Dr Maria Mercedes Frabboni’s research interests lie in the field of copyright and cultural policies. She has commented on reforms affecting the management of copyright by collecting societies in the music and art sectors. She has conducted research on regulation of non-attributable or abandoned visual art and published on issues surrounding the use of orphan works, with a particular focus on the scholarship of vulnerable copyright authors.

Dr Frabboni's expertise on licensing of intangible goods feeds also into her teaching of sports law, the rights of athletes and their team in relation to the exploitation of their commercial magnetism and, specifically, of their image.


Education:
- Ph.D., 2009 (Queen Mary, University of London)
- Specialist degree in Economics, 2004 (Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna, Italy)
- LL.M., 2003 (University of Hamburg, Germany)
- Bachelor degree in Economics, 2002 (Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna, Italy)


Dr Frabboni is a member of the AHRC's Peer Review College.


Dr Frabboni took parental leave in 2016-2017 and 2018-2019.