Dr Jiahong Chen (he/him)

School of Law

Lecturer in Law

Departmental EDI Director and Deputy LLM Programme Director

jiahong.chen@sheffield.ac.uk

AF22A, Bartolomé House

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Dr Jiahong Chen
School of Law
AF22A
Bartolomé House
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND

Profile: I joined the University of Sheffield in June 2021 as a Lecturer in Law. Previously I worked at the University of Nottingham as a Research Fellow in IT Law, and before that, completed my PhD at the University of Edinburgh.

My research focuses on the intersection between law and technology, in particular data protection law, cybersecurity law, law and AI, data ethics and internet regulation. I have recently been working on funded interdisciplinary projects on the privacy and social implications of using personal data in the contexts of smart homes and payment systems. My work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals and cited by policymakers.

During my time in Nottingham and Edinburgh I taught a range of LLB and LLM courses, including Information Technology Law, European Data Protection Law, and Consumer and Marketing Law.

Qualifications: PhD, University of Edinburgh; LLM, China University of Political Science and Law; LLB, China University of Political Science and Law

Research interests: Data Protection Law
Cybersecurity Law
Law and AI
Data Ethics
Internet Regulation

Publications

Books

Chen J (2021) Regulating Online Behavioural Advertising Through Data Protection Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Journal articles

Piasecki S, Chen J & McAuley D (2022) Putting the Right P in PIMS: Normative Challenges for Protecting Vulnerable People’s Data through Personal Information Management Systems. European Journal of Law and Technology.
Chen J, Nichele E, Ellerby Z & Wagner C (2022) Responsible research and innovation in practice: driving both the ‘how’ and the ‘what’ to research. Journal of Responsible Technology.
Piasecki S & Chen J (2022) Complying with the GDPR when vulnerable people use smart devices. International Data Privacy Law.
Chen J & Urquhart L (2022) ‘They’re all about pushing the products and shiny things rather than fundamental security’:Mapping socio-technical challenges in securing the smart home. Information & Communications Technology Law, 31(1), 99-122.
Dove ES & Chen J (2021) What does it mean for a data subject to make their personal data ‘manifestly public’? An analysis of GDPR Article 9(2)(e). International Data Privacy Law.
Chen J, Edwards L, Urquhart L & McAuley D (2021) Who is responsible for data processing in smart homes? Reconsidering joint controllership and the household exemption. International Data Privacy Law, 10(4), 279-293.
Chen J (2020) To What Extent Does the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Apply to Citizen Scientist-Led Health Research with Mobile Devices?. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics.
Chen J (2020) Should consent for data processing be privileged in health research? A comparative legal analysis. International Data Privacy Law.
Chen J (2020) On the Principle of Accountability: Challenges for Smart Homes & Cybersecurity.
Chen J (2019) Right to an Explanation Considered Harmful. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Chen J & Burgess P (2019) The boundaries of legal personhood: how spontaneous intelligence can problematise differences between humans, artificial intelligence, companies and animals. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 27(1), 73-92.
Chen J, Sorbie A & Vrakas G (2018) Editorial. SCRIPT-ed, 15, 1-3.
Chen J (2018) The Dangers of Accuracy:. European Data Protection Law Review, 4, 36-52.
Dove ES & Chen J (2017) Editorial: A Year of Change and Transition. SCRIPT-ed, 14, 164-167.
Dove ES & Chen J (2017) Editorial Introduction. SCRIPTed, 14, 1-4.
Chen J (2017) How the best-laid plans go awry: the (unsolved) issues of applicable law in the General Data Protection Regulation. International Data Privacy Law, 7, 72-72.
Chen J (2017) African Data Privacy Laws, Edited by Alex B. MakuliloData Protection Law in Ireland: Sources and Issues (2nd edn), by Paul Lambert. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 25, 233-236.
Chen J (2016) Book review: Privacy Revisited: A Global Perspective on the Right to the Left Alone. SCRIPTed, 13, 382-386.
Chen J (2016) Book Review: Asian Data Privacy Laws: Trade and Human Rights Perspectives. SCRIPTed, 13, 105-107.
Chen J (2015) When the Safe Harbor is Not Safe: What Next For the EU (Case C-362/14, Schrems). SCRIPTed, 12, 167-175.
Chen J, Dove ES & Bhakuni H () Explicit Consent and Alternative Data Protection Processing Grounds for Health Research.

Chapters

Manohar A, Sengul C & Chen J (2023) Inclusive Privacy Control at Home for Smart Health, Human Data Interaction, Disadvantage and Skills in the Community (pp. 151-176). Springer International Publishing
Chen J & Miotto L (2022) Manipulation, Real-Time Profiling, and their Wrongs1, The Philosophy of Online Manipulation (pp. 392-409). Routledge
Chen J, S. Dove E & Bhakuni H (2022) Explicit consent and alternative data protection processing grounds for health research, Research Handbook on EU Data Protection Law Edward Elgar Publishing

Other

Dove ES, Chen J & Loideain NN (2021) Raising standards for global data-sharing. Science, 371(6525), 133-134.
Chen J (2020) Book Review: Data Localization Laws and Policy: The EU Data Protection International Transfers Restriction Through a Cloud Computing Lens. SCRIPTed.
Chen J (2019) Putting ‘Good Citizens’ in ‘The Good Place’?. Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung.

Preprints

Li W & Chen J (2023) From Brussels Effect to Gravity Assists: Understanding the Evolution of the GDPR-Inspired Personal Information Protection Law in China.

Teaching activities

Undergraduate

Contemporary Issues in Law and Justice
Consumer Law

Postgraduate

Information Technology Law
Data Privacy and Governance