Practice areas
Prof. Dr. Eleni Kosta is specialised in privacy and data protection law (GDPR), e-commerce, e-government, and human rights.
Academic activities and memberships
Eleni is a Professor of Technology Law and Human Rights at the Tilburg University in The Netherlands.
In 2011 she obtained a PhD in Law from the University of Leuven, Belgium, with a thesis on the concept of consent in data protection law, entitled Unravelling consent in European data protection legislation - a prospective study on consent in electronic communications.
She also holds the following academic positions and is a member of the following organisations and committees:
- Member of the Cyprus Council of Recognition of Higher Education Qualifications (KY.S.A.T.S.)
- Observer to the Europol Financial Intelligence Public Private Partnership (EFIPPP)
- Scientific Committee of the annual International Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP), Brussels, Belgium
- Europol Data Protection Experts Network (EDEN)
- Steering Committee of the Interdisciplinary Summerschool on Privacy (ISP), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Editorial Board of the European Data Protection Law Review
- Editorial Board of the Information Technology and Law Series
- Privacy and Identity Lab (‘PI.Lab’)
- Associate editor of the International Review of Law, Computers & Technology
- Programme committee of numerous international conferences
Professional admissions
Eleni is a member of the Heraklion Bar, Greece
Prior professional experience
- Associate Professor at Tilburg University (TILT), The Netherlands
- Assistant Professor at Tilburg University (TILT), The Netherlands
- Visiting Professor at International Hellenic University (IHU), Thessaloniki, Greece
- Senior research fellow at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) of the University of Leuven, Belgium
- Legal researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) of the University of Leuven, Belgium
Education
- PhD in Law, University of Leuven (Belgium) (2011)
- LL.M. in Legal Informatics, Leibniz University Hannover (Germany) (2005)
- LL.M. in Public Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), (Greece) (2004)
- Law degree, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) (Greece) (2002)
