Linz, Upper Austria, Austria
Postdoctoral researcher in law (Dr.iur.), with a background in political science (Mag.phil.) and current habilitation candidate. Strong focus on digitalisation-related legal questions and European Law. European Law in all its dimensions. Considering its wider political context | Digitalisation & IT Law | Digital Single Market (DSA, DMA, AI Act, Data Act, Geoblocking, AI Act, EMFA | Platform Regulation | European Constitutional & Competition Law | Fundamental Rights (Freedom of expression on online platforms and fundamental rights binding effect on platform providers) | Philosophy of Law Engaged in research and passionate about teaching. Publications and talks (in English and German), as well as projects and other activities, can be found here: https://research.jku.at/en/persons/ranjana-andrea-achleitner Publications โ published and forthcoming โ listed below on LinkedIn
Department for European Law, Johannes Kepler University Linz ๐น๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ across Europe and beyond, with a strong research focus on digitalization (European Constitutional Law, Digital Single Market, fundamental rights, DSA, DMA, AI Act, Data Act, EMFA, geoblocking,) competition law, and legal philosophy. ๐นParticipation in third party funded ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ (for details, see: https://www.jku.at/institut-fuer-europarecht/ueber-uns/ranjana-andrea-achleitner/) ๐น๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (including conference volume) ๐น๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ and civil society, e.g., in cooperation with Europe Direct Austria ๐นAwarded multiple times for academic contributions ๐นCurrently working on my habilitation (European constitutional law) ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ : Lectures, Exam Preparation Seminar in European Law (consistently every semester since 2017) ๐นAwarded for excellence in teaching (2024) ๐น๐๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ the non-profesorial academic staff ("Mittelbau") in the ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ of the Johannnes Kepler University Linz ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ of the managing board of the Program AKTION รsterreich-Tschechische Republik (๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐) ๐นFor a full list of talks and publications, see: https://www.jku.at/institut-fuer-europarecht/ueber-uns/ranjana-andrea-achleitner/
The aim behind the EDC network is to provide the general public with access to European Commission publications and documents, and to help research the terms of EU legislation, specific policy areas and EU institutions.
Since October 2025 elected alternate member Representative of the non-professorial academic staff (Mittelbau) Full member;
Participated in the weekly meetings of the Information Law Institute (ILI) fellows and the Instituteโs Privacy Research Group. Delivered a presentation titled โRegulating Online Speech: The Role of Social Media Platforms in Upholding Fundamental Rightsโ as part of the ILI fellows meeting, followed by discussion. Participation was outside a structured fellowship, as my professional obligations did not allow for an extended stay. Conducted independent research in the NYU Law Library, pursuing my ongoing research.
Institute of European Law Seminar: Digitalisierung im Privatrecht Solely conducted a specialised seminar dedicated to the guidance of dissertation and thesis candidates.