ECONtribute Cluster member Prof Dr Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider takes office as Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information.
Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider is a digital expert and has held the Chair of Civil Law, Data Economy Law, Data Protection, Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn since 2018. She has been a member of the ECONtribute Cluster since 2019: Markets & Public Policy.
In May 2024, the German Bundestag elected Prof Specht-Riemenschneider as Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The election was at the suggestion of the Federal Government. Now she officially takes up the new office.
‘This is a great recognition of her outstanding achievements in the field of data protection. We wish Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider a successful term in office and look forward to continuing our cooperation,’ says Prof Dr Thomas Dohmen, spokesperson for ECONtribute.
