Elvio Sinopoli

Born in Adelaide and raised in Bagnara Calabra, Southern Italy, Dr Elvio Anthony Sinopoli holds academic qualifications across law, international studies, criminology, and cybercrime, and brings a distinctive interdisciplinary and international perspective to his teaching and research.

In 2013, he completed his Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza (Integrated Bachelor–Master of Laws) at the Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, graduating with a thesis in comparative public law focused on the Australian constitutional system.

After returning to Australia, Elvio pursued further studies at Flinders University, where he completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of International Studies (majoring in Italian language and culture) in 2018, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 2019 with a thesis exploring the lived experiences and identity formation of “new” Italian migrants in South Australia.

In 2023, Elvio was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Criminology and Law from Flinders University. His doctoral research, titled “Social Harm in the Australian Gig Economy: An Approach to Determine Accountability of Gig Companies and their Algorithms for Harming Gig Workers”, examined the impacts of algorithmic control, misclassification, and regulatory gaps through the theoretical lenses of zemiology, ultra-realism, and technology harm theory.

Elvio recently completed a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, and International Law, delivered through a global partnership between the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the University for Peace (UPEACE), and the Centre of Security and Crime Sciences (University of Trento and University of Verona). His thesis, titled “Data Breach Investigations Down Under: Assessing Australia’s Guardianship in the Cyber Security Act 2024 (Cth) and its 2023–2030 Cyber Security Strategy”, examined Australia cybersecurity reforms through the lens of regulatory guardianship and breach response effectiveness.

Since 2019, Elvio has taught across both the College of Business, Government and Law and the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University. His teaching spans topics such as Cybercrime, International Law, Research Methods, Italian Organised Crime, Misinterpreting Crime Data, and International Criminal Justice.

He currently leads a funded project on women’s experiences in the South Australian gig economy, supported by the Law Foundation of South Australia, and has contributed to the Independent review for the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) with Flinders University.

His research interests include platform labour regulation, algorithmic harm, migration, gendered violence, and state-corporate crime, actively publishing academic and non-academic papers in these fields.