Pelin Ersoy, B.A. LLB (Hons) LL.M.
Universitätsassistentin (Prae-Doc)
Research interests:
- platform regulation
- fundamental rights
- health-related mis- and disinformation
Faculty of Law Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law
Pelin is a predoctoral researcher within the team of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Forgó at the Institute for Innovation and Digitalisation in Law at the University of Vienna. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and German, as well as a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Macquarie University, Australia. She has experience working at the Supreme Court of New South Wales and spent several years working as a lawyer in Sydney before completing a Master of Laws in European and International Business Law at the University of Vienna. Her master's thesis explored the regulation of children's usage of social media from a human rights perspective, comparing the approaches taken in Australia and the European Union. Her research interests lie primarily in the areas of data protection, platform regulation, fundamental rights, and disinformation online.