Sylvia Kierkegaard

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Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard
Born1952
Died2015
Scientific career
Institutions University of Southampton
Website www.kierkegaard.co.uk

Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard was a Philippine jurist who specialized in computer law.

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Her research covered a wide range of topics, including comparative contract law, alternative dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, European Union law, privacy, electronic commerce, cybersecurity, computer law, and data protection. She wrote and edited books and journal articles.

She was the president of the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL), an association of IT lawyers and legal scholars specializing in computer law, privacy, and security. [1]

In 2003, she finished an International Masters in European Business and Law at Aarhus University with the highest grade. [2]

Career

Kierkegaard was a professor at the Communications University of China, professor-research fellow at The Institute for Law and the Web (ILAWS; University of Southampton), and adjunct professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University. [3]

She was a frequent keynote speaker, invited expert, and panelist of various international workshops organised by international institutions, judiciary, European Union, television, and government bodies. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

Community service

Kierkegaard served as chair of the Organizing Committee of the IAITL legal conference series [18] [19] [20] and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology , International Journal of Private Law , and the International Journal of Public Law and Policy . [21] She serves also as associate editor of the International Journal of Intercultural Information Management , [22] and managing editor of the Journal of Legal Technology Risk and Management . [23]

Kierkegaard served as an expert adviser, [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] speaker, [29] [30] and member of various study groups and committees for the European Union and the Council of Europe, [31] which draft policies and proposals for legislative and regulatory policies on international level, [32] [33] [34] as well as international associations. [35] [36] [37]

Other activities included serving as a member of the Policy and Scientific Committee of the European Privacy Association. [38]

Publications

Articles

Books

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