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Dr Patricia Zivkovic

Dr Patricia Zivkovic
Dr Patricia Zivkovic
Dr Patricia Zivkovic

PhD, LLM, mag. iur., FHEA

Senior Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
patricia.zivkovic@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272556
Office Address

Room C57

School of Law

Taylor Building

Old Aberdeen

AB24 3UB

 

 

 

 

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Biography

Patricia holds the position of Senior Lecturer in Law, specialising in international commercial arbitration and technology and law.

Patricia joined the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen in 2019. Prior to this appointment, she held teaching positions at the International University of Sarajevo and gained professional experience in legal practice and industry.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Zagreb, School of Law, and a Master of Laws (LLM) from the Central European University (CEU), where she specialised in International Business Law. Patricia completed her doctoral studies at CEU and is currently under contract with Edward Elgar Publishing to develop her doctoral dissertation into a monograph, Costs in International Commercial Arbitration, which is forthcoming in 2026.

Her research in technology and law focuses on emerging challenges relating to biometric data, emotion detection, and neurotechnology, with particular attention to their legal, ethical, and societal implications.

Due to her commitment to interdisciplinarity and law and humanities, Patricia co-leads projects under the theme of Death and Law – Interdisciplinary Explorations. Her principal contribution examines a technological posthumanist critique of personhood, with particular emphasis on post-mortem digital avatars.

To support sustained multidisciplinary collaboration, Patricia founded and currently leads the Humanity and AI Research Group.

Within the wider research community, she co-convenes the Private International Law Section of the Society of Legal Scholars Conference and has co-organised numerous national and international research projects and events in partnership with other institutions. Patricia is currently part of the team awarded an Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair for a project on Fair Digital Transition.

From Theory to Practice in Private International Law

This book, compiled in memory of the work and life of Professor Jonathan Fitchen, brings together preeminent scholars from across the private international law world to address a wide spectrum of subject matter in the discipline.

 

Link to the book page

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • PGT Programmes Coordinator
  • Humanity and AI Research Group Lead
  • Member of the Centre for Commercial Law
  • Member of the Centre for Scots Law 

Previously:

  • LLM Dispute Resolution Co-ordinator
  • Research Environment and Culture Deputy Lead
  • Academic Line Manager
  • Monitoring Lead
  • Member of the Executive Committee (Law)
  • Member of the Operational Committee (Law)
  • Member of the Centre for Private International Law and Transnational Governance
  • Associate Co-Director of the Centre for Private International Law 
  • Member of the EDI Committee
  • Student group liaison (Legal Tech)
  • Member of the Law School's Library Committee
  • LLM Admission Selector
  • ECR Representative in the Research Committee
  • Member of the Employment, Entrepreneurship & Co-curriculum Committee
External Memberships

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

Students' Union and University of Aberdeen Excellence Award for Best Undergraduate Supervisor (2023)

Research

Research Overview

Patricia's teaching and research focus on technology & law and international dispute resolution.

Patricia has just finished her monograph on Costs in International Commercial Arbitration (forthcoming in 2026), and her technology-focused scholarship examines regulatory and conceptual challenges relating to biometric data, emotion detection, and neurotechnology.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Law.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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Research Specialisms

  • Law
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Comparative Law
  • Business Law

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

Patricia is currently working on the following papers:

'Unlocking Human Minds: The Legal and Ethical Dimensions of Neurotechnology', to be published in Future Frontiers of Law and Technology, Volume 2: Regulation and Governance in an Age of Future Risk, Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming in 2026.

'Biometric Afterlife: When You Are Neither Person nor Thing' to be published in The Legal Distinction Between Persons and Things: Changing Perspectives, Law and Philosophy Series, Springer, forthcoming in 2026.

Beyond Boundaries: How can the law keep pace with AI?

Our next generation of lawyers face an enormous new challenge: how to keep pace with rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.

For example, how can we legislate for 'deathbots', where someone’s online activity can be uploaded to an avatar to imitate their conversational style after they have died?  

Understanding and staying ahead of technology is a big passion for Dr Patricia Živković.

Listen to the podcast with Dr Patricia Živković

Funding and Grants

Current funded projects:

  • Co-Investigator, Death and Law: Interdisciplinary Explorations, Royal Society of Edinburgh (2026-27)
  • Team Member, Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Chair for a project on "Fair Digital Transition" (2026-29)

Past funded projects:

  • Co-Investigator, Laying the Foundations for a Restatement of Scots Private International Law, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Co-Investigator, DIGINLAW Project – Time to Become Digital in Law, funded by the European Commission 
Teaching

Courses

Teaching Responsibilities

Postgraduate

  • LS5083 International Commercial Arbitration (Course Coordinator)
  • LS553N Regulation of Biometric Data and Profiling: Social, Ethical and Legal Implications Honours (Course Coordinator)
  • LS551X Negotiations Skills (online) (Course Coordinator) 

Undergraduate

  • LS452M Regulation of Biometric Data and Profiling: Social, Ethical and Legal Implications Honours (Course Coordinator)
  • LS4011 Law of Sales Honours (Course Co-ordinator)
  • LS402T AI and Law
  • LS401Q Private International Law of Commercial Law Honours

 Taught before:

  • LS1026 Case Studies on Law in Society (Interim Course Co-ordinator) (2019/20)
  • LS2026 EU Institutions and Law (2019/20)
  • LS503B/LS553B International Sale of Goods (online) (Course Co-ordinator 2019/20, 2020/21)
  • QL5502 International Sale of Goods (Course Co-ordinator 2020/21)
  • QL5005 International Commercial Arbitration (Course Co-ordinator 2021/22)
  • LS5905 Professional Arbitration Skills (Course Co-ordinator 2021/22)
  • LS402Q Privacy and Data Protection Law (2021/22, 2022/23)

 

 

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

Guest lecturer at the Summer School of International Arbitration at the International University of Sarajevo

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