Dr Irini Katsirea
LLM (Leicester); PhD (Cambridge)
Department of Journalism Studies
Reader in International Media Law


+44 114 222 2540
Full contact details
Department of Journalism Studies
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9 Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 4DT
- Profile
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Dr Irini Katsirea is Reader in International Media Law at the University of Sheffield. She joined the Department of Journalism Studies in September 2015. Before her appointment at the University of Sheffield, Irini was Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University, London. She has served as Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and is a member of the Athens Bar. She holds a First Examination in Law from the Free University of Berlin, an LLM in European and International Trade Law from the University of Leicester and a PhD from Magdalene College, Cambridge.
- Research interests
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Irini's research interests are in the areas of international, European and comparative media law as well as EU law. She has published extensively in these areas. Her recent research projects include 'Press Regulation in an Era of Convergence', funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust, and 'A comparison of editorial standards and complaints handling before and after IPSO', funded by IPSO.
Irini welcomes PhD applications in her areas of research.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- The Independent Press Standards Organisation and accuracy: A comparative study of complaints-handling procedures in four UK newspapers. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies.
- ‘“Fake news”: Reconsidering the value of untruthful expression in the face of regulatory uncertainty’. The Journal of Media Law, 10(2), 159-188. View this article in WRRO
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- Digital terrestrial television licensing in Greece: Curiouser and curiouser. International Journal of Digital Television, 8(2), 201-219. View this article in WRRO
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- Press regulation in an era of convergence: An introduction. Convergence. View this article in WRRO
- Electronic press: 'Press-like' or 'television-like'?. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 23(2), 134-156. View this article in WRRO
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- ‘Public Service Broadcasting in the Era of Austerity’, London, 11 July 2013. International Journal of Digital Television, 5(1), 103-106.
- Broadcasting in an Age of Commercialism. Journal of Media Law, 4(2), 155-158.
- Who is Afraid of Public Service Broadcasting? The Digital Future of an Age-Old Institution Under Threat. Yearbook of European Law, 31(1), 416-451.
- Lilian Edwards and Charlotte Waelde (eds), Law and the Internet. Journal of Media Law, 2(1), 139-143.
- Judicial Review of Party Broadcasts in Germany and the United Kingdom. Journal of Media Law, 1(2), 269-287.
- Book Review: Culture: Cornerstone of the European Union Edifice?, Culture and European Union Law. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 13(2), 239-258.
- Free movement of law students and lawyers in the EU: a comparison of English, German and Greek legislation. International Journal of the Legal Profession, 12(3), 367-406.
- The Transmission State Principle: The End of the Broadcasting Sovereignty of the Member States?. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 6, 105-139.
- The Transmission State Principle: The End of the Broadcasting Sovereignty of the Member States?. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, 6, 105-139.
Chapters
- The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy Palgrave Macmillan UK
- The Television Without Frontiers Directive, The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy (pp. 297-311). Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Commercial Influences on Programme Content: The German and UK Approaches to Transposing EU Rules on Product Placement (pp. 159-188). Informa UK Limited
- European Media Policy for the Twenty-First Century Routledge
- The Television Without Frontiers Directive, The Palgrave Handbook of European Media Policy Palgrave Macmillan
- How Far are National Broadcasting Orders Converging as a Consequence of European Media Law and Policy? Edward Elgar Publishing
- The Independent Press Standards Organisation and accuracy: A comparative study of complaints-handling procedures in four UK newspapers. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies.
- Teaching activities
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Irini has taught a variety of subjects including intellectual property and media law, EU law and international commercial arbitration. She is currently module leader for JNL6075 Media Freedom: European, UK and US Perspectives and oversees dissertation work by students on MA Global Journalism (JNL6133) and MA International Public and Political Communication (JNL6600).
- PhD supervision
Irini welcomes supervision enquiries for PhD study in her research areas of international, European and comparative media law, as well as EU law.
Current PhD students
- Aiman Alsaeedi: The integration of user-generated contents and citizen journalism within professional journalistic frameworks at the Arab news channels