Michael Karanicolas

Michael Karanicolas (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X) is an Associate Professor of Law and the James S. Palmer Chair in Public Policy & Law at Dalhousie University. Previously, he served as the inaugural Executive Director of the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy and as the Wikimedia Fellow at Yale Information Society Project, where he remains an affiliated fellow. Prior to his academic career, Michael spent a decade as a human rights advocate, where he worked to develop legal frameworks supporting foundational rights for democracy. His research encompasses a number of thematic areas, but generally revolves around the application of human rights standards in an online context. Michael has a B.A. (Hons.) from Queen’s University, an LL.B. from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, and an LL.M. from the University of Toronto.