Austrian Academy of Sciences
Christiane Wendehorst has been Professor of Civil Law at the University of Vienna since 2008, Co-Head of the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law and Head of the Research Centre for European Legal Development and Private Law Reform. She is, among other things, a founding member, past President (2017-2021) and since 2022 Scientific Director of the European Law Institute (ELI) as well as President of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW).
Her current research focuses on the legal aspects of digitalisation, the use of AI in the contractual context and the adaptation of data protection law to the challenges posed by AI and the data economy.