Ranjana Andrea Achleitner

๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Postdoctoral Researcher | PhD in Law (Dr.iur) | Masterโ€™s Degree (Mag.phil) in Political Science | Habilitation Candidate

Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

About

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

Experience

  • Johannes Kepler Universitรคt Linz (9 yrs 9 mos)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher (Universitรคtsassistentin PostDoc, Habilitation Candidate)
      Oct 2020 - Present ยท 5 yrs 9 mos

      Department for European Law, Johannes Kepler University Linz ๐Ÿ”น๐‹๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ 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. ๐Ÿ”นParticipation in third party funded ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ (for details, see: https://www.jku.at/institut-fuer-europarecht/ueber-uns/ranjana-andrea-achleitner/) ๐Ÿ”น๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (including conference volume) ๐Ÿ”น๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ and civil society, e.g., in cooperation with Europe Direct Austria ๐Ÿ”นAwarded multiple times for academic contributions ๐Ÿ”นCurrently working on my habilitation (European constitutional law) ๐Ÿ”น๐“๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ : Lectures, Exam Preparation Seminar in European Law (consistently every semester since 2017) ๐Ÿ”นAwarded for excellence in teaching (2024) ๐Ÿ”น๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  the non-profesorial academic staff ("Mittelbau") in the ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ”น๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ of the Johannnes Kepler University Linz ๐Ÿ”น๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ of the managing board of the Program AKTION ร–sterreich-Tschechische Republik (๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€) ๐Ÿ”นFor a full list of talks and publications, see: https://www.jku.at/institut-fuer-europarecht/ueber-uns/ranjana-andrea-achleitner/

    • Scientific Coordinator of the European Documentation Centre (EDC) at Johannes Kepler University Linz
      Oct 2016 - Present ยท 9 yrs 9 mos

      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.

    • Senate Member (elected full member) of the Johannes Kepler University Linz
      Oct 2023 - Oct 2025 ยท 2 yrs 1 mo

      Since October 2025 elected alternate member Representative of the non-professorial academic staff (Mittelbau) Full member;

  • Mitglied des wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Zeitschrift โ€œEuropรคisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrechtโ€ at Europรคisches Wirtschafts- und Steuerrecht (EWS)
    Jan 2026 - Present ยท 6 mos

  • Lecturer at Akademie der Steuerberater:innen und Wirtschaftsprรผfer:innen GmbH
    2023 - Present ยท 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Academic Guest (invited participation in research meetings and discussions at the ILI) at New York University School of Law
    Nov 2023 - Nov 2023 ยท 1 mo

    Participated in the weekly meetings of the Information Law Institute (ILI) fellows and the Instituteโ€™s Privacy Research Group. Delivered a presentation titled โ€œRegulating 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.

  • University Lecturer at Karl-Franzens-Universitรคt Graz
    Mar 2023 - Oct 2023 ยท 8 mos

    Institute of European Law Seminar: Digitalisierung im Privatrecht Solely conducted a specialised seminar dedicated to the guidance of dissertation and thesis candidates.