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Georgios (George) Dimitropoulos is a scholar of international economic law and regulation. His research aims at rethinking the boundaries between domestic and international law and reconceptualizing economic sovereignty and governance. A major focus has been the rise of new digital technologies and their interaction with traditional models of internal law.
George is an Associate Professor of Law, as well as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and S.J.D. Program Coordinator at HBKU College of Law. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and a Research Associate at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT). He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (JWIT) and the Asia Pacific Law Review (APLR).
George studied law at the University of Athens, and holds an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale Law School, as well as an LL.M. and Ph.D. summa cum laude from the University of Heidelberg. Before joining HBKU he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg and a Hauser Research Scholar at New York University (NYU) School of Law. He has held visiting positions at the Athens Public International Law Center (AthensPIL), Singapore Management University (SMU), University College London Centre for Law, Economics and Society (UCL CLES), the Université Catholique de Lyon (UCLy) and the Jigme Singye Wangchuck (JSW) School of Law in Bhutan.
His work has appeared in journals such as the Washington Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, the Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, the World Trade Review, and the Journal of International Economic Law. Some of his recent work includes a book on Regulating Blockchain: Techno-Social and Legal Challenges (with Philipp Hacker, Ioannis Lianos and Stefan Eich – Oxford University Press, 2019) and a book on International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication (with Stavros Brekoulakis – Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Education/Academic qualification
L.L.M., Master, Heidelberg University
Ph.D. in Law, Heidelberg University
L.L.M., Yale Law School
Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.), PhD, Yale Law School
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HBKU-OVPR-HHW-01-9: International Annual TradeLab Conference 2026: Industrial Policy and the New Internationalism – How States Reassert their Power to Achieve the Twin Digital and Climate Transition
Tok, E. (Principal Investigator), Dimitropoulos, G. (Lead Principal Investigator), Bakos, A.-C. (Principal Investigator) & Chatzikonstantinou, E. (Principal Investigator)
2/09/25 → 15/02/26
Project: Applied Research
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HBKU-OVPR-HHW-01-2: Qatar’s First Global Humanitarian and Development Finance Summit: Scaling up Impact for Localized Solutions
Dimitropoulos, G. (Principal Investigator) & Aassouli, D. (Lead Principal Investigator)
2/09/25 → 4/01/26
Project: Others
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HBKU-OVPR-SRG-03-3: Visualizing Adaptive and Transformative Governance: Qatar at the Nexus of Local, Regional, Transnational, and Global Change
Al-Fadala, A. E. (Co-Lead Principal Investigator), Tok, E. (Lead Principal Investigator), Dimitropoulos, G. (Co-Lead Principal Investigator), Mikros, G. (Co-Lead Principal Investigator), Zaidan, E. (Co-Lead Principal Investigator), Mohamed, A. S. (Co-Lead Principal Investigator), Olaoye, K. F. (Principal Investigator), Saqib, A. (Graduate Student), Javid, S. (Graduate Student), Saad, M. (Graduate Student), Naemi, M. E. A. (Principal Investigator), Horr, D. A. A. (Principal Investigator), Darbesti, D. H. A. (Principal Investigator), Nasrawi, D. S. (Principal Investigator) & Ibrahim, M. N. (Principal Investigator)
10/07/25 → 9/07/27
Project: Applied Research
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HBKU-OVPR-SRG-02-2: AI-EDAPT: Artificial Intelligence for Educational Adaptation, Personalization, and Transformation
Yahiaoui, R. (Principal Investigator), Koc, M. (Principal Investigator), Dimitropoulos, G. (Principal Investigator), Alam, F. (Principal Investigator), Mikros, G. (Lead Principal Investigator), Riazi, A. (Principal Investigator), Giustini , D. (Principal Investigator), Bower, M. (Consultant), Ali, L. (Graduate Student), Afridi, A. (Graduate Student), Thadikkal Abdul Muthalif, N. (Graduate Student), Mohamed Nour, A. (Graduate Student), Miller, H. (Graduate Student) & Elfadl, A. (Graduate Student)
1/06/24 → 31/05/26
Project: Applied Research
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EX-QNRF-ARG-86: Industrial Policy for Digital Development (IPDD) Project: Digitalization, Sustainability and National Security in the New Geoeconomic Order
Dimitropoulos, G. (Lead Principal Investigator), Aassouli, D. (Principal Investigator), Olaoye, K. F. (Principal Investigator), Al-Sulaiti, A. (Principal Investigator), Mishra, D. N. (Principal Investigator), Zaman, A. (Graduate Student), Javid, S. (Graduate Student), Chatzikonstantinou, D. E. (Principal Investigator), Bakos, A.-C. (Post Doctoral Fellow), Allen, D. J. (Principal Investigator) & Sougli, E. R. (Graduate Student)
1/04/24 → 1/04/27
Project: Basic Research
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Advancing Digital Integration in the Indo-Pacific Legal Strategies for a Cohesive Digital Economy
Chaisse, J., Dimitropoulos, G. & Mosquera, I. J., 2025, Jakarta: Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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Digital Plurilateralism in International Economic Law Towards Unilateral Multilateralism?
Dimitropoulos, G., 3 Jan 2025, In: Journal of World Investment and Trade. p. 116-155 40 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access13 Citations (Scopus) -
Investment law and the digital economy
Dimitropoulos, G., Sept 2025, In: Journal of International Dispute Settlement. 16, 3, p. 1-20 20 p., idaf020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Law and Digital Transformation in the Indo-Pacific: An International Economic Law Perspective
Chaisse, J., Dimitropoulos, G. & Mosquera, I., Aug 2025, In: Journal of World Investment and Trade. 26, 4, p. 575-620 46 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Plurilateralism: A New Form of International Economic Ordering?
Dimitropoulos, G., Chen, R. C. & Chaisse, J., Mar 2025, In: Journal of World Investment and Trade. 26, 1-2, p. 1-30 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access15 Citations (Scopus)