Ot van Daalen
Assistant professor at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Ot is an assistant professor in the field of privacy and security. He is also the founder of a law firm specialised in privacy and security, Root Legal. He wrote a PhD on the human rights-compatibility of the regulation of offensive and defensive information security technologies, focusing on quantum computing and encryption. Previously, he worked at the Dutch Data Protection Authority and relaunched the Dutch digital rights movement Bits of Freedom.
Els De Busser
Associate Professor Information Law at Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Els is the Programme Director of the Master Information Law at UvA. She specializes in multidisciplinary education and research on a broad range of topics including digital justice, data protection and privacy, legal aspects of cyber security, AI and human rights and European criminal law. Els is UNESCO expert AI and the Rule of Law and a member of the Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law (also known as the Meijers Committee).
Max van Drunen
Researcher, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Max van Drunen is a researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. His work explores the regulation of technologies used to produce and distribute information such as news and political advertising. He takes an interdisciplinary perspective on these issues, collaborating extensively with journalism, communication, and computer scientists.
Joost Gerritsen
Digibeetle
With more than 15 years of experience, lawyer Joost “Legal Beetle” Gerritsen is a household name. He helps organisations in government, education, healthcare and business navigate through the jungle of legislation on data & technology. In addition to being a lawyer, Joost is an established author, researcher and speaker. Always in the field of new technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, robotics and big data. He is the CEO of Digibeetle (the knowledge platform for legal AI & data professionals), co-founder of the Association of AI Lawyers (VAI-A) and a frequent guest at the PrivacyPod.
Kristina Irion
Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL
Kristina Irion is Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. She is a Lecturer in the Research Master’s Information Law. Kristina is a member of the Scientific Committee of the annual Computer Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) International Conferences and the International Advisory Board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). A baseline of Kristina’s research is the interpretation and analysis of the transformational processes that reconfigure the legal properties of digital data in line with societal needs. Kristina’s current research agenda focuses on the governance of transnational digital technologies and global data value chains from the perspective of European law and international economic law.
Heleen Janssen
Senior researcher, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Heleen holds a PhD in law (Maastricht University, 2003). Her research at IViR focuses on centralized and decentralized data governance infrastructures; she considers the potential of data management and computing infrastructures, and their legal, regulatory and policy implications. Her current projects revolve around data intermediaries (e.g., data trusts, data commons, personal information management systems).
Sjoera Nas
Senior privacy consultant, Privacy Company, NL
Sjoera Nas is a senior privacy consultant. She has worked for the Dutch data protection authority for almost 12 years, as internet and telecom expert. She was responsible for many national and international investigations, involving for example Google, Facebook and Microsoft. She has been rapporteur or co-rapporteur of many opinions of the Article 29 Working Party related to internet and technology. In May 2018, she switched to the Dutch privacy consultancy Privacy Company. She acts as an external DPO for a number of public sector organisations, and has conducted multiple Data Protection Impact Assessments on Big Tech cloud services for the Dutch government and for the Dutch education sector.
Laurens Naudts
Postdoctoral researcher at the AI, Media and Democracy Lab and Insitute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Dr. Laurens Naudts is a postdoctoral researcher at the AI, Media and Democracy Lab and Institute for Information Law (University of Amsterdam) and an affiliated senior researcher at the KU Leuven Centre for IT & IP Law. He is working on the political philosophy, law and governance of AI and media, focusing on relational dynamics, social justice, inclusivity, political equality and representation, and the protection of fundamental rights within a digitally mediated society.
In his doctoral research, Laurens examined the concepts of equality and non-discrimination and their function for the regulation of automated decision-making.
Marijn Sax
Assistant professor, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Marijn is an assistant professor at the Institute for Information Law with a background in Political Science, Philosophy, and Law. His research is centered around the question of how to understand and normatively evaluate attempts to influence behavior in and through digital choice environments. In his work he tries to use ethical theory to inform legal theorizing and interpretation.
Plixavra Vogiatzoglou
Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam, NL.
Plixavra joined the University of Amsterdam Law School in January 2024 as a postdoctoral researcher. Between 2024-2025, she worked at the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) on the concept of digital sovereignty, how it relates to traditional international law understandings of sovereignty, and how the promotion and promise of emerging and future technologies, such as quantum technologies, shape it within policy and regulation. As of January 2026, Plixavra continues her research at IViR through her involvement in two projects: “Artificial Secrecy: Taking Transparency in EU Digital and Data Regulation Seriously” and “Law and Governance of Quantum Technologies”. In her work, she adopts critical legal perspectives, including feminist accounts, to assess digital policy and governance frameworks and the impact of digital technologies and infrastructures on fundamental rights, freedoms and society. She also teaches on topics of digital regulation, including artificial intelligence and data protection law.