Peter Drahos
Professor Peter Drahos
Peter Drahos is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet), ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is Professor of Law and Governance at the European University Institute, Florence and holds a Chair in Intellectual Property Queen Mary, University of London.
His former positions include Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London and officer of the Australian Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.
Peter holds degrees in law, politics and philosophy and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor. He has published widely in law and social science journals on a variety of topics including contract, legal philosophy, telecommunications, intellectual property, trade negotiations and international business regulation.
Research interests
- Intellectual property law
- Regulatory and governance theory
- Trade negotiations
- International business regulation
Emeritus Professor Peter Drahos’s full list of publications is available here.
Can China Lead the Way to a Low Cost, Low Carbon Future?- Emeritus Professor Peter Drahos interviewed about his forthcoming book urvival Governance: Energy and Climate in the Chinese Century
Emeritus Professor Peter Drahos, joins Lynn Fries, Producer of Global Political Economy or GPEnewsdocs to talk about ‘survival #governance’ &
Don't let safety fall by the wayside in the rush to find a vaccine - Emeritus Professor Peter Drahos writes for The Canberra Times
Emeritus Professor Peter Drahos argues that if political leaders want to produce a COVID-19 vaccine
Does it really matter if Trump pulls the US out of the World Trade Organization?
By Professor Peter Drahos
Regulating for the Public Good
The West is beset by political turbulence. In the UK, US, Europe and Australia, citizens are voicing their discontent.
21st Century Regulation and Governance Challenges
On 21 June RegNet hosted around 100 guests at ‘21st Century Regulation and Governance Challenges’.
21st Century Regulation and Governance Challenges - 21 June
It is our great pleasure to invite you to this special event on Wednesday 21 June.
You can take a look at the program and register below.
Regulatory Theory: foundations and applications
RegNet’s new etext, Regulatory Theory: Foundations and Applications is now available for download at ANU Press.
How intellectual property became linked to trade
In this the first two parts of a seven part story on TRIPS and how intellectual property became linked to trade, Peter Drahos explains how multinationals from US, Europe, and Japan collaborated to create a global platform for multinationals to privatise knowledge.
Peter Drahos at 50th anniversary of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Professor Peter Drahos delivers the KeyNote Address at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.
Will the TPP transform intellectual property regulation in Asia?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) may yet be the agreement that most transforms national regulatory systems.
Why we should go it alone on climate change
In this opinion piece published in The Drum on November 6, Peter Drahos and Christian Downie argue there is a good case for Australia to act on climate change early and unilaterally.
RegNet scholars in Seattle
A group of RegNet scholars descended on Seattle for the 2015 Law and Society Association conference in late May.
Peter Drahos on breaking the shackles of intellectual property in FTAs
It’s not only Google and Microsoft, all multinationals are playing the same game.
Completed
Biodiversity, traditional knowledge and intellectual property
Australia is classified as a mega-diverse country, but one that is delicately balanced ecologically.
Book project - Kritika: Essays on intellectual property
The fields of intellectual property have broadened and deepened in so many ways that commentators struggle to keep up with the ceaseless rush of developments and hot topics.
Competition and consumer laws in a global market
This project contained five interrelated projects which explored the impact of globalisation from a competition and consumer policy perspective for the relatively small and isolated Australian market.
Energy governance, energy security and climate change: Towards a low carbon economy
The current patchwork of policy frameworks for energy fall far short of what is needed to transition to a low carbon economy.
Evaluating the effectiveness of ACCC compliance and enforcement activity
The project provided performance information on the effectiveness of the ACCC's compliance and enforcement activities.
Evaluating the public benefit test
Through a review of existing guidelines and assessment of the economics distinguishing public and private benefit, this project evaluated the public benefit test applied in authorisations to assess th
Geographical indications
A GI (for example, Barossa Valley) indicates that a good possesses a special characteristic of some kind by virtue of its origin in a defined place.
Increasing co-operation on climate change governance
This research project examines how individual states and key actors within them, international institutions and key non-state actors, perceive the challenges for climate change governance and their ne
Author(s): Peter Drahos
Date of publications: 2021
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Peter Drahos , Roderic Broadhurst, Mamoun Alazab
Date of publications: 2017
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Lennon Y.C. Chang, Peter Grabosky, Peter Drahos
Date of publications: 2017
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Drahos, P
Date of publications: 2016
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Drahos, Peter (ed), Ghidini, Gustavo, Ullrich, Hans
Date of publications: 2015
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Author(s): van Caenegem, William , Drahos, Peter, Carey, Jen
Date of publications: 2015
Publication type: Government and community sector reports
Author(s): Abott, Frederick M (ed), Correa, Carlos M (ed), Drahos, Peter (ed)
Date of publications: 2015
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Peter Drahos, Susy Frankel
Date of publications: 2012
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2011
Publication type: Journal article
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2010
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2007
Publication type: Book
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2007
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2005
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2005
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2004
Publication type: Book chapter
Author(s): Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2004
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Author(s): Braithwaite, Jphn, Drahos, Peter
Date of publications: 2004
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Author(s): Drahos, Peter (ed), Mayne, Ruth (ed)
Date of publications: 2002
Publication type: Book
