Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is the University Research Chair in Technology and Society and the Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa, where he is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section as well as the Director of the AI + Society Initiative.
Dr. Martin-Bariteau is also a Faculty Associate of the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, as well as a member of the Nexus for Quantum Technologies Institute at the University of Ottawa.
A technologist and creative turned legal scholar, his research focuses on technology law, ethics and policy, with a special interest in artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum science and technologies, cybersecurity, whistleblowers and intellectual property.
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is an internationally-recognized thought leader on technology policy, engaged in shaping frameworks that safeguard rights and liberties in the digital context to build a more secure and inclusive society. His work has been published in leading journals and publishing houses in French and English, and presented globally to academic and policy audiences. He regularly comments on technology-related news in national and international media outlets. His research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, as well as by several foundations and philanthropic gifts. Now a tenured professor, he was the recipient of the 2019 uOttawa Common Law Emerging Researcher Award.
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau serves as co-investigator and group leader in three transdisciplinary SSHRC-funded partnerships: Cyberjustice Lab’s Autonomy through Cyberjustice Technology, Global Journalism Innovation Lab, and HC2P – Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership. He is also a member of several international research networks and also contributes to Open AIR, the Open African Innovation Research network.
He previously served on the Board of Directors of the NCE SERENE-RISC, Canada’s smart cybersecurity network and co-led, with Dr. Elizabeth Dubois, Connected Canada, a pan-Canadian interdisciplinary research initiative on citizenship in a digital context.
He was appointed a Fellow (2022-2023) of the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and a Visiting Professor (2023) at CERCRID (UMR CNRS) and the Faculty of Law of Université Jean-Monnet Saint-Etienne.
Prior to joining the University of Ottawa in September 2016, Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau was a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and in the Department of Computer Sciences (DIRO) at Université de Montréal. He was also the coordinator and co-founder of OpenUM and coordinator the L. R. Wilson Chair in Information Technology and Electronic Commerce Law. In 2015, he was named an Internet Policy Global Fellow of the Instituto de Technologia e Sociedade (ITS Rio, Brazil), and a Young Scholar of the Jean-Louis-Baudouin Chair in Civil Law at the Université de Montréal.
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau received his LL.D. (PhD/Doctor in Laws) in December 2016 from the Université de Montréal where it was awarded the highest distinction (“exceptional”, 5%). Upon graduation, he was named on the University’s Honour List (10%) and his thesis represented the University in best thesis competitions. Building on and developing his doctoral work, his first book, Le droit de marque, was the runner-up of the 2018 Walter Owen Book Prize celebrating Canada’s best legal publications.
Dr. Martin-Bariteau also holds a Licence in Law (with distinctions and Dean’s List), a Maîtrise in Business Law, and a Master in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (with distinctions) from the Université d’Aix-Marseille (France). In addition, he holds both a Certificate in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Sciences, and a Certificate in Legal and Moral Sciences.
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau has held several positions as Chair or board member of various non-profit organizations, in Canada and France. He served as the Vice-President for Student Affairs at the Université Paul-Cézanne Aix-Marseille III from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012, he was a teaching assistant and junior lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Politics of the Université d’Aix-Marseille. He has also worked as a developer, a creative and a publicist. He now leverages the knowledge and skill sets acquired from these experiences to support knowledge dissemination, and meaningful engagement with stakeholders and research users.
Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau welcomes enquiries from students interested in undertaking research and pursuing graduate studies in his fields of expertise. He is authorized to supervise students at all levels, including Ph.D. and postdoctoral fellowships.