Kristina Irion is Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) at the University of Amsterdam. At Amsterdam Law School, she is Director of the Academic Excellence Track (AcET), Head of Studies for law in the interdisciplinary Bachelor's programme Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics (PPLE) and Chair of the Committee for Ethics and Scientific Integrity. She is a lecturer in the Advanced LL.M. in Technology Governance, the LL.M. Informatierecht and a guest lecturer at the University of Lucerne. She is a member of the governing board of the Amsterdam Center of European Research (ACES). Until 2017, Dr. Irion had been Associate Professor at Central European University (CEU), then in Budapest. She obtained her doctorate from Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, and holds a Master’s degree in IT and Telecommunications Law from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.

In her research Dr. Irion focuses on EU digital and data law in relation to the governance of transnational digital technologies and data flows. She has published widely on the EU legal approach to personal data protection and in particular on the interface between the GDPR and digital trade law. Her research also sheds light on how digital trade law protection of source code of software and algorithms affects EU regulation in the interest of accountable AI. Another prominent research theme is the transformational impact of cloud computing on data sovereignty and individual rights. As a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow she accomplished her research project on Governing Digital Information which explores EU law of consumer cloud computing. More recently, her research has embarked on the analysis of EU law and policy of data centres’ sustainability. In the field of European media law her publications engage with the independence of media regulatory authorities and the interplay between national and EU media law.

In terms of societal relevance, much of the commissioned research Dr. Irion has led or contributed to did generate a significant impact on public policy. A number of these studies have helped to catalyze real policy shifts, for instance the so called INDIREG study on EU audiovisual media law or the study ‘Trade and Privacy: Complicated Bedfellows?’ which left a positive mark on EU’s external trade policy. She lead-authored pioneering studies on ‘Artificial Intelligence and EU Trade Policy’ commissioned by the Dutch Government and ‘AI Regulation in the European Union and Trade Law’ commissioned by the German Federation of Consumer Protection Organisations. She frequently provides expertise to EU institutions, the Council of Europe, the OECD, national governments as well as civil society organizations. She is a member of the advisory board of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (epic.org), the steering committee of the Data Protection Scholars Network (DPSN) and the scientific committee of CPDP.ai conferences.