My name is Sara Garsia and since October 2023 I have been working as a legal research associate at the Centre for IT and IP Law (CiTiP) of the KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology, with a research focus on human-centered AI Governance, in the context of the EU funded project THEMIS 5.0. I’ve recently started my PhD at KU Leuven, where, along with the research of the FLEXIQ project, I will be exploring the data-driven energy transition through the lens of energy justice, focusing on the flexibility of power consumers.

Before joining CiTiP, I developed my background as a lawyer at the intersection of law and technology, private and company law in an Italian law firm, while engaging in several academic activities at LUISS University (lecturing, teaching assistance and tutoring) in the areas of virtual currencies, trust services and company law.

I hold a master’s degree in law cum laude from LUISS University and an advanced LL.M. of IP and ICT Law magna cum laude from KU Leuven. I am admitted to the Italian Bar.

I see law as a means to have an impact on the pressing societal and environmental challenges we are facing, and I’m committed to conduct meaningful and socially impactful legal research!