Our team

The Research Centre in Information, Law and Society (CRIDS) is currently made of 62 members: 16 academics, 33 researchers, 7 fellows and 6 staff members. Since its inception, CRIDS members have authored more than 2500 publications.

Management
Director: Alexandre DE STREEL PhD in Law/Master in Economics Competition law and Economics Electronic communication law EU Law and Governance Sharing Economy
Heads of Unit
Communication and Internet: Anne-Sophie COLLARD PhD in Information and Communication Uses of ICT Production of digital media Digital and media literacy Socio-cognitive approach	Technologies and Society: Claire LOBET-MARIS PhD in Labour studies Sociology of the uses of ICT
eCommerce: Hervé JACQUEMIN PhD in Law Contract law eCommerce Consumer law Commercial law	Intellectual Property: Benoît MICHAUX PhD in Law Intellectual property
Liberties and Information Society: Jean HERVEG	Electronic Communications: Robert QUECK
Master in Law IT law (privacy & data protection) Health law (eHealth products and services) Inheritances and matrimonial property Property law Real estate law	Master in Law Belgian, European and International telecommunications law Media law (including Belgian division of competences)
Professors
Alexandre CRUQUENAIRE PhD in Law Contract law Intellectual property	Cécile DE TERWANGNE PhD in Law Human rights and new technologies Privacy protection Freedom of expression Transparency E-government
Elise DEFREYNE PhD in Law Media law Electronic communications law	Elise DEGRAVE PhD in Law ICT law E-government Privacy protection Administrative transparency International protection of human rights
Florence GEORGE Master in law/Management Sciences Contract law Insolvency law	Annabelle KLEIN PhD in Social Sciences Communication theories New technologies and communication devices
Amélie LACHAPELLE PhD in Law Whistleblowing Law Human Rights & Data Protection in Tax Law Economic Law Fight against Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion & International Exchange of Information in Tax Law Constitutional Law and e-Government in Tax Law	Etienne MONTERO-REDONDO PhD in Law Contract law Information technology law E-commerce Law and ethics
Yves POULLET PhD in Law/Master in Philosophy ICT law Privacy Internet regulation	Antoinette ROUVROY PhD in Law Algorithmic governmentality Internormativity Privacy Biotechnological ethics Emerging technologies
Quentin VAN ENIS PhD in Law Media law ICT law Human rights Freedom of expression
Researchers
Camille BOURGUIGNON Master II Research in European Law eCommerce eHealth European Union Law Internal Market Law	Kathleen DE GROVE Master in Education Science Pedagogy ICT
Antoine DELFORGE Master in Law/ICT ICT law Criminal proceeding law Civil liability	Carole DELFORGE Master in Applied Communication Media Education New technologies
Coline FIEVET Master in Law/Human Rights Public law	Loïck GERARD Master in Law Public law
Noémie GILLARD Master in Law/ICT Privacy law Data protection Intellectual property eCommerce	Nathalie GRANDJEAN PhD in Philosophy Body and Technology Biometrics Gender studies Epistemologies Ethics Science and technology studies
Esther HAINEAUX Master in Communication Communication	Alyson HERNALESTEEN Master in Applied Communication Specialisation in Media Education Digital literacy Media literacy Technologies
Christian HOCEPIED Master in Law Electronic communications	Florian JACQUES Master in Law/ICT Intellectual property eCommerce Company law Privacy law Business law Audiovisual media services
Jerry JACQUES PhD in Information and Communication Information and Communication sciences Use of external representations Distributed cognition Media literacy Informational practices Organisation of personal information	Manon KNOCKAERT Master in Law/ICT Open data Intellectual property law Privacy law
Michèle LEDGER Master in Law eCommerce Consumer protection Privacy Media law	Pauline LIMBREE Master in Law/ICT Economic Law ICT Law
Michael LOGNOUL Master in Law/ICT European Competition law Intellectual Property in the information society European law	Alejandra MICHEL Master in Law Master in ICT Law Intellectual property law Privacy law Media law
Julie MONT Master in Law Master in ICT Law Privacy law Public law	Sami PIECZYNSKI Master in Anthropology Anthropology
Virginie RONNEAU Master in Law Medical law Tort law ICT law	Zorana ROSIC Master in Law/ICT Intellectual property Property law ICT law
Karen ROSIER Master in Law Privacy Electronic communications	Marie-des-Neiges RUFFO DE BONNEVAL DE LA FARE DES COMTES DE SINOPOLI DE CALABRE PhD in Philosophy Ethical and moral philosophy Ethics Artificial intelligence Robot autonomy Security Military and intelligence ethics
Thomas TOMBAL Master in Law/ICT Privacy ICT law E-government Intellectual property	Jean-Marc VAN GYSEGHEM Master in Law Advanced Master's degree in Medical Law Medical law Privacy protection Health telematics Civil liability law
Fellows
Alexandre CASSART Master in Law/ICT Privacy ICT law Contract law Aviation law	Jean-Marie CHEFFERT PhD in Economics Industrial organization Economics and Law
Jean-Noël COLIN PhD in Computer Science Information security Authentication and authorization mechanisms Access control models Digital rights management	Marie DEMOULIN PhD in Law Law of obligations ICT law
Séverine DUSOLLIER PhD in Law Intellectual property law Copyright Media law Competition law	Jean-Benoît HUBIN Master in Law eCommerce Intellectual property Media law
Alain LOUTE PhD in Philosophy Social and political philosophy Ethics, Health Care Ethics Social acceptability of technological innovation
Administrative staff
Sophie DRUINE Financial officer	Jacques GERARD Computer scientist
Virginie MAROT Director of the Law Library	Quentin HOUBION Reference Librarian
Clelia MANES General Executive Secretary	Sarah FIEVET General Executive Secretary Complementary Master's degrees in ICT law/Infosafe/JuriTIC/DocSafe

Management

Director: Alexandre DE STREEL

PhD in Law/Master in Economics

Competition law and Economics
Electronic communication law
EU Law and Governance
Sharing Economy

Heads of Unit

Communication and Internet: Anne-Sophie COLLARD

PhD in Information and Communication

Uses of ICT
Production of digital media
Digital and media literacy
Socio-cognitive approach

Technologies and Society: Claire LOBET-MARIS

PhD in Labour studies

Sociology of the uses of ICT

eCommerce: Hervé JACQUEMIN

PhD in Law

Contract law
eCommerce
Consumer law
Commercial law

Intellectual Property: Benoît MICHAUX

PhD in Law

Intellectual property

Liberties and Information Society: Jean HERVEG

Electronic Communications: Robert QUECK

Master in Law

IT law (privacy & data protection)
Health law (eHealth products and services)
Inheritances and matrimonial property
Property law
Real estate law

Master in Law

Belgian, European and International telecommunications law
Media law (including Belgian division of competences)

Professors

Alexandre CRUQUENAIRE

PhD in Law

Contract law
Intellectual property

Cécile DE TERWANGNE

PhD in Law

Human rights and new technologies
Privacy protection
Freedom of expression
Transparency
E-government

Elise DEFREYNE

PhD in Law

Media law
Electronic communications law

Elise DEGRAVE

PhD in Law

ICT law
E-government
Privacy protection
Administrative transparency
International protection of human rights

Florence GEORGE

Master in law/Management Sciences

Contract law
Insolvency law

Annabelle KLEIN

PhD in Social Sciences

Communication theories
New technologies and communication devices

Amélie LACHAPELLE

PhD in Law

Whistleblowing Law
Human Rights & Data Protection in Tax Law
Economic Law
Fight against Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion & International
Exchange of Information in Tax Law

Constitutional Law and e-Government in Tax Law

Etienne MONTERO-REDONDO

PhD in Law

Contract law
Information technology law
E-commerce
Law and ethics

Yves POULLET

PhD in Law/Master in Philosophy

ICT law
Privacy
Internet regulation

Antoinette ROUVROY

PhD in Law

Algorithmic governmentality
Internormativity
Privacy
Biotechnological ethics
Emerging technologies

Quentin VAN ENIS

PhD in Law

Media law
ICT law
Human rights
Freedom of expression

Researchers

Camille BOURGUIGNON

Master II Research in European Law

eCommerce
eHealth
European Union Law
Internal Market Law

Kathleen DE GROVE

Master in Education Science

Pedagogy
ICT

Antoine DELFORGE

Master in Law/ICT

ICT law
Criminal proceeding law
Civil liability

Carole DELFORGE

Master in Applied Communication

Media
Education
New technologies

Coline FIEVET

Master in Law/Human Rights

Public law

Loïck GERARD

Master in Law

Public law

Noémie GILLARD

Master in Law/ICT

Privacy law
Data protection
Intellectual property
eCommerce

Nathalie GRANDJEAN

PhD in Philosophy

Body and Technology
Biometrics
Gender studies
Epistemologies
Ethics
Science and technology studies

Esther HAINEAUX

Master in Communication

Communication

Alyson HERNALESTEEN

Master in Applied Communication

Specialisation in Media Education

Digital literacy
Media literacy
Technologies

Christian HOCEPIED

Master in Law

Electronic communications

Florian JACQUES

Master in Law/ICT

Intellectual property
eCommerce
Company law
Privacy law
Business law
Audiovisual media services

Jerry JACQUES

PhD in Information and Communication

Information and Communication sciences
Use of external representations
Distributed cognition
Media literacy
Informational practices
Organisation of personal information