Rohan Nanda

Rohan Nanda is an Assistant Professor with a joint position at the Institute of Data Science (IDS) and the Law & Tech Lab at Maastricht University. His affiliations include the Faculty of Science and Engineering (Dept. of Advanced Computing Sciences) and the Faculty of Law (Privaatrecht). He specializes in legal informatics, natural language processing (NLP), and applied data science, focusing on interdisciplinary AI and law research, particularly HR analytics and computational law.

Dr. Nanda holds a Joint International Ph.D. in Law, Science, and Technology and a Ph.D. in Informatics from the University of Luxembourg and University of Bologna (2019), supported by two Erasmus Mundus Fellowships from the European Commission. He also earned an Erasmus Mundus Master's in Pervasive Computing & Communications (PERCCOM) from the University of Lorraine. Prior to academia, he worked as an AI Specialist at Data Appeal Company in Florence, Italy.

His research explores challenges in legal terminology harmonization, EU directive implementation analysis, and applying machine learning to detect bias in job advertisements and fraudulent job postings. He leads the FACILEX project as the local Principal Investigator, focusing on AI-driven legal frameworks. He has held visiting researcher positions at Politecnico di Milano, IIIA-CSIC Barcelona, University of Turin, and Luleå University of Technology.

Key awards include the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Fellowships for both his Master's and Ph.D. His work spans legal knowledge management, cybersecurity in networks, and marine environmental policy analysis. He collaborates across disciplines, blending computer science with law to address societal challenges like regulatory compliance and digital traceability in criminal activities.