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Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens

Professor Law & Technology

  • Academic Title Prof. Dr.
  • Email E.Lievens[@]UGent.be
  • Phone +32(0)9264 68 32 (Secretariat)
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Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Bio

Eva Lievens is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law & Criminology of Ghent University, where she leads the research group Law & Technology. She is a member of the Human Rights Centre, the Crime, Criminology & Criminal Policy Consortium and PIXLES (Privacy, Information Exchange, Law Enforcement & Surveillance). A recurrent focus in her research relates to the legal impact of the design and deployment of technology in today’s society, human and children’s rights in the digital environment, and the use of alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- and co-regulation to regulate tech phenomena (such as Artificial Intelligence). From 2011 until 2015 she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Research Fund Flanders. She has extensive experience in supervising fundamental research projects, through her involvement in FWO, IWT/FWO-SBO and Ghent University Special Research Fund research projects as a postdoctoral researcher and (co-)promoter. She currently leads fundamental research projects on the promotion of news diversity through an interdisciplinary investigation into algorithmic design, personalisation and the public interest; on big data and tax audits and on the automated; on anonymisation of jurisprudence; on the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on children’s rights; and on legal qualifications and regulatory approaches in relation to minors and online sexual acts from a children’s rights perspective. Since January 2018, she is a member of Ghent University’s Research Council. In January 2019, together with Ingrida Milkaite, she was awarded the Stefano Rodotà Award by the Council of Europe for their groundbreaking research into the child’s right to privacy and data protection in the digital age.

Eva is a member of the Chamber for impartiality and the protection of minors of the Flemish Regulator for the Media, and the Belgian Film Evaluation Committee (“Commissie Filmkeuring”). She is and has been a member of advisory committees of EU funded projects (B-BICO-project – Connecting Europe Facility; STEP (Societal and political engagement of young people in environmental issues) – H2020; Mandola-project (Monitoring and Detecting Online Hate Speech)- REC); ChildRescue-project) and various working groups advising the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the federal and Flemish government (such as the Belgian Expert group on fake news and online disinformation).

At Ghent University, Eva teaches ‘European Law & ICT’, ‘European Media Law’, ‘Cybercrime, Technology & Surveillance’, Data Protection Law, and ‘Introduction to Law’. She is the associate editor for the International Encyclopaedia of Laws – Media Law (edited by Prof. Peggy Valcke) and is a member of the editorial committee of Auteurs & Media (Larcier). She is also a contributor to the European Audiovisual Observatory IRIS newsletter for Belgium.

Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Featured Research Projects

Technology and human rights
The monetisation of play in the digital environment
By Dr. Valerie Verdoodt & Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens
Children's rights
Children’s voice recognition in domestic and educational settings
By Dr. Ingrida Milkaite & Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens
Technology and human rights
Online intimidation against environmental defenders
By Lien Stolle & Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens
Technology and human rights
Cross-border data flows between the European Union and China
By Yueming Zhang & Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens
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Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Publications

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Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Professional Positions

  • Professor of Law and Technology (2015-ongoing)
  • Guest Professor, Ghent University, Communications Sciences Department (2013 – 2015)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Scientific Fund Flanders, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT, KU Leuven (2011 – ongoing)
  • Programme Coordinator Advanced Masters in Intellectual Property Rights & ICT Law (2012 – ongoing)
  • (Doctoral) Researcher, Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT, KU Leuven (2003 – 2011)

Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Education

University Degrees

  • Doctor in Law, KU Leuven, Belgium, 2009
  • Master in Transnational Communications and Global Media at Goldsmiths College, Goldsmiths College, London, United Kingdom, 2003
  • Law Degree, Ghent University, Belgium, 2002

Additional (inter)national (human rights) courses taken

  • PCMLP/Cardozo Summer Course ‘Legal responses to new communications technologies’, August 2003, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Sideline activities/memberships

  • Member of the Flemish Regulator for the Media (2016 – ongoing)
  • Member of the Strategic Advisory Committee for Media (‘SARC Sectorrraad Media’) (2013 – present)
  • Member of the Belgian Film Evaluation Committee (“Commissie Filmkeuring”) (2007 – present)
  • Member of the Advisory Committee of the BE SIC II-project (EU Safer Internet Programma) (2012 – 2014)
  • Associate editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws – Media Law (edited by Prof. Dr. Peggy Valcke)
  • Member of the editorial board of the journal “Auteurs & Media” [Larcier] [in Dutch]
  • Member of the editorial board of the “Praktijkboek Recht & Internet” [Vanden Broele] [in Dutch]
  • Contributor to the IRIS newsletter for Belgium
  • Member of the European Communication Research and Education Association (2013 – present)
Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' work details
  • Fax: +32 (0)9 264 69 93
  • Contact Hours: On appointment
  • Visiting Address: Voldersstraat 5, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  • Postal Address: Ghent University, Campus Aula, Universiteitstraat 4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
  • Secretariat: +32 (0)9 264 68 32
  • Working days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
  • Office Hours: On appointment
Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' expertise
  • (European) Media Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Freedom of expression
  • Children’s rights
  • Cybercrime
  • Legal implications of new media
Prof. Dr. Eva Lievens' Scientific honors, awards and fellowship/grants
  • January 2019 (together with Ingrida Milkaite): Stefano Rodotà Award (Council of Europe), for groundbreaking research into the child’s right to privacy and data protection in the digital age
  • BOF PDM Kort, KU Leuven (Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds – Special Research Fund), 2010 – 2011
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Foundation – Flanders, 2011 – ongoing

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