Elisa Lievevrouw

Elisa Lievevrouw is a social scientist and postdoctoral researcher at KU Leuven's Meaningful Interactions Lab and Life Sciences & Society Lab. Her work focuses on the interplay between digital health technologies and policymaking, particularly in EU and US contexts. She holds a PhD in Social Sciences (2023) and a Master's in Sociology (KU Leuven, 2015).

Current roles include:

• Postdoctoral researcher in the FWO-funded 'Mirror Realities' project (KU Leuven/UGent)
• Contributor to Horizon 2020 projects like In Silico World and Immerse

Research interests include:

• Digital health regulation and policy implementation
• Socio-technical dynamics of data-driven healthcare
• Ontological debates around medical technologies

Publications span health policy, regulatory science, and pandemic-related studies, with a focus on governance challenges in digital health innovations.