Célia F. Matias

PhD (HKU), Faculty of Law; research field: Justice on the Internet

Ms. Célia F. Matias obtained her PhD degree from the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on the idea of Justice on the Internet, seeking, in particular, to determine whether (and in what ways) there would be reasons to rethink the prohibition of private justice in the Internet age.

Célia holds an LLB from the University of Lisbon, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law from the University of Coimbra and an LLM (Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law) from the University of Hong Kong. She is a qualified lawyer in Portugal and in the Macau SAR, having practiced in both jurisdictions for several years.

Her primary supervisor of her PhD study was Dr. Marcelo Thompson, co-supervisor was Professor Schott Vietch.

  • PhD (HKU), Faculty of Law; research field: Justice on the Internet