I am a lawyer, writer, and speaker, and an assistant professor of cybersecurity governance at Leiden University, based in the Netherlands.

My research focuses on the legal dimension of new technologies in the context of cybersecurity and cybercrime, or their regulation. This includes the intersection between (EU) criminal law and technology regulation, and human rights law more generally. My PhD research focused on the shifting responsibilities in EU security provision and crime control, and specifically the role of Europol and Online Service Providers in this regard.

I obtained my bachelor’s degrees in liberal arts and sciences (2017, with honours) and Dutch law (2017) from University College Utrecht and Utrecht University, the Netherlands. I received my master’s degrees in Law focusing on Internet, Intellectual Property and IT-law (2020, cum laude), from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands and in Comparative, European and International Laws (2022, ungraded) from the European University Institute, Italy.

In 2024 I was a visiting researcher at the New York University School of Law, where I worked on technology regulation, digital governance and the interplay between law and security from an American perspective.

You can reach me at l.j.f.ten.hulsen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl