Biography

Peter Drahos was appointed to the EUI on 1 September 2017. Prior to that he held positions at the Australian National University, Queen Mary, University of London and the Australian Attorney-General’s Department. Trained in law, politics and philosophy he has published widely on a variety of topics, including the philosophy of intellectual property rights, global governance, regulatory theory, patent law, trade and development, climate change and energy governance, and the protection of indigenous peoples’ knowledge.

Research projects, clusters and working groups

• Expert Knowledge and Authority in Transformative Times
• Finance, Innovation and Business Regulation Working Group

Supervisees

• Anthony Rosborough
• Antonino Cirillo
• Arianna Crosera
• Ian Murray
• Inês Lameiras Azevedo
• Lukas Schaupp
• Sunita Tripathy

Fields of expertise

Recent research output

• DRAHOS, Peter (2024), Science in the garden of midnight : how contract and intellectual property build the military-industrial complex, Working Paper
• DRAHOS, Peter (2023), Winning and losing pairings in access to medicines : a practical guide, Contribution to book
• DRAHOS, Peter (2023), TRIPS through a military looking glass, Contribution to book
• DRAHOS, Peter (2023), Immoral intangibles : engaging with ned snow’s intellectual property and immorality, Article
• CHENG, Wenting; DRAHOS, Peter (2022), China’s regulatory pathway to green finance, Article
• DRAHOS, Peter (2021), Public lies and public goods : ten lessons from when patents and pandemics meet, Working Paper

Supervision Interests

" I am interested in proposals that seek to analyse important problems using a combination of theories and methods. Areas of current interest include the relationship between law, knowledge and innovation, the relationship between climate change and energy governance and the governance of science and technology."
Peter DrahosProfessor of Law and Governance