diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
index f789f4df47..6c3dd79d7c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.html
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     <i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> {{"submission.workspace.generic.view" | translate}}
   </button>
 
-  <a class="btn btn-primary mt-1 mb-3" id="{{'edit_' + object.id}}"
+  <a class="btn btn-primary mt-1 mb-3 edit-btn" id="{{'edit_' + object.id}}"
+   *ngIf="(isAdmin$ | async) || (canEditItem$ | async)"
     ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.edit-help' | translate}}"
     [attr.aria-label]="'submission.workflow.generic.edit-help' | translate"
     [routerLink]="['/workspaceitems/' + object.id + '/edit']" role="button">
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
   </a>
 
   <button type="button" id="{{'delete_' + object.id}}" class="btn btn-danger mt-1 mb-3"
+    *ngIf="(isAdmin$ | async) || (canEditItem$ | async)"
     ngbTooltip="{{'submission.workflow.generic.delete-help' | translate}}"
     [attr.aria-label]="'submission.workflow.generic.delete-help' | translate"
     (click)="$event.preventDefault();confirmDiscard(content)">
@@ -42,4 +44,4 @@
     <button type="button" id="delete_confirm" class="btn btn-danger"
       (click)="c('ok')">{{'submission.general.discard.confirm.submit' | translate}}</button>
   </div>
-</ng-template>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ng-template>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
index 14d3c07650..f786782c05 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { EPerson } from './../../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
 import { ChangeDetectionStrategy, Injector, NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed, waitForAsync } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
@@ -24,12 +25,16 @@ import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 import { getMockRequestService } from '../../mocks/request.service.mock';
 import { getMockSearchService } from '../../mocks/search-service.mock';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
+import { AuthService } from '../../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from '../../../core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
 
 let component: WorkspaceitemActionsComponent;
 let fixture: ComponentFixture<WorkspaceitemActionsComponent>;
 
 let mockObject: WorkspaceItem;
 let notificationsServiceStub: NotificationsServiceStub;
+let authorizationService;
+let authService;
 
 const mockDataService = jasmine.createSpyObj('WorkspaceitemDataService', {
   delete: jasmine.createSpy('delete')
@@ -71,10 +76,88 @@ const item = Object.assign(new Item(), {
 const rd = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(item);
 mockObject = Object.assign(new WorkspaceItem(), { item: observableOf(rd), id: '1234', uuid: '1234' });
 
-describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
-  beforeEach(waitForAsync(() => {
+const ePersonMock: EPerson = Object.assign(new EPerson(), {
+  handle: null,
+  netid: null,
+  lastActive: '2023-04-27T12:15:57.054+00:00',
+  canLogIn: true,
+  email: 'dspacedemo+submit@gmail.com',
+  requireCertificate: false,
+  selfRegistered: false,
+  _name: 'dspacedemo+submit@gmail.com',
+  id: '914955b1-cf2e-4884-8af7-a166aa24cf73',
+  uuid: '914955b1-cf2e-4884-8af7-a166aa24cf73',
+  type: 'eperson',
+  metadata: {
+    'dspace.agreements.cookies': [
+      {
+        uuid: '0a53a0f2-e168-4ed9-b4af-cba9a2d267ca',
+        language: null,
+        value:
+          '{"authentication":true,"preferences":true,"acknowledgement":true,"google-analytics":true}',
+        place: 0,
+        authority: null,
+        confidence: -1,
+      },
+    ],
+    'dspace.agreements.end-user': [
+      {
+        uuid: '0879e571-6e4a-4efe-af9b-704c755166be',
+        language: null,
+        value: 'true',
+        place: 0,
+        authority: null,
+        confidence: -1,
+      },
+    ],
+    'eperson.firstname': [
+      {
+        uuid: '18052a3e-f19b-49ca-b9f9-ee4cf9c71b86',
+        language: null,
+        value: 'Demo',
+        place: 0,
+        authority: null,
+        confidence: -1,
+      },
+    ],
+    'eperson.language': [
+      {
+        uuid: '98c2abdb-6a6f-4b41-b455-896bcf333ca3',
+        language: null,
+        value: 'en',
+        place: 0,
+        authority: null,
+        confidence: -1,
+      },
+    ],
+    'eperson.lastname': [
+      {
+        uuid: 'df722e70-9497-468d-a92a-4038e7ef2586',
+        language: null,
+        value: 'Submitter',
+        place: 0,
+        authority: null,
+        confidence: -1,
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  _links: {
+    groups: {
+      href: 'http://localhost:8080/server/api/eperson/epersons/914955b1-cf2e-4884-8af7-a166aa24cf73/groups',
+    },
+    self: {
+      href: 'http://localhost:8080/server/api/eperson/epersons/914955b1-cf2e-4884-8af7-a166aa24cf73',
+    },
+  },
+});
 
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+authService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authService', {
+  getAuthenticatedUserFromStore: jasmine.createSpy('getAuthenticatedUserFromStore')
+});
+
+describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
+  beforeEach(waitForAsync(async () => {
+   await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [
         NgbModule,
         TranslateModule.forRoot({
@@ -92,6 +175,8 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
         { provide: WorkspaceitemDataService, useValue: mockDataService },
         { provide: SearchService, useValue: searchService },
         { provide: RequestService, useValue: requestServce },
+        { provide: AuthService, useValue:  authService },
+        { provide: AuthorizationDataService, useValue: authorizationService},
         NgbModal
       ],
       schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
@@ -105,6 +190,10 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
     component = fixture.componentInstance;
     component.object = mockObject;
     notificationsServiceStub = TestBed.inject(NotificationsService as any);
+    authorizationService = jasmine.createSpyObj('authorizationService', {
+      isAuthorized: observableOf(true)
+    });
+    (authService.getAuthenticatedUserFromStore as jasmine.Spy).and.returnValue(observableOf(ePersonMock));
     fixture.detectChanges();
   });
 
@@ -150,7 +239,6 @@ describe('WorkspaceitemActionsComponent', () => {
       confirmBtn.click();
 
       fixture.detectChanges();
-
       fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
         done();
       });
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
index a6d30728ac..d758ef1bb5 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mydspace-actions/workspaceitem/workspaceitem-actions.component.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { Component, Injector, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { EPerson } from './../../../core/eperson/models/eperson.model';
+import { AuthorizationDataService } from 'src/app/core/data/feature-authorization/authorization-data.service';
+import { AuthService } from './../../../core/auth/auth.service';
+import { Item } from 'src/app/core/shared/item.model';
+import { FeatureID } from './../../../core/data/feature-authorization/feature-id';
+import { Component, Injector, Input, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 
-import { BehaviorSubject } from 'rxjs';
+import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 
@@ -11,7 +16,7 @@ import { WorkspaceitemDataService } from '../../../core/submission/workspaceitem
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { RequestService } from '../../../core/data/request.service';
 import { SearchService } from '../../../core/shared/search/search.service';
-import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
+import { getFirstCompletedRemoteData, getRemoteDataPayload } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
 import { NoContent } from '../../../core/shared/NoContent.model';
 import { getWorkspaceItemViewRoute } from '../../../workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page-routing-paths';
@@ -24,7 +29,7 @@ import { getWorkspaceItemViewRoute } from '../../../workspaceitems-edit-page/wor
   styleUrls: ['./workspaceitem-actions.component.scss'],
   templateUrl: './workspaceitem-actions.component.html',
 })
-export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<WorkspaceItem, WorkspaceitemDataService> {
+export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<WorkspaceItem, WorkspaceitemDataService> implements OnInit {
 
   /**
    * The workspaceitem object
@@ -37,6 +42,20 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
    */
   public processingDelete$ = new BehaviorSubject<boolean>(false);
 
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if the user is an admin
+   * @type {Observable<boolean>}
+   */
+  isAdmin$: Observable<boolean>;
+
+  /**
+   * A boolean representing if the user can edit the item
+   * and therefore can delete it as well
+   * (since the user can discard the item also from the edit page)
+   * @type {Observable<boolean>}
+   */
+  canEditItem$: Observable<boolean>;
+
   /**
    * Initialize instance variables
    *
@@ -54,8 +73,12 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
     protected notificationsService: NotificationsService,
     protected translate: TranslateService,
     protected searchService: SearchService,
-    protected requestService: RequestService) {
+    protected requestService: RequestService,
+    private authService: AuthService,
+    public authorizationService: AuthorizationDataService,
+    ) {
     super(WorkspaceItem.type, injector, router, notificationsService, translate, searchService, requestService);
+
   }
 
   /**
@@ -77,6 +100,25 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
     );
   }
 
+
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+    const activeEPerson$ = this.authService.getAuthenticatedUserFromStore();
+
+    this.isAdmin$ = activeEPerson$.pipe(
+      switchMap((user: EPerson) => this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.AdministratorOf, user.uuid)));
+
+    this.canEditItem$ = activeEPerson$.pipe(
+      switchMap((eperson) => {
+        return this.object?.item.pipe(
+          getFirstCompletedRemoteData(),
+          getRemoteDataPayload(),
+          switchMap((item: Item) => {
+            return this.authorizationService.isAuthorized(FeatureID.CanEditItem, item?._links?.self.href, eperson.uuid);
+          })
+        ) as Observable<boolean>;
+      }));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Init the target object
    *
@@ -92,5 +134,4 @@ export class WorkspaceitemActionsComponent extends MyDSpaceActionsComponent<Work
   getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(workspaceItem: WorkspaceItem): string {
     return getWorkspaceItemViewRoute(workspaceItem?.id);
   }
-
 }