{"id":31349,"date":"2026-10-06T12:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/introducing-marie-therese-sekwenz\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:00:08","slug":"introducing-marie-therese-sekwenz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/nl\/introducing-marie-therese-sekwenz\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing&#8230;Marie-Therese Sekwenz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-white-color has-ivir-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 26%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marie-Therese Sekwenz<\/strong> is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam.<br><br>She works with Jo\u00e3o Pedro Quintais on the NWO Vidi project\u00a0<em>Generative AI Content Moderation: Regulation for Fundamental Rights<\/em>, which examines how EU law can address the moderation of generative AI content while protecting fundamental rights, particularly freedom of expression.<br>Within this project, her work connects the Digital Services Act and the AI Act with empirical research into how these frameworks operate in practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-1050x1136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31342 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-1050x1136.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-517x560.jpg 517w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-368x398.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-768x831.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-1419x1536.jpg 1419w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-1892x2048.jpg 1892w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-1568x1697.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289-1320x1428.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/7289.jpg 1959w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her broader research focuses on platform accountability, content moderation, and the implementation of EU digital regulation. Combining legal analysis with empirical and participatory methods, she examines how regulatory requirements translate into platform practices and people\u2019s ability to exercise their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marie-Therese obtained her PhD cum laude from TU Delft, where she also serves as Deputy Director of the AI Futures Lab on Rights and Justice. Alongside her academic work, she is a journalist for the Austrian public broadcaster ORF \u00d61.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Welcome to the institute Marie-Therese!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002-900x1136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31345\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7922695770984576;width:487px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002-900x1136.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002-368x464.jpg 368w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002-444x560.jpg 444w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002-1217x1536.jpg 1217w, https:\/\/www.ivir.nl\/publicaties\/download\/Picture_uva-002.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marie-Therese Sekwenz is a postdoctoral researcher at IViR. 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