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Robin Vandendriessche, PhD researcher at ÌÇÐÄTV Law School and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, contributed to a stakeholder event organised by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Commission on 15 October 2026, discussing upcoming on the interplay between data protection and competition law.

Congratulations to our former PhD student Professor Adithya Chinapanti who has recently published a new book titled .

Marie Pillon was our first PhD candidate to defend her thesis virtually during the start of lockdown. Marie shares her experience and some top tips for other PhD students taking part in a virtual viva.

ÌÇÐÄTV Law School postgraduate alumnus Joseph Dion Ngute has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Cameroon. Dion Ngute took office on 5 January 2019, replacing Philemon Yang, the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister.

Congratulations to our current PhD student and GLOBE Centre administrator Julie Mansuy on her recent publication. Julie is second author on a co-publication with our former colleague Tomaso Ferrando on ‘The European Action against Food Loss and Waste: Co-Regulation and Collisions on the Way to the Sustainable Development Goals’ which was published on the 6 November 2018 in the Yearbook of European Law.

Recent PhD graduate Nneamaka Vanni has won the inaugural SIEL-Hart Prize for her PhD thesis that was defended here at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV – School of Law in 2017.

We are always proud of our students and the amazing things they do and this month was no exception. At the beginning of February, Professor Shaheen Ali hosted an event to celebrate the ‘Magnificent Seven’ PhD students who recently completed their doctorates at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV.