Katrin M Nyman-Metcalf is Head of the Chair of Law and Technology at Tallinn Law School, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Head of Research at the Estonian e-Governance Academy. In addition she works as a consultant on communications related matters worldwide: conducting analysis of legislation, assisting with legal drafting and creation of regulatory systems, advising on legal and social consequences of digitisation of broadcasting, and giving professional training in communications law and e-governance-related areas. She has worked in more than 40 different countries. Her PhD is in the law of outer space from Uppsala University, Sweden, 1999. She has published widely on communications law, space law, European Union, and public international law. Her principal research interests are related to the question of how law and technology meet, particularly in the area of communications in a wide sense, and how information and communication technologies can be used to facilitate governance.
