- Research Member
Dr. Dionysia Katelouzou
Biography
Dr. Dionysia Katelouzou is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Corporate Law and Corporate Governance at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. Her research focuses on investor stewardship, shareholder activism, capital markets, and sustainability, particularly from a socio-legal and transnational perspective. Her work is distinguished by its empirical orientation, integrating socio-legal analysis with econometric methods, network analysis, in-depth interviews, and natural language processing.
Dr. Katelouzou is the founder and leader of the Global Investor Stewardship Project, a global initiative comprising over 150 academic and non-academic members across 27 jurisdictions. She has authored more than 25 research outputs, including books, journal articles, and book chapters, with over 520 citations, alongside numerous shorter articles and blog posts. Her scholarship has earned her the British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship Award and multiple grants and prizes, including the Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP Prize for the best ECGI Law Working Paper (2020).
Her commissioned research includes projects for the UK Financial Reporting Council (FRC) and the London Stock Exchange as well as contributions to public consultations for UK, Japanese, and Greek policymakers and regulators. She has presented her research at over 50 conferences, workshops, and symposia across 15 jurisdictions worldwide.
Dr. Katelouzou holds a PhD and an LLM (First Class) from the University of Cambridge and an LLB (summa cum laude) from the University of Athens. She is a member of the Bar of Athens and a Research Associate at the Centre of Business Research, University of Cambridge. She has held visiting positions at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London).
She currently serves as Chair of the Content Oversight Committee of StePs e.V – Association of Stewardship Professionals and continues to shape global discourse on corporate governance, stewardship, and responsible investment.
