Academic Profile
Dr. (Rus.) Denis V. Puchkov is a legal scholar with academic qualifications in the fields of intellectual property and criminal law.
His very first academic dissertation, which led to the Russian academic degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences, already dealt with questions of intellectual property protection.
His further academic work covers, in particular, criminal law, criminology, international cybercrime, cybersecurity, and the legal challenges of digitalisation and new technologies.
Research Focus
Intellectual property law, in particular its legal protection
Patent, trademark and copyright law
Criminal-law protection of intellectual property
Cybercrime and cybersecurity
International criminal law and criminology
Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and robotics
Legal regulation of new technologies
Research & Publications
The academic work of Denis V. Puchkov addresses criminal law, criminology, the protection of intellectual property, cybercrime, and the legal challenges of digitalisation and new technologies.
His research has been published, among others, by Springer Nature and Atlantis Press and in academic journals. Individual works have been discussed in the international academic literature and used in university teaching.
Academic Publications
2026
Exceptions and Limitations: User Rights or Mere Defenses?
Puchkov, D. V. Legal Order: History, Theory, Practice, No. 2 (49), 2026, pp. 225–231.
2022
Main Trends in the Development of International Crime in the Implementation of Cybertechnologies
Puchkov, D. V. In: Cybercrimes and Financial Crimes in the Global Era. Springer Nature Singapore, 2022, S. 27–33.
2021
International Cyber Crime: Main Trends
Puchkov, D. V. Revista San Gregorio, Nr. 44, 2021.
2020
Digitization of Social Activity of an Individual in Terms of Criminal Law
Puchkov, D. V. Atlantis Press, 2020.
Criminology in Modern Russia: Its Place in the System of Science and Role in Life of Society
Kvashis, V. Y.; Puchkov, D. V. Atlantis Press, 2020.
2019
The Problem of Robotic Activity in Qualifying Criminal Acts
Puchkov, D. V. Atlantis Press, 2019.
Criminal Legal Background of Cyberspace Management
Puchkov, D. V.; Goncharov, D. Yu. Atlantis Press, 2019.
Veröffentlichung · Volltext (PDF)
2019
Public Safety: Current Policy and Implementation Challenges
Avdeev, V. A.; Rozenko, S. V.; Lapshin, V. F.; Puchkov, D. V.; Kulikova, E. S.; Mishchenko, D. R.
Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, Vol. 11, No. 12 (Special Issue), 2019, S. 1330–1334.
International Academic Reception
Academic Review: International Journal of Legal Discourse
The work Main Trends in the Development of International Crime in the Implementation of Cybertechnologies, published by Springer Nature, was discussed in an academic review of the edited volume Cybercrimes and Financial Crimes in the Global Era.
International Journal of Legal Discourse, De Gruyter.
Use in University Teaching
University of North Texas (USA) — Spring Semester 2024
Denis V. Puchkov’s Springer publication was included in the reading list of the course CJUS 5100: Information Warfare, Security, and Risk Analysis at the University of North Texas.
International Conferences and Professional Events
2024 — United Nations, New York, USA
Concluding 7th Session of the UN Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate an International Convention against Cybercrime
29 January – 9 February 2024 | United Nations Headquarters, New York
Participation as a representative of the International Society of Criminology (ISC) in the concluding session of the UN Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes.
Participation was on the official nomination of the ISC President, Prof. Dr. Emilio C. Viano, who proposed Denis V. Puchkov, a member of the ISC Board, to attend as an observer without voting rights.
United Nations — Ad Hoc Committee
2020 — Yekaterinburg, Russia
XVII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Kovalyov Readings”
13–14 February 2020 | Yekaterinburg
International legal conference on the theme “Reconciliation in Law: Compromise or Concession?” with around 100 speakers from 17 countries.
Co-organisers included the Ural State Law University, the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation, the International Society of Criminology (ISC), the International Forum on Crime and Criminal Law in the Global Era (IFCCLGE) and the law firm LOYS.
Denis V. Puchkov opened the conference as Chairman of the Partners’ Council of LOYS.
Since 2015, he has helped organise the international conference series “Kovalyov Readings”.
Conference report of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers · History of the conference
2019 — Doha, Katar
19th World Congress of Criminology
International Society of Criminology (ISC) | Doha, Katar
Participation in the 19th World Congress of Criminology of the International Society of Criminology (ISC), an international academic event for exchange on current developments in criminology, criminal policy and crime control.
https://www.unodc.org/e4j/pt/tertiary/events/index.html
2019— Beijing, China
X International Forum on Crime and Criminal Law in the Global Era
Beijing, China
Participation in the Tenth International Forum on Crime and Criminal Law in the Global Era. The academic exchange focused on international developments in criminal law and crime control.
In thematic connection with this field of research, the contribution “Main Trends in the Development of International Crime in the Implementation of Cybertechnologies” appeared in 2022 in the edited volume Cybercrimes and Financial Crimes in the Global Era, published by Springer Nature.