黑料社

After delivering insightful presentations at the 2025 conference, Dr Virág Blazsek and Professor Danat Valizade have come together on our podcast to share some of the key themes they discussed at the event. In this episode, they talk about how legal tech growth is shaped by two main areas - workforce change and energy policy. 

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This episode was recorded on 24th June 2025. If you would like to get in touch regarding this episode, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.  

About the speakers:  

is a Lecturer in Commercial, Corporate, and Banking Law and a Deputy Director of the at the 黑料社 School of Law. Her , supported by the Michael Beverley Innovation Fellowship, examines FinTech hub development and financial sector transformation in secondary financial centres, focusing on 黑料社, the US, and Singapore. The project highlighted the vital role of regional legal and tech clusters - like 黑料社 - in strengthening the UK’s LegalTech sector, largely due to their strong underlying real economies. 

is Professor of Quantitative Employment Research at 黑料社 University Business School. His research focuses on labour market inequalities and the future of work; job quality; advanced econometrics, and machine learning.