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Vagelis Papakonstantinou is a Professor on Personal Data Protection Law at the Faculty of Law & Criminology of the Free University of Brussels (VUB, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), focusing also on Cybersecurity, Intellectual Property, and the broader topic of technology regulation. He is the director of VUB's Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL), as well as, a core member of VUB’s Research Group on Law Science Technology & Society (LSTS) and the Brussels Privacy Hub.
His personal website may be found at https://vpapakonstantinou.com
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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EUAR236: SALUS: Strengthening law enforcement with advanced IoT forensic tools and enriched investigation schemes, realised by a Software Defined Network Security-as-a-Service architecture
Papakonstantinou, V. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/25 → 31/10/28
Project: Applied
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EUAR234: AMALTHEA: EnAbling a Model-driven deep understAnding of the roLe of gender Towards a Holistic solution against Extremism and radicalization Activities
Papakonstantinou, V. (Administrative Promotor)
1/10/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Applied
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EUAR237: ORION: Optimized Risk-based Intelligence-driven Operations for Next-generation Secure, Reliable and Privacy- preserving Border Management
Papakonstantinou, V. (Administrative Promotor)
1/09/25 → 31/08/28
Project: Applied
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EUAR214: TORNADO: foundaTion mOdels for Robots that haNdle smAll, soft and Deformable Objects
Papakonstantinou, V. (Administrative Promotor)
1/01/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Applied
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EUAR197: PopEye: robust Privacy-preserving biOmetric technologies for Passengers’ identification and verification at EU external borders maximising the accuracY, reliability and throughput of the rEcognition
Papakonstantinou, V. (Administrative Promotor)
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Service
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A question of strategic legislation: Can the EU deal with cybersecurity issues in space?
Cappelletti, F. & Papakonstantinou, V., Jun 2025, In: Telecommunications Policy. 49, 5, p. 1-19 19 p., 102954.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Democratic legitimacy of AI in judicial decision-making
Vidaki, A. N. & Papakonstantinou, V., 19 Jun 2025, In: AI & Society. 40, 8, p. 6025-6035 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital constitutionalism in the States-as-Information-Platforms context: A new programme, the acknowledgement of ‘Platform Rights’
Papakonstantinou, V., 2025, Digital constitutionalism. Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 365-382 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Spiros Simitis – His Legacy: Europeanisation and Internationalisation
Papakonstantinou, V., 2025, Spiros Simitis – sein Vermächtnis: Gedenkveranstaltung für Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Spiros Simitis am 15. Januar 2024. Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 91-101 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Codes of Conduct in German Employment Relationships – A Measure to Adequately Implementing Compliance and Data Protection?
Wasser, D. & Papakonstantinou, V., 1 Apr 2024, In: European Business Law Review. 35, 2, p. 157-182 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Activities
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Luca Galantini
Papakonstantinou, V. (Host)
1 Jan 2026 → 30 Jun 2026Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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David Gruber
Papakonstantinou, V. (Host)
1 Feb 2025 → 30 Mar 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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The Regulation of Digital Technologies in the EU: Act-ification, GDPR Mimesis and EU Law Brutality at Play
Papakonstantinou, V. (Speaker)
20 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Yiran Wei
Papakonstantinou, V. (Host)
1 Feb 2025 → 30 Jan 2026Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Kai Zhao
Papakonstantinou, V. (Host)
1 Oct 2025 → 30 Sept 2026Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Press/Media
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Op-Ed: “Expiration of the Time Limit for bringing an Action challenging the dismissal – obsolete in Context of Pregnancy? –Outlook of CJEUs’ ‘Haus Jacobus’ Decision”
Wasser, D., Papakonstantinou, V. & Jobst, M.
16/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Dismissing data protection officers in Germany – a matter of good cause and major difficulties for employers!
Wasser, D., Maarouf-Wasser, N. & Papakonstantinou, V.
9/03/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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As strict as you like - the data protection officers protection against dismissal according to the GDPR
Wasser, D., Maarouf-Wasser, N. & Papakonstantinou, V.
30/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Whistleblowing Directive not yet transposed - obligation for corporations to implement whistleblowing or `so what about it´?
Wasser, D. & Papakonstantinou, V.
24/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Data Protection and Cybersecurity with Vagelis Papakonstantinou
26/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other