Dr Paula Westenberger
Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law

Research Interests

She is currently a BRAID Research Fellow, leading the 18-month project Responsible AI for Heritage: copyright and human rights perspectives in partnership with RBG Kew (AHRC funded). She is currently researching the interface between cultural heritage, artificial intelligence and copyright law. Her research interests cover the intersection between copyright law, human rights and culture, with particular focus on topics including limitations and exceptions to copyright, the use of digital technology by cultural heritage institutions, and the relationship between artistic freedom and copyright law. 

Project details

Projects/grants:

• BRAID Research Fellowship, with RBG Kew (AHRC award): Responsible AI for Heritage: copyright and human rights perspectives  (June 2024 - Dec 2025)
• Athena Swan Research Award for project “Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Heritage: copyright issues and human rights perspectives” (2023 - 2024)
• Brunel Research Interdisciplinary Labs (BRIL) Research Award for project “Mapping out the interface between Cultural Heritage, Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law in the UK”, allowing organization of interdisciplinary workshop in June 2023 at The Alan Turing Institute (2022 - 2023)
• PhD funding: CCLS/QMUL Postgraduate Research Fund (PGRF) award for empirical research in Brazil (2015) and CCLS/QMUL full PhD Studentship (2013-2016). Thesis title: Cultural Palimpsests: Artistic Reuses in Brazil in the Context of Copyright and Human Rights.