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Prof. Nadya Purtova is a Professor of Law, Innovation, and Technology at Utrecht University's School of Law. She previously held positions at Tilburg University's TILT institute and practiced law at a Dutch law firm. Her research focuses on socio-technical change in information technologies, particularly data protection law, governance frameworks, and AI regulation. She leads the ERC-funded project INFO-LEG exploring legal protection against information-induced harms.
Educational Background: PhD (cum laude) in Law from Tilburg University (2011), MSc in Public Administration (Leiden University, 2006), and LLM in Comparative Constitutional Law (Central European University, 2005).
Research Interests: Governing digital societies, human-centered AI, data ownership, and regulatory solutions for technologies like algorithms and big data. Recent work emphasizes rethinking legal frameworks through interdisciplinary insights from economics and information studies.
Prominent Awards: 2016 ERC Starting Grant, cum laude distinctions for PhD and supervised theses.
Advisory Roles: Editor-in-chief roles at journals including Computer Law & Security Review and Utrecht Law Review. Supervised multiple PhD students addressing algorithmic governance, children's digital rights, and GDPR compliance.
Labs/Teams: Active in the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law and contributes to the Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) research theme at Utrecht University.
