Dr. Jenny Kanellopoulou (GB)

Jenny Kanellopoulou joined MMU in September 2019 as a Senior Lecturer in Law.

She holds a PhD in the area of Intellectual Property and Competition Policy from the University of Edinburgh (2018), where she was also employed as a tutor and research assistant in IP and Business Law. Additionally, she studied IP and Competition Law at the University of Glasgow, where she completed her LLM.

Her research focuses on Alternative Cultures, Places, and the Law.

Jenny has published a monograph on the relationship between Intellectual Property Law and Competition Policy for new business models in the creative industries with Routledge NY. She is currently preparing her second monograph on Metal Music and the Law for the same publisher.

She has led a British Academy-funded project on urban squats and has published articles and reports on the topic, investigating alternative forms of urban participation from legal, geographical, cultural, and urban policy perspectives.

Prior to becoming an academic, Jenny qualified as a lawyer with the Athens Bar and worked in the public sector, including holding posts with the Industrial Property Organization and the Ministry of Interior in Greece.

During her student years, she worked as a Marketing and Press Officer for a major concert promoter in Greece, collaborating directly with artists such as Linkin Park, Black Sabbath, and Guns N' Roses, and she also worked as a part-time music journalist.

Her proudest achievements to date include interviewing Ozzy Osbourne in person and graduating as a Doctor of Laws.