Introducing…Vilma Margarit Nikolaeva

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Vilma started her PhD at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) in January 2026. Her research focuses on the tension between algorithmic transparency, access to information for public interest research and blanket trade secrecy claims of private technology companies.

Gabriela Trogrlić: From junior researcher to PhD candidate…

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This month, Gabriela started as a PhD candidate at the Institute for Information Law (IViR). She holds bachelor’s degrees in Law and Philosophy from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a master’s degree in Information Law from the University of Amsterdam. After completing her studies, she worked as a junior researcher at IViR, contributing to projects on (decentralised) platform regulation, disinformation, freedom of expression, and the privacy and data protection implications of digital health initiatives for mobile populations.

Podcast: The Digital Services Act is a Lightning Rod for Debate

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This week the DSA Observatory hosted the second DSA and Platform Regulation Conference in Amsterdam with many of our IViR staff involved in the organisation or as speakers. Ahead of the conference, the DSA Observatory’s Paddy Leerssen, Magdalena Jóźwiak, and John Albert spoke with Ramsha Jahangir of Tech Policy Press to reflect on what has changed, and how the research landscape has evolved, in the two years since the DSA came fully into effect across the European Union.

New visiting researchers

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IViR is pleased to introduce our three new visiting researchers who started at the beginning of this year. IViR is committed to welcome PhD candidates, post-doctoral and senior researchers in the field of information law to exchange ideas and provide an environment where researchers from different places can learn from each other.

Deze jurist bereidt zich voor op rampscenario’s in Nederland

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Oorlog, overstromingen en pandemieën: hoe bereiden we ons voor op rampen die steeds dichterbij komen? De persoonlijke zoektocht van universitair docent Ot van Daalen mondde uit in het boek Voorbereid, waarin hij ingaat op de weerbaarheid van onze vrije samenleving. ‘Ik heb net als veel mensen een onrustig gevoel bij wat er gebeurt in de wereld.’