Ksenia Lavrenteva
Postgraduate Researcher
The Law School
Ksenia is a PhD Candidate at the University of Exeter Law School, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Her research develops the concept of Embodied Data Rights — a socio-legal framework for governing how data from human bodies are captured, owned, and reused.
Her work examines how digitisation projects use motion-capture and where EU and UK laws leave critical gaps. She aims to create practical tools for responsible governance of embodied knowledge, including rights-aware metadata, licensing models, and policy guidance.
Before transitioning to academia, Ksenia worked for more than a decade as a lawyer, contributing to advocacy, policy, and NGO work. These practical experiences continue to inform her academic interests and reinforce her commitment to developing frameworks that support equitable and sustainable uses of technology and data.
Ksenia holds a First Class LLB (2012), an MA with Distinction (2022), and an MRes in Socio-Legal Research with Distinction (2024).