Sorush Ghodsi

Sorush joined the Cyber & Data Security Lab (CDSL) within the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology, and Society (LSTS) at VUB's Faculty of Law and Criminology in September 2026, as a PhD Candidate and Researcher under the supervision of Prof. Vagelis Papakonstantinou. His doctoral research examines enforcement gaps in EU data protection and digital law through a Game-Theory assessment, in particular where the rules on paper fail to translate into practice. His research interests include data protection, EU digital regulation, and AI governance.

He holds an Advanced LL.M. in Intellectual Property & ICT Law from KU Leuven (2025), with a thesis on data protection compliance in the EU anti-money laundering framework. He also holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, where his thesis examined the use of AI systems in letter-of-credit and trade-guarantee processes. He is CIPP/E certified.

Sorush is a qualified lawyer and has been a member of the Iranian Bar since 2021. His legal practice has covered commercial, IP, and technology contracts, data protection, and AI regulation, including work as a licensed arbitrator in Tehran and as a data protection advisor to technology companies in Brussels.