Dr. Sofia Mateou

Dr. Sofia Mateou is an Associate Professor of Law and Air Law with over twenty-five years teaching experience and an Aviation Legal Consultant. She provides training to a large number of aviation organizations and aviation professionals, is a lecturer of Law and Aviation at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels and a thesis supervisor at the Master’s and PhD level.

Sofia has a PhD from Middlesex University, UK, and is the author of the book Air Law: A Practical Perspective, and co-author of the book Flying in the Face of Criminalisation: The Safety Implications for Prosecuting Aviation Professionals for Accidents She has written a number of book chapters focusing on aviation and law and has presented many papers at international aviation conferences. 

Her published articles include those on unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs), aviation security, safety, unruly passengers, liability of aviation professionals subsequent to serious accidents or incidents, protection of aviation safety data and Just Culture. As an Aviation-legal Consultant she has participated in a number of aviation litigation cases. She is an Associate Member of International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI), a member of the Flight Safety Foundation and the Eurocontrol Just Culture Task Force.