Dr Mathilde Pavis
Dr Mathilde Pavis is an expert in intellectual property law, ethics and new technologies.
Mathilde has 10+ years experience in research and training. Her work has been cited by the UK Parliament to inform new laws on artificial intelligence. Mathilde now advises governments, organisations and businesses about the impact of AI on intellectual property and sensitive data.
Mathilde has received over half-a-million pounds in grants to fund her research on the synthetisation of humans and the digitisation of sensitive data. With her most recent grant, Mathilde co-founded the UK’s first pro bono law and digitisation clinic designed to support cultural institutions (GLAM-E Lab).
Mathilde writes for The Times and The Independent about law in new technologies, and has appeared on national programs for Channel 4 News and BBC Radio 4 to discuss AI regulations. She has written 50+ academic and online publications.
Background & training
Dr Mathilde trained in Law in France and in the United Kingdom (Licence/LLB, Maitrise, LLM). She completed her PhD on the legal protection of individuals’ face, voice and body online at the University of Exeter (2013-2016). Her PhD research spotted a gap in the law on the protection of individuals against unauthorised digital imitations. She has held prestigious academic positions in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and Australia in recognition of the ground-breaking nature of her work.
Mathilde held a personal chair at the University of Exeter and the University of Reading (Associate Professor). She now co-directs the Synthetic Research Media Network at the University of Reading where she holds a senior visiting research fellowship.
Publications
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Mathilde Pavis, “Rebalancing our regulatory response to Deepfakes with performers’ rights” 2021. Convergence.
Mathilde Pavis and Andrea Wallace, “Response to the 2018 Sarr-Savoy Report: Statement on Intellectual Property Rights and Open Access relevant to the digitization and restitution of African Cultural Heritage and associated materials” 2019. JIPITEC
Mathilde Pavis, “In fashion, one day you are in, the next you are out”: comparative perspectives on the exclusion of fashion models from performers’ rights” 2019. EIPR
Mathilde Pavis, “Runway models, runway performers? Unravelling the Ashby jurisprudence under UK law” 2018. JIPLP
Mathilde Pavis, Sarah Whatley and Charlotte Waelde, “Who can profit from dance? an exploration of copyright ownership” 2017. Dance Research
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Charlotte Waelde, Catherine Mathilde Pavis and Helena Enright (eds). Research Handbook on Contemporary Intangible Cultural Heritage: Law and Heritage. 2018 Edward Elgar.
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Mathilde Pavis “The protection of performances fixed in audiovisual recordings under UK law and the Beijing Treaty” (2021)
Mathilde Pavis and Andrea Wallace “Response for the EMRIP Report on repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” (2021)
Mathilde Pavis “Submission to the UK IPO: Artificial Intelligence and Performers' rights” (2020)
Mathilde Pavis, Huda Tulti and Johanne Pye. Fair Pay/Play in the UK Voice-Over Industries: a Survey of 200+ Voice-Overs (2019)
Mathilde Pavis and Andrea Wallace “Response to the 2018 Sarr-Savoy Report: Statement on Intellectual Property Rights and Open Access relevant to the digitization and restitution of African Cultural Heritage and associated materials” (2019)
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Digital Guide: working with open licences for The National Lottery Heritage Fund, (.pdf) by Andrea Wallace and Mathilde Pavis
The Recorded performance for Copyrightuser.org, (.pdf) by Mathilde Pavis