BIOGRAPHY

Born in Adelaide, South Australia, and raised in Bagnara Calabra, province of Reggio Calabria, Italy, Dr Elvio Anthony Sinopoli holds academic qualifications across law, international studies, Italian 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 (Italy), graduating with a thesis in comparative public law focused on the Australian constitutional system.
After returning to Australia in 2013, Dr Sinopoli pursued further studies at Flinders University (South Australia), 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 First Class) in 2019 with a thesis exploring the lived experiences and identity formation of “new” Italian migrants in South Australia.
In 2023, Dr Sinopoli 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.
From 2019 to 2025, Dr Sinopoli has taught at Flinders University topics such as Cybercrime, International Law, Research Methods, Italian Organised Crime, Misinterpreting Crime Data, and International Criminal Justice. In mid-2025 he was appointed as Law Lecturer at UNISA.
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 of the Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Act 2022 (Cth) 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

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) (Costa Rica-Italy), Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, and International Law (2023 - 2025)
Flinders University, PhD in Criminology/Law (2020 - 2023)
Flinders University, Bachelor of Arts Honours (Italian, First Class) (2017 - 2019)
Flinders University, Bachelor of Laws combined with International Studies (2014 - 2018)
Università degli Studi "Mediterranea" di Reggio Calabria (Italy), Bachelor's degree/Master's Degree in Law (Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza) (2006 - 2013)

HONOURS, AWARDS AND GRANTS

The Law Foundation of South Australia (Grant) (November 2024-March 2026)
Australian Government Research Training Scholarship Issued by the Australian Government (December 2019)
The Italian Honours Prize Issued by the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences of Flinders University (May 2019)
Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation Issued by Flinders University (August 2017)