Aphrodite Papachristodoulou is a human rights scholar and Visiting Fellow at the Irish Centre for Human Rights, University of Galway, where she previously completed a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship focusing on AI Technologies in Maritime Border and Migration Management. She holds a PhD in Law from University College Dublin, a Master of Laws in Maritime Law from University College London (UCL) and is a licensed lawyer (Cyprus Bar). She publishes on international law issues including migration, extraterritorial human rights jurisdiction, maritime security and border technologies, and teaches at universities across Europe, including the University of Cyprus. She is the author of ‘Protection of Human Life at Sea in International Law: Rescuing Maritime Migrants’ (Routledge 2025), and her work has appeared in leading journals, edited volumes, and international media outlets including The New York Times. Alongside her academic work, she consults on human rights issues to governments, international organizations and NGOs, including the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus. Her past research has been supported by funding from the National University of Ireland and the A.G. Leventis Foundation.