Designation: Fellow 2022/2023

Laíse Milena is a Master’s student in State Law at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), with a CAPES/PROEX scholarship. She holds a Bachelor of Laws – LLB. She is a Founder and Scientific Editor of Antinomias Journal (ISSN 2675-9608). Member at the Modera Lab Study Group, content moderation, and digital constitutionalism laboratory at the Rio Institute of Technology and Society (ITSRio). Volunteer of the Caritas Internationalis.

Researcher’s areas of interest: Theory of Law, Law and Technologies, Hate Speech, Media Law and Human Rights.

Valentina Golunova is a PhD candidate at Maastricht University and part of the Transformative Effects of Globalisation in Law (TEGL) research group.

Her current research interests revolve around the legal regulation of online platforms, algorithmic content moderation, and end-to-end encryption. In her PhD project, Valentina examines how the advent of AI transforms the EU intermediary liability framework and affects freedom of expression and information online.

Prior to joining Maastricht University, Valentina worked at the human rights NGO Citizens’ Watch (Saint Petersburg, Russia) and was a trainee at the Constitutional Court of Russia.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (Saint Petersburg State University, 2018) and LLM (cum laude) in International and European Law (Tilburg University, 2019).

Lisa Bernstein received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in economics from the prestigious University of Chicago in 1986. Her academic journey continued as she pursued a Juris Doctor (JD) degree at Harvard Law School in 1990, where she honed her expertise in law and economics.

Her career in academia and research began to take shape when she served as a visiting research fellow in law and economics at Harvard Law School. In 1991, she embarked on her teaching career at Boston University, where she started imparting her knowledge and insights to aspiring legal minds.

Over the years, Lisa Bernstein delved into various facets of contract law and commercial law, with a particular focus on contemporary supply chain relationships, especially within the manufacturing sector. Her academic pursuits led her to explore social network analysis and its applications in the legal domain. Additionally, she has dedicated her research to understanding the intricate intersection between business strategy and relational contracting.

Lisa further expanded her academic horizons through numerous visiting positions at esteemed institutions. She shared her expertise with students and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, the Georgetown Law Center, and, later, the Law School. Her international engagements included serving as a visiting professor of law at institutions such as Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, The College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan, the Interdisciplinary Center in Israel, University of Paris West Nanterre, and Bar Ilan University.

In recognition of her contributions to the field, Lisa holds the title of International Research Fellow at the Center For Corporate Reputation, Said School of Business, University of Oxford. She is also a fellow at World Commerce and Contracting, a renowned organization dedicated to advancing knowledge in commercial and contract management.

Lisa Bernstein’s research interests continue to evolve and encompass a wide range of topics. Apart from her work in contract and commercial law, she is deeply committed to understanding the intricacies of designing effective commercial courts in emerging and transitioning economies. Her expertise extends to industry-specific dispute resolution mechanisms and the profound relationship between social structures and economic development.

Her extensive knowledge and dedication to advancing legal scholarship make her a valuable contributor to the academic community and the legal profession as a whole

Victor is a tenured Assistant Professor of Public International Law and of International Organisations and International Relations at the University of Bucharest and an affiliated lecturer at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration. 

He has an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva, and a Ph.D. in public international law from the University of Geneva. 

His research interests include the interactions between cybersecurity and international law. He has participated as a researcher for the Centre of Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations of the Hague Academy, where he contributed with a chapter entitled “Testing the Continued Viability of Traditional Jurisdictional Norms: The Challenges of Cybersecurity” and he holds a certificate in cybersecurity from Harvard. 

He published his first monography in 2021 with Cambridge University Press, entitled “Remedies before the International Court of Justice: A Systemic Analysis”.

Jose Belo (FIP, CIPP/E, CIPM) is currently Head of Data Privacy at Valuer, an AI company from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jose is a Member of the European Advisory Board of the IAPP.  He is also co-chair of the IAPP Copenhagen Chapter. Jose is a former co-chair of the IAPP Lisboa (Portugal) and Luxembourg Chapter. 

An LL.B in Law, Jose also holds a Certificate in Law & Technology from the University of California (Berkeley), centered on U.S. Intellectual Property and Privacy.

Jose authored academic articles on privacy and data protection at the University of Lisboa Cyber Magazine, the Journal of Data Protection and Privacy and Data Protection Leader magazine.

Additionally, Jose is a public speaker on the interconnection between technology (mainly, AI), privacy and data protection, and the effects, intended or unintended, that the connection gives rise to.