[Air-l] Appointment of New Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute

[Vicki Nash]

Peter Davies Joins the Oxford Internet Institute as a Visiting Fellow

Mr Peter Davies has left his position as General Counsel of Apple 
Europe, a post he had held since 1999, to become a Visiting Research 
Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), and affiliated with Green 
College, Oxford University. In addition to Apple, Mr Davies has worked 
in various legal capacities for IBM Europe's Software Division, 
Microsoft Corporation, Ashton-Tate, and Williams Collins Ltd. He has 
also served as a research officer for the National Foundation for 
Educational Research, from 1975-1980. The Director of the OII, Professor 
Bill Dutton, noted that Peter Davies' appointment helps the Institute 
realize its aim of building bridges between academia, industry and 
government: "Peter Davies' advice and participation in OII will further 
our collaborative research which seeks to inform policy and practice".

Peter Davies will be working at the OII through July of 2003, and 
concentrating his efforts on issues of intellectual property and online 
commerce. Bill Dutton sees his advice on such OII concerns as the 
ownership of courseware and the impact of alternative Internet standards 
as critical to ensuring that the OII's work connects with business and 
industry.

Beyond his research, Peter will be giving several seminars starting in 
the new year and supporting a variety of OII activities. Peter Davies 
notes: "I look forward to meeting and advising students at Oxford who 
are interested in careers in the many burgeoning fields around the 
Internet and related new media".

Mr Davies received his Postgraduate Diploma in Law at City University, 
London.

Notes

1.    The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is one of the world's first 
truly multidisciplinary Internet institute based in a major university. 
Exclusively devoted to the study of the impact of the Internet on 
society, the OII aims to put Oxford, the UK and Europe at the centre of 
debates about how the Internet could and should develop. For further 
information about the OII see: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ . Information 
about next term's seminars should be posted shortly.

-- 
Dr Victoria Nash
Policy and Research Officer
Oxford Internet Institute
1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS

01865 287231


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