prof. dr. Ronald Leenes

Bio

Prof.dr. Ronald Leenes (1964) is director of the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society and full professor in regulation by technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (Tilburg University).His primary research interests are techno-regulation, conceptual issues with respect to privacy, data protection in practice, data analytics, robotics, AI and human enhancement. Currently his work focuses on control (aka techno-regulation, accountability and transparency) in autonomous vehicles and on regulatory failure in technology regulation.

Teaching

Ronald  teaches regulatory theory and regulation of AI in the TILT LLM Law & Technology and the Global Law Bachelor’s programme at Tilburg Law School.

Courses

• Regulation and Governance of Artificial Intelligence

Collaboration

He has worked in several EU funded FP6/7/Horizon projects, such as the PRIME project, PrimeLife, ENDORSE, Robolaw and A4Cloud. He has done commissioned research for the European Commission and various Dutch ministries.

Recent publications

1. Research handbook on EU data protection law

   Kosta, E., Leenes, R., & Kamara, I. (Eds.) (2022). Research handbook on EU data protection law. (1st ed.) (Research Handbooks in European Law). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

2. Introduction to research handbook on EU data protection law

   Leenes, R., Kosta, E., & Kamara, I. (2022). Introduction to research handbook on EU data protection law. In E. Kosta, L. Ronald, & I. Kamara (Eds.), Research handbook on EU data protection law (1st ed., pp. 1-10). (Research Handbooks in European Law series). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd..

3. Data protection and privacy - Data protection and artificial intellig…

   Hallinan, D., Leenes, R., & de Hert, P. (Eds.) (2021). Data protection and privacy: Data protection and artificial intelligence. (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection). Hart Publishing.

4. Technology and regulation 2019

   Leenes, R., & Martin, A. (Eds.) (2021). Technology and regulation 2019. Open Press TiU.

5. Technology and regulation 2020

   Leenes, R., & Martin, A. (Eds.) (2021). Technology and regulation 2020. Open Press TiU.