The University of Groningen (RUG) is a modern, internationally oriented institution which builds on a longstanding tradition of almost four centuries and which is today ranked as one of the top 100 Universities in the world. The Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen is one of the largest faculties in the Netherlands and has a strong research tradition in a number of fields including European law, information technology law, constitutional law, international law, public law, civil law and a variety of interdisciplinary fields
Within the University of Groningen, the Security, Technology and e-Privacy (STeP) Research Group is responsible for the overall coordination of the CITYCoP project. STeP is an interdisciplinary team of researchers organised within the Department of European and Economic Law. STeP covers many areas of information policy & technology law including privacy, data protection, security sciences, surveillance, cybercrime, self-regulation and health informatics and builds on 20 years of collaborative experience between senior team members.
In CITYCoP, the STeP team leads the work in
- WP1 - Coordination and Management
- WP10 - Pilot Runs in Bucharest, Florence, Lisbon and Dublin
- WP11 - Legal and ethical Implications review.
Team members:
Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici
Prof. European Technology Law and Human Rights
Joe Cannataci
Prof. European Information Policy & Technology Law
Melania Tudorica
Research fellow
Gerard Ritsema van Eck
PhD researcher
Bettina Zijlstra
Head of Project Office - EU Projects Manager/Projects Officer
Saleh Al Sharieh
Senior Researcher
Frank Pace
Law Enforcement Specialist
Natividad Mansilla Ovejero
EU Projects Manager and Communication Contact person for CITYCoP