Joséphine Sangaré
E-Mail: Josephine.Sangare@glasgow.ac.uk
Research title: Public Private Partnerships in Cyber Capacity Building
Research Summary
Joséphine's project analyses the implementation of the 2014 African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection towards the realisation of public-private partnerships. At focus are the standards for government leadership and citizen rights protection in cyber capacity building under Chapter 3 of the Convention.
In addition to her PhD research, Joséphine is the convenor of 'NEU Introduction to Sociology'. She leads the pilot review for the Decolonising the School of Law Forum discussing the curriculum of the LL.B., LL.M., and Diploma. Between November 2022 and June 2024, Joséphine acted as conference co-manager for ELINET (Education, Languages, and Internationalisation Network) at the University of Glasgow.
Research Interests:
- Public International Law
- Information & Communication Technology and Society
- Cybersecurity
- Sovereignty
- State Responsibility
- Public procurement
- Global Knoweldge
Research Group:
Publications
J Sangaré, 'A reflection on the Decolonising the School of Law Staff-Student Forum' (upcoming) University of Glasgow Scholarship of Learning and Teaching Blog
J Sangaré, 'Spotlight: Decolonising the School of Law Forum - A Reflection on the Origin of Legal Knoweldge' (published 14 April 2025) The University of Glasgow Decolonising the Curriculum Community of Practice https://decolonising.glasgow.ac.uk/spotlight-decolonising-the-school-of-law-forum-a-reflection-on-the-origin-of-legal-knowledge/
J Sangaré, 'Impressions from the first African Cyberlaw Conference in Johannesburg' (published 31 March 2025) CREATE Blog https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/03/31/first-african-cyberlaw-conference-impressions/
L Edwards, I Szpotakowski, G Cifrodelli, J Sangaré and J Stewart, 'Private ordering, generative AI and the “platformisation paradigm”: What can we learn from comparative analysis of models terms and conditions?' (2025) 1 Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance e2 https://doi.org/10.1017/cfl.2024.11
L Edwards, I Szpotakowski, G Cifrodelli, J Sangaré and J Stewart, ‘Private Ordering and Generative AI: What Can We Learn From Model Terms and Conditions?’ (2024) CREATe Working Paper Series https://zenodo.org/records/11276105
J Sangaré, ‘Cyberspace and Capacity Building – How to Get Everyone Involved?’ (2023) CREATe Blog https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2024/03/22/cyberspace-and-capacity-building-conferences/
Supervisors
Conferences
African regional economic organisations as driver to find urgent consensus – strengthening interdependencies to support African AI governance, African Cyber Law Conference, University of Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa, Johannesburg (Law, 4-5 February 2025)
The Malabo Convention and Public-Private Partnerships – A New Route to Due Diligence? Public Governance and Emerging Technologies – Values, Trust, and Compliance by Design Utrecht (Interdisciplinary, 01/2024)
Does Transparency Leave Us Vulnerable in Cyber-lawmaking? Modern Law Review Seminar on International law-making in cyberspace (Law, 12/2023)
The Malabo Convention and Public-Private Partnerships – A New Route to Due Diligence? International Security in Cyberspace Conference Granada (Law, 11/2023)
Private Ordering and Generative AI: What Can We Learn from Foundation Model Contracts and Licenses? European Policy for Intellectual Property Annual Conference (Law, 09/2023)
Ambassador at the CREATe 'Copyright Evidence: Synthesis and Futures' Conference (Law, 10/2022)
Teaching
Course Convenor Introduction to Sociology North Eastern University (Academic Year 2023/24 - present)
Course Convenor Access Sociology (Academic Year 2023/24 - present)
Tutor Public International Law (Academic Year 2023/24; 2024/25)
Tutor Access Sociology (Academic Year 2022/23)
Tutor Widening Participation (Academic Year 2022/23; 2023/24)
Additional Information
Awards:
CREATe Research Activity Support Funding Award, 2025
CREATe Full Conference Funding Award, 2023/24
Modern Law Review Seminar University of Essex Colchester – fully funded, 2023
University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences Award for contributions as PhD Conference Intern to ELINET.org.uk, 2023
e-fellows.net Scholarship, 2023 - present
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Scholarship (German Academic Scholarship Foundation), 2022 – 2023; 2016-2021
International Model United Nations Delegate Awards, 2019; 2017(x2)
International Study Exchange Scholarship to Saudi Arabia, Gateway KSA, 2018
Hanover Student Union Award for Social Commitment, Awarded for JurMent – student-led mentoring project at Hanover law school 2018
