V.M. Nikolaeva

Vilma Margarit is a PhD Candidate at the Institute for Information Law (IViR). Her research focuses on the confidentiality and trade secrecy barriers that hinder transparency and data access for public interest research in the context of AI systems and digital technologies. Her PhD is part of the NWO-funded research project ‘Artificial Secrecy: Taking Transparency in EU Digital and Data Regulation Seriously’, led by Prof. dr. Kristina Irion.

Her other areas of interest include topics at the intersection of law, gender and technology, particularly harmful deepfakes, as well as critical approaches to AI governance, data protection and privacy. Before joining IViR, she served as a digital policy consultant in Brussels, closely working with the EC’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG-CONNECT). She holds an LLM in ‘Technology Law and Innovations’ (Cum Laude) from the University of Groningen and was a visiting student at the University of Sydney Law School.