Designation: Fellow 2022/2023

Nengo Jacktone is a Lawyer at the G&A Advocates LLP. He is a Legal Analyst with a strong interest in the field of law, Corporate Law and Economics, Law of Political Governance, Legal Research, Human Rights. He is a research fellow of numerous NGOs (SAYDS, Global Students Forum).

He is also an active researcher that helps to make sure organizations have a good exposure through online resources and articles that help in making the best choices in the right areas.

Dr Veronika Nagy is Assistant Professor at the Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

She completed her PhD in the DGCG programme funded by Erasmus Mundus+.

Her research interest includes surveillance, securitization of international migration. She has conducted research on specific forms of securitization, financial surveillance, ethnic mobility, human trafficking, and digital profiling (exploitation of workers, forced criminal activities and forced labour, trafficking of children).

Jonida Milaj-Weishaar is Assistant Professor in Technology Law and Human Rights at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

Her research falls within the area of Human Rightsand Technology law and is hosted by the Security, Technology and e-Privacy (STeP) interdisciplinary research group. She has always linked her research to pressing societal needs and has actively presented her work in different academic international conferences and professional fora. Jonida has published (alone or in collaboration with others) in renowned peer reviewed international journals and edited volumes, like: European Journal of Law and Technology; International Review of Law, Computers and Technology; International Data Privacy Law; Computer Law and Security Review, etc. She also contributes as a reviewer to various international journals.

Jonida is currently involved in three H2020 projects: MIRROR, CRiTERIA and KnowGraphs and has contributed in drafting various successful joint research projects to which the STeP research group is part. Because of her field of studies and the projects she is involved in, Jonida has first-hand experience in collaborating with researchers from various disciplines and countries.

She teaches and coordinates various courses in the area of Technology Law. She has co-designed and is responsible for the teaching in the newly introduced Technology law track, of the LLB in International and European Law. She has designed new courses and supervises PhD, master’s, and bachelor dissertations in the area of Technology law. She has also co-designed the MOOC on ‘Understanding the GDPR’ that was evaluated in 2019 as the most successful course of all times of the ‘Future Learn’ platform. As of 2019, Jonida is a visiting lecturer at the China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing and offers annually a course on ‘Information Technology Law’.

Jonida completed her legal education at the University of Padua (Italy) and obtained an advanced LLM degree in European, International and Comparative Law from Maastricht University (the Netherlands). She defended her PhD thesis at the University of Groningen with a focus on surveillance of individuals with non-purpose built technology and devices, and the challenges that these create for the protection of the right to privacy.

Before starting her academic career, Jonida gained practical experience both at national institutions (Parliament of the Republic of Albania) and at international organisations (Council of Europe). Her work in non-academic institutions was composed of legal advice as well as of administrative tasks, which gave her a very good understanding of policymaking and policymakers – the way they work and their needs. She has been exposed to national and international learning, teaching and working experiences that have made her sensitive to cultural differences and needs and enable her to bring her international experience and insights at any collaborative projects.

Researcher of the Centre for IT & IP Law, KU Leuven.

César is a lawyer and legal researcher holding bachelors both in Business Administration and Management and Law (cum laude) from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He also holds a master’s degree in lawyering from the University of Camilo José Cela (summa cum laude with the congratulations of the examination committee).

Before joining CiTiP, César has conducted research on the intersection of neuroscience and the law, with a focus point on electroencephalographic techniques of passive brain-computer interfaces. He has investigated under the H2020 COST Action 16116 of brain-controlled wearable robotics at the eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies of Leiden University as well as at the Biomechatronics and Biorobotics Lab of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. César has also worked as a cybersecurity intern at the Inter-American Defense Board in Washington D.C. and as a legal trainee at an international law firm specializing in intellectual property and information technology law before joining the center.

At CiTiP, César started conducting research on biometric technologies relating to image morphing and manipulation attack detection solutions for the evaluation of ID document authenticity, ID document verification and fraud detection under the H2020 EU-funded project iMARS. Currently, he is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Candidate under the Innovative Training Network TreSPasS. His PhD thesis focuses on the risk assessment of biometric data use and appropriate safeguards for biometric data processing.