Simi is a Senior Lecturer in Law at DMU Centre for Law, Justice and Society (CJLS). She is interested in multidisciplinary research around legal and ethical regulation of Emerging Technologies and Corporate Sustainability. Her research covers critical issues at the intersection of law and technology including Data Governance, Privacy and Data Protection, Ethics of Emerging Technologies and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Simi is an International Privacy Practitioner and the Data Protection Officer for the European Union Future and Emerging Technologies Human Brain Project (HBP). She is involved in multi-disciplinary Policy Expert Reports for the European Commission on the future implications of AI and societal benefit and was also co-investigator in the EU EMBedding Responsible Research And Innovation in Future and Emerging TeChnologiEs (EMBRACE) project. Over the years, Simi has formed consortia that contributes to the furtherance of knowledge, practice and public policy in applied contexts of research, teaching, consultancy and business. She regularly speaks at national and international levels including conferences organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy and the OECD. She led the HEIF funded project on understanding the impact of emerging technologies including Contact Tracing Apps on BAME communities. Her current research investigates the legal, ethical and socio-cultural implications of AI in Africa towards developing an inclusive, equitable and sustainable AI ecosystem for Africa. Dr Simisola Akintoye is the co-founder of African Bio-data Foundation (ABDF) and has recently published a book on Responsible AI in Africa.

Centre for Law, Justice and Society (CJLS)

Centre for Research in Accountability Governance and Sustainability (CRAGS)

Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)

Recent Research outputs

Hallinan, D., Akintoye, S., Stahl, B. C., & Eke, D. O. (2023). Legal Neuroexceptionalism: Framing a Concept. European Journal of Law and Technology, 14(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3909816

Eke, D., Akintoye, S., Oloyede, R., Ochang, F., Borokini, F., Adeyeye, M., Sobarikor, L., Wale-Oshinowo, B. (2022) Nigeria’s Digital Identification (ID) Management Program: Ethical, Legal and Socio-Cultural concerns. Journal of Responsible Technology, 11, 100039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrt.2022.100039

Eke, D.O., Wakunuma, K., Akintoye, S. (eds) Responsible AI in Africa. Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI. Palgrave Macmillan (2023) Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-08217-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08215-3_6

Borokini, F., Wakunuma, K., Akintoye, S. (2023). The Use of Gendered Chatbots in Nigeria: Critical Perspectives. In: Eke, D.O., Wakunuma, K., Akintoye, S.. (eds) Responsible AI in Africa. Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031- 08217-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08215-3_6  

Schirner, M., Domide, L., Perdikis, D., Triebkorn, P., Stefanovski, L., Pai, R., Prodan, P., Valean, B., Palmer, J., Langford, C., Blickensdörfer, A., van der Vlag, M., Diaz-Pier, S., Peyser, A., Klijn, W., Pleiter, D., Nahm, A., Schmid, O., Woodman, M., Zehl, L., Fousek, J., Petkoski, S., Kusch, L., Hashemi, M., Marinazzo, D., Mangin, J.-F., Flöel, A., Akintoye, S., Stahl, B.C., Cepic, M., Johnson, E., Deco, G., McIntosh, A.R., Hilgetag, C.C., Morgan, M., Schuller, B., Upton, A., McMurtrie, C., Dickscheid, T., Bjaalie, J.G., Amunts, K., Mersmann, J., Jirsa, V., Ritter, P. (2022) Brain simulation as a cloud service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS. NeuroImage, 251, 118973.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.118973

Stahl, B. C., Akintoye, S., Bitsch, L., Bringedal, B., Eke, D., Farisco, M., Grasenick, K., Guererro, M., Knight, W., Leach, T., Nyholm, S., Rosemann, A., Salles, A., Trattnig, J., Ulnicane, I. (2021). From responsible research and innovation to responsibility by design. Journal of Responsible Innovation.  https://doi:10.1080/23299460.2021.1955613

Eke, D., Aasebø, I.E.J., Akintoye, S., Knight, W., Karakasidis, A., Mikulan, E., Ochang, P., Ogoh, G., Oostenveld, R., Pigorini, A., Stahl, B.C., White, T., Zehl, L. (2021) Pseudonymization of neuroimages and data protection: Increasing access to data while retaining scientificPage 3 of 13utility. Neuroimage Reports, 1, (4) 100053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynirp.2021.100053

Wilford, S. H., McBride, N., Brooks, L., Eke, D. O., Akintoye, S., Owoseni, A., Leach, T., Flick, C., Fisk, M., Stacey, M. (2021). The digital network of networks: Regulatory risk and policy challenges of vaccine passports. European Journal of Risk Regulation, 12(2), 393-403. https://doi:10.1017/err.2021.35 

Akintoye, S., Ogoh, G., Krokida, Z., Nnadi, J. and Eke, D. (2021), "Understanding the perceptions of UK COVID-19 contact tracing app in the BAME community in Leicester", Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-06-2021-0071 

Akanmidu, O. and Akintoye, S., (2021) 'Towards Corporate Sustainability in Nigerian Multinational Oil Companies: Opportunities and Disruptions'. In: Eghosa O. Ekhator, Servel Miller, Etinosa Igbinosa, Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria: barriers, Prospects and Strategies, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003133469 ISBN:9781003133469

Ogoh, G., Akintoye, S., Eke, D., Leach, T., Ochang, P., Owoseni, A., Oyeniji, O., Stahl, B.C (2022) Contact Tracing Apps for the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Responsible Innovation Perspective. In: Dennis, M.J., Ishmaev, G., Umbrello, S., van den Hoven, J. (eds) Values for a Post-Pandemic Future. Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, vol 40. Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-08426-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08424-9_4

Eke, D., P. Ochang, A. Adimula, F. Borokini, Akintoye, S., R. Oloyede, L. Sorborikor, M. Adeyeye, B. Wale-Oshinowo, T. Ogundele. 2022. Responsible Data Governance in Africa: Institutional Gaps and Capacity Needs. Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSEA) A Whitepaper Published by the Centre for the Study of Economies in Africa.

Rainey, S., Bublitz, C., Akintoye, S., Fothergill, T., McGillivray, K., Stahl, B. C. (2020) Is European Data Protection Regulation sufficient to deal with emerging data concerns relating to neurotechnology? Journal of Law and the Biosciences, 7 (1), 51 https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/lsaa051

Chijoke-Mgbame, A. M., Mgbame, C. O., Akintoye, S., & Ohalehi, P. (2020). The role of corporate governance on CSR disclosure and firm performance in a voluntary environment. Corporate Governance (Bingley), 20(2), 294-306. http://doi:10.1108/CG-06-2019-0184

Stahl BC, Akintoye S, Fothergill BT, Guerrero M, Knight W and Ulnicane I (2019) Beyond Research Ethics: Dialogues in Neuro-ICT Research. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 13:105. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00105

Aicardi, C., Akintoye, S., Fothergill, B. T., Guerrero, M., Klinker, G., Knight, W., Klüver, L., Morel, Y., Morin, F. O., Stahl, B. C., & Ulnicane, I. (2020). Ethical and social aspects of neurorobotics. Science and Engineering Ethics, 26(5), 2533-2546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-020-00248-8

Akintoye, S, Joshua, A (2019) Evaluation of the Rule of Law as a Pre-requisite to Right to Development in Africa Denning Law Journal

• Leal and Ethical Regulation of Emerging Technologies
• Data Governance
• Data Protection
• Privacy
• Corporate Sustainability
• Corporate Governace

• Data Protection Law
• Law and Ethics
• Company Law
• Corporate Governance
• Electronic Commerce Law
• Commercial Law
• Contract Law

LLB (Nigeria); LLM (Dundee and France) PhD (Sheffield)

• International Association of Privacy professionals
• Higher Education Academy
• Society of Legal Scholars
• Association of Law Teachers

Privacy and Data Protection,London

Human Brain Project (HBP)

Embedding Responsible Reseach and Innovation in Future and Emerging Technologies (EMBRACE)

Center for the Study of Economies in Africa (CSEA). Grant: $10000 to investigate: Responsible Data Governance in Africa: Institutional gaps and Capacity Needs. (Co-Investigator)

EMBedding Responsible Research And Innovation in Future and Emerging TeChnologiEs (EMBRACE). Grant: Approx. €100000 (Co- PI), 2021-2023

Global Challenges Research Fund to study Africa’s emerging Corporate Sustainability Regime. Grant: Approx £19000 (Co-Investigator), 2021-2023

Human Brain Project: Compliance, Data Protection, Data Governance and Data Management Plan: A H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship 10year multi-disciplinary project focusing on advancement of neuroscience, computing and brain-related medicine through the construction of a research infrastructure.Grant: Approx. €150 Million (DMU €2.1 Million) – Co-PI, 2020-2023 (Specific Grant Agreement Phase 3)

DMU UKRI Responsible Data Governance for Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare in Africa (REDGOV AI). Grant: Approx. £4500 (Principal Investigator)

DMU Research Investment Fund to investigate the readiness of research organisations for the GDPR. Grant: Approx. £4355.00 (Principal Investigator), 2018

Higher Education Innovation Fund to investigate the impact of contact tracing app on BAME Communities and identify challenges of digital public interventions on marginalised communities. Grant: Approx. £3350 (Principal Investigator), 2020

British Council Researcher Links travel grant to attend the UK-Russia workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, 2018DMU Global Challenges Research Fund to study Sub-National State Governments in Africa and impact on international economic law. Grant: Approx £14000 (Co-Investigator), 2017