Staff

CDT Europe's experts work closely on key digital policy legislation in the European Union, combining technical knowledge with familiarity with the EU institutions to come up with practical solutions to help shape a digital world which respects fundamental rights.

Asha Allen
Headshot of Asha Allen, CDT's Advocacy Director for Europe, focusing on Online Expression and Civic Space.

Asha Allen

Director and Secretary General, CDT Europe

Laura Lázaro Cabrera
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Laura Lázaro Cabrera

Director of the Equity and Data programme, Deputy Director and Counsel to CDT Europe

Christian Cirhigiri
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Christian Cirhigiri

Director of the Online Expression and Civic Space Programme, CDT Europe

Lisa Beatrice Ferrari
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Lisa Beatrice Ferrari

Policy and Research Officer, Security, Surveillance and Human Rights Programme, CDT Europe

Rand Hammoud
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Rand Hammoud

Director of the Security, Surveillance and Human Rights Programme and Regional Encryption Lead, CDT Europe

Magdalena Maier
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Magdalena Maier

Legal and Advocacy Officer, Equity and Data Programme, CDT Europe

Marie Seck
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Marie Seck

Assistant, Online Expression and Civic Space Programme, CDT Europe

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors serves as CDT Europe’s governing body. Pulling from across sectors and expertise, the Board guides the organisation and ensures CDT Europe is at the forefront of protecting fundamental rights in the digital age.
Morten Kjaerum

Morten Kjaerum

Former Director of EU Fundamental Rights Agency, Austria

Peter Hustinx
Peter Hustinx

Peter Hustinx

Former European Data Protection Supervisor, The Netherlands

Eleni Kosta

Eleni Kosta

Professor of Technology Law and Human Rights, Tilburg University’s Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)

Dunja Mijatovic

Dunja Mijatovic

Former Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Bosnia

Advisory Council

The Centre for Democracy & Technology’s Europe Advisory Council brings new insight and expertise to our policy advocacy work. The Advisory Council meets several times a year, and operates separately from CDT Europe’s Board of Directors. Sophie in ‘t Veld, former Member of the European Parliament, serves as chair.

Members serve in their personal capacity, and organisational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.

Dr. Abeba Birhane

Founder and Leader of the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL), and Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin

Joris van Hoboken

Professor of Information Law at the Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam

Sophie in' t Veld

Former Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur for the Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA)

Andre Meister

Investigative Researcher and Journalist at netzpolitik.org, and Founding Member of Digitale Gesellschaft and Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF)

Clare McGlynn

Professor of Law at Durham University, and member of the Council of Europe’s Expert Committee on Combating Tech-Facilitated Violence Against Women and Girls

Oyidiya Oji Palino

Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at the European Network Against Racism (ENAR)

Dr. Sabine Witting

Assistant Professor of Law and Digital Technologies at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University, and co-founder of Tech Legality

Dr Charlotte Webb

Associate Director at Unthinkable, and co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet

Ben Wagner

University Professor of Human Rights and Technology at IT:U, Director of the AI Futures Lab at TU Delft, and Professor of Media, Technology and Society at Inholland