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Law in Society and Culture

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Sophie J. Nightingale
Lancaster University
2
Riccardo Corvi
Federico II University Hospital
3
Zhihua Shang
AVIC Optronics (China)
4
Emad Ul Haq Qazi
Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
5
Yuriy V. Golik
Unknown
6
Christina A. Pan
Stanford University
7
Claudio Novelli
Data Power Decisions (United States)
8
Souradip Nath
Arizona State University
9
Xukang Wang
Unknown
10
Brandon Khoo
Monash University Malaysia

Rising Stars Papers

1
AI Risk Assessment: A Scenario-Based, Proportional Methodology for the AI Act
Digital Society|2024
71 cit.
2
Generative AI in EU law: Liability, privacy, intellectual property, and cybersecurity
Computer law & security review|2024
64 cit.
3
Beyond surveillance: privacy, ethics, and regulations in face recognition technology
Frontiers in Big Data|2024
53 cit.
4
Detecting Phishing URLs Based on a Deep Learning Approach to Prevent Cyber-Attacks
Applied Sciences|2024
53 cit.
5
Algorithmic discrimination: examining its types and regulatory measures with emphasis on US legal practices
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence|2024
38 cit.
6
A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities
European Journal of Risk Regulation|2024
31 cit.
7
Drone Forensics: An Innovative Approach to the Forensic Investigation of Drone Accidents Based on Digital Twin Technology
Technologies|2024
25 cit.
8
A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
23 cit.
9
Generative AI in EU Law: Liability, Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Cybersecurity
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
16 cit.
10
Digital Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
SSRN Electronic Journal|2024
15 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Cunchao Tu
Tsinghua University
2
Marika Cifor
University of Washington
3
Katharina Hollnbuchner
University of Zurich
4
Griffin Sims Edwards
University of Alabama at Birmingham
5
Alessandra Cristina Gomes
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
6
Geeta Patel
University of Virginia
7
Arielle Silverman
University of Washington
8
Hannah Feeney
RTI International
9
Jastine C. Barrett
University of Cambridge
10
Whitney K. Taylor
San Francisco State University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Mediating Queer and Trans Pasts: The Homosaurus as Queer Information Activism
Information Communication & Society|2022
23 cit.
2
Public Trust in Latin America's Courts: Do Institutions Matter?
Government and Opposition|2022
11 cit.
3
A window of opportunity: Examining the potential impact of mandatorysexual assault kit (SAK) testing legislation on crimeprevention.
Psychology Public Policy and Law|2022
7 cit.
4
Judicial Agency and the Adjudication of Social Rights
Human Rights Quarterly|2023
7 cit.
5
The Possibility of Rights Claims-Making in Court: Looking Back on Twenty-Five Years of Social Rights Constitutionalism in South Africa
Law & Social Inquiry|2022
6 cit.
6
“I Hope We Leave More of a Record”
Feminist Media Histories|2023
4 cit.
7
Slipping Through the Cracks? The Impact of Reporting Mental Health Records to the National Firearm Background Check System
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization|2022
3 cit.
8
On Digital Models: Responding to Viral Metaphors in Pandemic Times
Catalyst Feminism Theory Technoscience|2022
2 cit.
9
INTERVIEW WITH MARIKA CIFOR
Estudos Históricos (Rio de Janeiro)|2023
2 cit.
10
Embedding constitutional rights
Global Constitutionalism|2024
2 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Michael Sauder
St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
2
William M. O’Barr
Duke University
3
Richard Bauman
Indiana University
4
Justice Tankebe
University of Cambridge
5
Stefano Tubaro
Politecnico di Milano
6
Alessandro Piva
University of Florence
7
Stephen K. White
University of Virginia
8
Dan Sperber
Université Paris Nanterre
9
Hany Farid
University of California, Berkeley
10
John Tagg
Keysight Technologies (United States)

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
From Teaching<i>to</i>Learning —<i>A New Paradigm For Undergraduate Education</i>
Change The Magazine of Higher Learning|1995
2.9k cit.
2
Poetics and Performances as Critical Perspectives on Language and Social Life
Annual Review of Anthropology|1990
2.6k cit.
3
Rankings and Reactivity: How Public Measures Recreate Social Worlds
American Journal of Sociology|2007
2.3k cit.
4
Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach.
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute|1998
1.8k cit.
5
Epistemic Vigilance
Mind & Language|2010
1.6k cit.
6
Verbal Art as Performance
Western Folklore|1986
1.3k cit.
7
Pragmatics, Modularity and Mind‐reading
Mind & Language|2002
1.3k cit.
8
Genre, Intertextuality, and Social Power
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology|1992
1.1k cit.
9
Verbal Art as Performance<sup>1</sup>
American Anthropologist|1975
1.1k cit.
10
Beyond Procedural Justice: A Dialogic Approach to Legitimacy in Criminal Justice
Unknown Journal|2012
1.1k cit.

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