Rate My Professor Florian Martin-Bariteau

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is a Full Professor in the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, where he holds the University Research Chair in Technology and Society and serves as Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society. He joined the University of Ottawa in September 2016 after serving as a Lecturer in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Computer Sciences at Université de Montréal. Dr. Martin-Bariteau received his LL.D. from Université de Montréal in 2016 with the highest distinction of “exceptional.” He also holds a Licence in Law, a Maîtrise in Business Law, and a Master in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law from Université d’Aix-Marseille, along with certificates in Criminal Law, Criminology and Forensic Sciences, and Legal and Moral Sciences.

His research focuses on technology law, ethics, and policy, with particular interests in artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum science and technologies, cybersecurity, whistleblowers, and intellectual property. Dr. Martin-Bariteau directs the AI + Society Initiative and is a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He is a co-investigator in multiple SSHRC- and NSERC-funded projects and partnerships. His first book, Le droit de marque, was runner-up for the 2018 Walter Owen Book Prize. He received the 2019 Common Law Emerging Researcher Award and the 2024 Early Career Research of the Year Award for Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa. In 2025, he was elected to the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada and received the Royal Society of Canada’s Kitty Newman Memorial Award.