Research Fellows/PhDs

EDUCATION: LL.M International Human Rights Law, University of Groningen (The Netherlands); LL.B (Hons) Law with European Legal Studies, University of Aberdeen (UK)

MAIN INSTITUTION: University of Groningen (The Netherlands)

SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (MVNIA), Romania; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Gjøvik (Norway); Synergetics NV group (SYN), Belgium

SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Irena Chiru

Predicting the future of morphing the current, unified Internet into a heterogeneously networked Ecosystem of Ecosystems demands the study and design of ecosystem architectures and protocols. The objective of the research is to study data policies in the challenging intersection of resource-constrained digital environments, as well as organisational, national and European information policies and laws.

EDUCATION: M.Sc in Cybersecurity Engineering, İstanbul Şehir University (Turkey)
MAIN INSTITUTION: The University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik (Norway), The Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague (The Netherlands), The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim), Oslo (Norway)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Katrin Franke
CO-SUPERVISORS: Prof. Dr. Ing. Zeno Geradts, Prof. Dr. Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici

EDUCATION: MA Politics, Security and Integration – University College London (UK); BA (Hons) Politics, Queen Mary, University of London (UK)
MAIN INSTITUTION: “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (Romania)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: University of Malta (Malta), University of Groningen (The Netherlands), ØKOKRIM (Norway)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Irena Chiru
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Joseph Cannataci

EDUCATION: LL.M. University of Southampton (UK); LLB, Mekelle University (Ethiopia)
MAIN INSTITUTION: University of Malta (Malta)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: Edith Cowan University – Security Research Institute, Australia; University of Groningen – Faculty of Law – Security Technology & e-Privacy Research Group, Netherlands; ERICSSON, Norway
MAIN SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Joseph A. Cannataci
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Craig Valli

EDUCATION: LL.M. in IT and IP law, Institute for Legal Informatics, Leibniz University Hannover (Germany)
MAIN INSTITUTION: Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques, Florence (Italy)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Katrin Franke, Dr. Maria Angela Biasiotti

EDUCATION: M.Sc. in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (School of Psychology) – University of Padova (Italy)
MAIN INSTITUTION: University of Malta (Malta)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest (Romania), University of Groningen, Groningen (The Netherlands), Økokrim, Oslo (Norway)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Noellie Brockdorff
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Irena Chiru

EDUCATION: LL.M. Human Rights and Criminal Justice – Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway (Republic of Ireland)
MAIN INSTITUTION: “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest (Romania)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: University of Malta (Malta)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Irena Chiru
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Joseph Cannataci

Evidence derived from computing and network infrastructures using digital forensics techniques is playing an increasingly important role, e.g. in corporate compliance activities, criminal investigations, counter terrorism and intelligence operations. Investigators and intelligence analysts demand the possibility to enrich the collected evidence with information from open sources, e.g. data available on the Internet. The objective of the research is to establish an evidence value and quality-assessment framework that allows the linkage and aggregation of digital evidence in a closed and in an open ecosystem.

EDUCATION: Advanced LL.M. Law and Digital Technologies, Leiden University, Leiden (The Netherlands); BBA, LLB (Hons), National Law University, Jodhpur (India)
MAIN INSTITUTION: University of Malta (Malta)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: University of Groningen (The Netherlands), “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest (Romania)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Joseph A. Cannataci
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. H.H.B. (Hans) Vedder

EDUCATION: LL.M. Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University (Sweden); LL.B. National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)
MAIN INSTITUTION: University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
SECONDMENTS: “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy (Romania); NTNU (Norway); OKOKRIM (Norway)
MAIN SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Irena Chiru

Main result of the research will be the conceptual framework for evaluating the reliability of digital evidence and the methods used to derive them. The objective is to develop a conceptual framework for evaluating the reliability of digital evidence. The so-called Daubert standard shall be translated from the contemporary analysis of physical evidence in the offline world, to the emerging challenge of forensic investigations in the digital, online world. Special focus shall be given to reliability and admissibility of online forensic methods and tools.

EDUCATION: Master of Geographic Information Science – University of Nottingham (UK)
MAIN INSTITUTION: Edith Cowan University (Australia)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: University of Groningen (Netherlands)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Craig Valli
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Jeanne Pia Mifsud Bonnici

EDUCATION: MSc Economics, University of Exeter, LLM University of Exeter, MA by Research in Law, University of Leeds (UK)
MAIN INSTITUTION: University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. H.H.B. (Hans) Vedder
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Joseph Cannataci

EDUCATION: LL.M. University Carlos III, Madrid (Spain); LL.B. (Hons) University of Deusto, Bilbao (Spain).
MAIN INSTITUTION: “Mihai Viteazul” National Intelligence Academy, Bucharest (Romania)
SECONDMENT INSTITUTIONS: University of Malta (Malta)
SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Irena Chiru
CO-SUPERVISOR: Prof. Dr. Joseph Cannataci