Brenda Espinosa Apráez
20182025

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I am a postdoctoral researcher affiliated to the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) at Tilburg University. I have a background in law and my fields of expertise and interest include business law, law and technology, the regulation of network industries and legal aspects of data and AI governance under EU Law. 
My postdoctoral research is part of the NWO sponsored 'MEGAMIND' project (Measuring, Gathering, Mining and Integrating Data for Self-management in the Edge of the Electricity System). For this project, I investigate legal and ethical aspects necessary to develop a governance framework for data and AI models used in the (Dutch) electricity sector, to ensure that core values such as energy justice, privacy, fairness, accessibility, transparency and responsibility, are safeguarded.
For my PhD research (2018-2022), I investigated the regulatory challenges brought by data-driven innovation and the complexities of regulating data sharing in the context of the digitalized utilities (drinking water and electricity) under EU and Dutch law. My PhD research was part of ‘LONGA VIA’, a research project sponsored by NWO and five operators of critical infrastructures in the Netherlands: Alliander, Vitens, Port of Rotterdam, ProRail and Rijkswaterstaat.

Teaching

My teaching activities include:

  • Teaching on EU legislation and policy on data governance (Data Governance Act, Data Act, Open Data & PSI Directive, common European data spaces) for the course Innovation & Regulation of the joint Data Science Bachelor program. 
  • Teaching on legal frameworks for access to data in the energy sector for Executive Programs (Energy Law and Law & Technology) and for the course 'Regulation and governance of a just energy transition'  of the Topklas program (Bachelor in Law).
  • Supervision of final essays of the Global Law Bachelor program.
  • Supervision of master's thesis for the LLM Law & Technology. 

Education/Academic qualification

Law, PhD, Dealing with data: A study on the regulatory challenges of data-driven innovation and data sharing in the digitalized utilities and how to deal with them, Tilburg University

1 Mar 201821 Dec 2022

Award Date: 21 Dec 2022

Law, Master’s Degree, LLM International Business Law, Tilburg Law School

Award Date: 14 Jun 2017

Law, Bachelor’s Degree, Universidad Externado de Colombia

Award Date: 3 Dec 2013

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