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Amélie Lachapelle serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Namur's Faculty of Law, with cross-appointments in the Faculty of Economic, Social and Management Sciences. Her primary research affiliations include the Centre de Recherche Information, Droit et Société (CRIDS) and Namur Digital Institute (NaDI), with additional membership in UCLouvain's Centre de Recherche sur l'Etat et la Constitution (CRECO). She currently teaches Comparative Law, Environmental Law, Sustainable Development Law, and Economic Law across multiple faculties while leading research at the intersection of digital governance and ecological transition.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Laws from FUNDP (2011, High Distinction), Erasmus exchange at USAL Salamanca (2013, Matricula de honor), and Master's in State and European Law from UCLouvain (2013, High Distinction), culminating in a Doctorate in Legal Sciences from UNamur (2020) on tax whistleblowing mechanisms.
Lachapelle's research synthesizes whistleblowing law, digital governance, and sustainable development, focusing on tensions between fundamental rights (privacy, freedom of expression) and fiscal transparency requirements. Her work examines how EU directives like 2019/1937 reshape tax whistleblowing while navigating GDPR constraints, with particular attention to digital reporting channels and cross-border implications. Recent scholarship explores sustainable IT frameworks where digital law intersects with circular economy principles.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals three dominant trajectories: (1) Evolution of tax whistleblowing in digital environments (40% of output), (2) Sustainable digital transition legal frameworks (35%), and (3) Fundamental rights protection in automated tax administration (25%). Her work consistently bridges Belgian implementation challenges with European legal developments.
- 1st prize in 2011 Eloquence Tournament (Young Bar of Namur)
- TFR-prijs 2018 for Foreign Tax Case Law commentary
- UNamur MT180 Finalist (2019)
- TFR Doctoral Grant 2020
- FRS-FNRS Doctoral Fellowship (2015-2019)
Lachapelle actively advises governmental bodies as expert for Deputy Prime Minister Georges Gilkinet's office (democratic renewal) and leads EU directive implementation studies. She serves as Editorial Secretary for the Journal of Information Technology Law and sits on the Management Board of INCUEBRUX. Her research group at CRIDS/NaDI develops practical frameworks for sustainable IT governance, recently contributing to Belgium's 4th Sustainable IT Charter signing. Current projects examine the twin green-digital transition through legal lenses, with emerging work on AI governance in public administration.
