Irene Kamara

Dr. Irene Kamara is an Assistant Professor at Tilburg Law School and TILT (Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society) at Tilburg University. She holds a joint doctorate from Tilburg University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), specializing in data protection standardization. Irene is an affiliated researcher at VUB’s Law, Science, Technology, and Society (LSTS) group and serves as Research Coordinator at TILT since August 2022.

Education:

• PhD in Law with a focus on Data Protection Standardization (Tilburg University & VUB, 2021)
• LL.B. in Law (Democritus University of Thrace)
• MSc in International and European Studies (University of Piraeus)

Research Interests: Irene examines the intersection of technology and human rights, particularly cyberviolence (cyberstalking, image-based abuse), cybersecurity governance, AI ethics, and data protection law. Her work emphasizes EU legal frameworks, technical standards, and soft law instruments. Recent projects include analyzing child cyberbullying legislation across EU states and developing privacy-preserving AI frameworks through the ENCRYPT Horizon Europe project.

Teaching: Course coordinator for Cybercrime (LL.M. Law & Technology) and Regulating Cybersecurity (MSc Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity). Supervises PhD and master’s theses.

Professional Activities:

• Member of ENISA Experts List, Netherlands Network for Human Rights Research (NNHRR), and European Academy for Standardisation (EURAS)
• Evaluator for EU-funded proposals on societal security
• Editorial Board member of the Journal of Standardisation

Awards & Grants:

• 2025 KNAW Early Career Partnership Grant
• 2021 CEN CENELEC Standards+Innovation Individual Researcher Award
• 2023 Nominated for Praemium Erasmianum Foundation Prize

Current Projects:

• CArE Project: Combating technology-facilitated cyberviolence (2023–2027)
• ENCRYPT Project: Privacy-preserving AI frameworks (2022–2025)
• HE Edu4Standards.eu: Standardization education initiatives (2024–2026)