Nina Baranowska

Dr. Nina Baranowska, LL.M. (Ottawa) (she/her) is a researcher at eLaw, Leiden University, and a member of the RESOCIAL Project (funded by NWO), an interdisciplinary project on social media vulnerability and resilience. Her research focuses on the legal and societal challenges of AI and other digital technologies, with particular attention to platform regulation, data protection, liability, non-discrimination and fundamental rights. Her work engages with the intersections of EU law, technological aspects, and regulatory approaches. Nina completed her PhD (summa cum laude) in European Union law and private law, as well as an LL.M. in Law & Technology from the University of Ottawa (Canada). Before joining eLaw, Nina worked as a researcher at iHub: the Interdisciplinary Research Hub on Digitalization and Society at Radboud University. She was part of the Horizon Europe project FINDHR (Fairness and Intersectional Non-Discrimination in Human Recommendation), where she conducted legal research on detecting and preventing discriminatory risks in algorithmic hiring. Her work examined the interaction between EU law (including the AI Act, GDPR, and EU non-discrimination law) and technical fairness approaches.

Institution

eLaw Leiden University / RESOCIAL Project

Netherlands

RESOCIAL Project seeks to identify, measure, and mitigate human vulnerabilities to enhance the resilience of vulnerable users on social media platforms. The project is funded under the Synergy Theme: Vulnerability and resilience in an online society (grant number NWA.1540.21.001).