • Krupiy T. Meeting the chimera: how the CEDAW can address digital discrimination. International Human Rights Law Review 2021, 10, 1-39.
  • Krupiy T. Leaving the dice for play: a critique of the application of the law and economics lens to international humanitarian law. European Journal of Legal Studies 2020, 13(1), 223-269.
  • Krupiy T. A vulnerability analysis: Theorising the impact of artificial intelligence decision-making processes on individuals, society and human diversity from a social justice perspective. Computer Law & Security Review 2020, 38, 105429.
  • Krupiy T. Regulating a game changer: using a distributed approach to develop an accountability framework for lethal autonomous weapon systems. Georgetown Journal of International Law 2018, 50(1), 45-112.
  • Krupiy T. Unravelling organisational power dynamics: towards a theory of accountability for crimes triggered by lethal autonomous weapon systems. Loyola University Chicago International Law Review 2017, 15(1), 1-61.
  • Krupiy T. Of souls, spirits and ghosts: transposing the application of the rules of targeting to lethal autonomous robots. Melbourne Journal of International Law 2015, 16(1), 1-58.
  • Krupiy T. A case against making sole reliance on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology to identify proposed targets. Journal of Conflict and Security Law 2015, 20(3), 415-449.
  • Krupiy T. The evolution of international humanitarian law and the continuous dissension over the interpretation of the legal rules: an anthropological perspective. Legal Issues Journal 2014, 2(2), 24-45.

• Authored Book

  • Krupiy T. A Toolbox for the Application of the Rules of Targeting. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

• Book Chapter

  • Krupiy T, McLeod Rogers J. Mapping artificial intelligence and human intersections: why we need new perspectives on harm and governance in human rights. In: Aoife O'Donoghue; Ruth Houghton; Se-shauna Wheatle, ed. Research Handbook on Global Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2022. In Press.

• Design

  • Krupiy T, Scheinin M. Summary of the test prohibiting algorithmic discrimination. 2023. Oxford University Press.

• Online Publications

  • Krupiy T. What role artificial intelligence could play in evaluating the compliance of military operations with international humanitarian law: The case study of the conduct of hostilities in Ukraine. New York: European Journal of International Law, 2024. Available at: https://www.ejiltalk.org/what-role-artificial-intelligence-could-play-in-evaluating-the-compliance-of-military-operations-with-international-humanitarian-law-the-case-study-of-the-conduct-of-hostilities-in-ukraine/.
  • Krupiy TK. The need to update the Artificial Intelligence Act to make it human rights compliant. Florence: The Digital Constitutionalist, 2024. Available at: https://digi-con.org/the-need-to-update-the-artificial-intelligence-act-to-make-it-human-rights-compliant/.
  • Krupiy T. Puede la tecnología de la Inteligencia Artificial ayudar a las Organizaciones y a las personas a evaluar el cumplimiento de las operaciones militares con el DIH humanitario? El caso de Ucrania. Madrid: Movimiento Por La Paz MDPL, 2024. Available at: https://revistatiempodepaz.org/revista-153/.
  • Krupiy TK. Artificial intelligence: the need to update the Equality Act 2010. Oxford: University of Oxford, 2024. Available at: https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/artificial-intelligence-the-need-to-update-the-equality-act-2010/.
  • Krupiy T. Why the UK Artificial Intelligence Whitepaper could erode existing legal protections. The Digital Constitutionalist, 2023. Available at: https://digi-con.org/why-the-uk-artificial-intelligence-whitepaper-could-erode-existing-legal-protections/.
  • Krupiy T. How to be an effective academic colleague. Ottawa: Academic Affairs, 2023. Available at: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-advice/career-advice-article/how-to-be-an-effective-academic-colleague/.
  • Krupiy T. Back to reality. A day in the life of an artificial intelligence system. Medium, 2023. Available at: https://medium.com/@krupiy.tanya/back-to-reality-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-artificial-intelligence-system-d981c79c91db.
  • Krupiy T. The Modern Bill of Rights creates barriers to challenging algorithmic decisions. UK Constitutional Law Association Blog: UK Constitutional Law Association, 2022. Available at: https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/2022/04/19/tetyana-krupiy-the-modern-bill-of-rights-creates-barriers-to-challenging-algorithmic-decisions/.
  • Krupiy T. The 10 steps towards inclusivity in universities. Times Higher Education, 2022. Available at: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/10-steps-towards-inclusivity-universities.
  • Krupiy T. Advice for academics interested in working in the Netherlands. Times Higher Education, 2022. Available at: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/advice-academics-interested-working-netherlands.
  • Krupiy T. Why the proposed Artificial Intelligence Regulation does not deliver on the promise to protect individuals from harm. European Law Blog, 2021. Available at: https://europeanlawblog.eu/2021/07/23/why-the-proposed-artificial-intelligence-regulation-does-not-deliver-on-the-promise-to-protect-individuals-from-harm/.
  • Krupiy T. Protecting equality in the context of the proliferation of artificial intelligence technology. Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, 2021. Available at: https://anzsilperspective.com/protecting-equality-in-the-context-of-the-proliferation-of-artificial-intelligence-technology/.
  • Krupiy T. A ban on using predictive policing to forecast human behaviour: a step in the right direction. Jean Monnet Network on Enforcement of EU Law and Utrecht University, 2021. Available at: https://eulawenforcement.com/?p=8102.
  • Krupiy T. The ascendance of artificial intelligence: how international human rights law protects human diversity. International Law Under Construction, 2020. Available at: https://grojil.org/2020/03/16/the-ascendance-of-artificial-intelligence-how-international-human-rights-law-protects-human-diversity/.
  • Krupiy T. The role of artificial intelligence decision-making processes in concealing inequality. University of Ottawa, 2019. Available at: http://www.equalityproject.ca/blog/the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-concealing-inequality/.
  • Krupiy T. Modelling the rules of targeting. International Law Grrls, 2018. Available at: https://ilg2.org/author/krupiytanyahotmailcom/.

• Report

  • Krupiy T. POSTnote in response to the call for evidence “Approved work: use of artificial intelligence in education delivery and assessment”. Newcastle University, 2023. Submitted.

• Working Paper

  • Krupiy T. Response to: AI and Ethics: Call for Evidence by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics and Policy Connect. 2023.