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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-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), Ajour, I. (Graduate Student), Ziyud, A. (Graduate Student), Rab, A. (Graduate Student), Ahmed, I. (Graduate Student) & Hamid, M. (Graduate Student)
10/07/25 → 9/07/27
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) & Ma, W. (Graduate Student)
1/04/24 → 1/04/27
Project: Basic Research
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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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EX-QNRF-ESC-3: Forging Ahead: Advancing Economic Integration and Monetary Union in the GCC - A Critical Analysis of Progress, Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Imperatives
Dimitropoulos, G. (Principal Investigator), Ozturk, O. (Lead Principal Investigator), Aysan, A. F. (Principal Investigator), Cochrane, L. J. R. (Principal Investigator) & Saad, M. (Graduate Student)
1/01/25 → 1/08/25
Project: Applied Research
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Digitalisation, New Technologies, and International Investment Law: An Introduction
Delimatsis, P., Dimitropoulos, G. & Gourgourinis, A., 11 Feb 2026, Digitalisation, New Technologies, and International Investment Law. Cambridge University Press, p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript
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Digitalisation, New Technologies, and International Investment Law
Delimatsis, P., Dimitropoulos, G. & Gourgourinis, A., 11 Feb 2026, Cambridge University Press. 316 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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International and National Environmental Laws and Ethics
Athwal, E., Dimitropoulos, G., Olawuyi, D., Weber, A. S., Al-Sehlawi, R., Dheen Mohamed, A. M., Amato, A. & Chatziefthimiou, A. D., 2026, Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, p. 41-68 28 p. (Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences; vol. Part F1635).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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International economic law and comparative administrative law
Dimitropoulos, G., 1 Jan 2026, Comparative Administrative Law: New Voices, New Perspectives, Third Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 288-306 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Recent Dispute Settlement Dynamics at the WTO and the Attraction of RTAs
Dimitropoulos, G., Al Thalathini, I. C. & Dashti, A., 26 Feb 2026, In: Foreign Trade Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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