Postgraduate Research Student
Liverpool Law School
Biography
Elin joined the School of Law and Social Justice as a PhD Candidate in October 2021, having previously graduated from the University of Liverpool with a First Class Law LLB (Hons) degree in July 2021.
As of May 2023, Elin was appointed as Lecturer in FinTech Law at Edge Hill University, teaching on modules relating to finance, technology and crime. Elin has also previously worked in Widening Participation and Outreach as part of ‘Pathways to Law’, a programme which supports disadvantaged young people in accessing higher education and graduate careers.
Elin is currently a Fellow of the Information Society Law Centre (University of Milan) and an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Research
Elin is currently completing a PhD on the challenges of regulating cryptocurrency-enabled money laundering (University of Liverpool). She has presented her research at several institutions, including the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute), Liverpool John Moores University (School of Computer Science and Mathematics) and the University of Liverpool (School of Law and Social Justice).
More widely, Elin has assisted with the organisation of conferences for the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Partnership for Conflict, Crime and Security (University of Cambridge) and the University of Liverpool.
Elin’s broader research interests include Commercial and Banking Law, Financial Crime (particularly Money Laundering) as well as Cryptocurrency and Dark Web regulation.
Research Clusters
Working thesis title
'Cryptocurrency as a Money Laundering Typology: An Analysis into the Effectiveness of the Current Regulatory Framework'.
Dates of study
PhD Start Date: October 2021
PhD Completion Date: October 2025
Supervisors
Dr Matthew Shillito (Liverpool Law School) and Professor Rob Stokes (Liverpool Law School)
Publications
Elin Nia Williams, 'Crime on the Dark Web: Challenges for Law Enforcement in Regulating Technological Phenomena' (2021) 7 UOLLR 10