Katarzyna Barud

Katarzyna Barud

Belgium, Brussels
Legal Officer at Directorate General Research & Innovation (DG RTD) - European Commission
Profession: Academic / Scholar, Lawyer
Industry: Academia, Data Privacy, AI, Cybersecurity, Digital, Data Ethics, Compliance, Public Policy, EU Affairs

About:

Katarzyna is a Legal Officer at the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation, European Commission, where she contributes to shaping EU's research and innovation legal and policy landscape. Before joining the service she was a research associate at the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law (University of Vienna). She holds degrees from the University of Warsaw and the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität in Munich (LL.M. Eur.), and is certified as a CIPP/E.

languages

English, Polish, German

Expertise:

AdvocacyData regulations Commercial agreementsCompliance ProgrammesEU LawE-CommerceElectronic Communications RegulationIPLegal AdviceLegal Research

Experience:

Directorate General Research & Innovation (DG RTD) - European Commission

Legal Officer at Directorate General Research & Innovation (DG RTD) - European Commission

June 2025 - Present • Brussels, Belgium

Legal advice on the research & innovation-related frameworks at the EU level.

University of Vienna, Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law

Research Associate at University of Vienna, Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law

4 years 1 mth • March 2021 - April 2025 • Vienna, Austria

Legal advice and legal research for projects focusing on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and the development of data spaces and data brokerage services. Teaching on new technologies legal landscape. Organisation of and participation in conferences, panel discussions, workshops.

Education:

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

2018 - 2020

LL.M. in European and International Business Law (LL.M. Eur.) with the focus on data protection law, intellectual property law, competition law, M&As, compliance and corporate governance, international private law.

University of Warsaw

2012 - 2017

Faculty of Law and Administration, Law Studies

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