Sylvia Kierkegaard
legal scholar
Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard was a Philippine jurist who specialized in computer law.
The breadth of her research included a wide range of topics, such as comparative contract law, alternative dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, European Union law, privacy law, electronic commerce, cybersecurity, computer law, and Information privacy (i.e., data protection). She wrote and edited books and journal articles.
She was the president of the International Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL), an association of IT lawyers and legal scholars specializing in computer law, privacy, and security.
In 2003, she finished an International Masters degree in European Business and Law at Aarhus University.
She died in 2015.
Career
Kierkegaard was a professor at the Communications University of China, professor-research fellow at The Institute for Law and the Web (ILAWS; University of Southampton), and adjunct professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University.
She was a frequent keynote speaker, invited expert, and panelist of various international workshops organised by international institutions, judiciary, European Union, television, and government bodies.
Community service
Kierkegaard served as chair of the Organizing Committee of the IAITL legal conference series and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology, International Journal of Private Law, and the International Journal of Public Law and Policy. She serves also as associate editor of the International Journal of Intercultural Information Management, and managing editor of the Journal of Legal Technology Risk and Management.
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