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ŽALNIERIŪTĖ MONIKA, Research Professor Dr.

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Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise

AI & Technology Law, Critical AI Studies, International Law & Technology, Human Rights & Technology, Feminist and Decolonial Theory, LGBTI Rights.

Education

  • 2011-2014 PhD in Law, European University Institute (Florence, Italy).
  • 2010-2011 LLM Comparative, European and International Law, European University Institute (Florence, Italy).
  • 2009-2010 LLM European Law, Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands).
  • 2006-2009 LLB (1st Class) European and International Law, University of the West of England (Bristol, United Kingdom).

Main publications

  • Žalnieriūtė, Monika; Limantė, Agnė (eds.). The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Technologies in Courts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2026.
  • Matulionytė, Rita; Žalnieriūtė, Monika (eds.). Cambridge Handbook on Facial Recognition in the Modern State. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
  • Bednarz, Zuzanna; Žalnieriūtė, Monika (eds.). Money, Power and AI. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
  • Žalnieriūtė, Monika. Against Procedural Fetishism: A Call for a New Digital Constitution // Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2023, Vol. 30(2), p. 227–264.
  • Žalnieriūtė, Monika; Bennett Moses, Lyria; Williams, George. Rule of Law and Automation in Government Decision-Making // Modern Law Review, 2019, Vol. 82(3), p. 425–455.

Main scientific and research projects

  • 2025-2027 Sole Principal Investigator, Horizon Europe, Marie Skladowska Curie Fellowship ‘AI in Courts: Judicial Values in the Age of AI’ (M. Zalnieriute, €216,240)
  • 2023-2025 Lead Principal Investigator ‘AI and Courts: Legal Challenges and Solutions’ (M. Zalnieriute, A. Limante, Lithuanian Research Council, €150,000)
  • 2021-2025 Sole Principal Investigator, ‘AI Decision-Making, Data Privacy and Discrimination Laws’ (M. Zalnieriute, (Australian Research Council, $426,530 AUD)
  • 2021-2023 Principal Investigator, ‘Government Use of Facial Recognition Technologies: Legal Challenges and Solutions’ (R. Matulionyte, M. Zalnieriute, A. Limante, E. Kavoliunaite) (Lithuanian Research Council, €150,000)
  • 2016-2018 Sole Principal Investigator, Melbourne Law School Postdoctoral Fellowship ‘Digital Rights of Marginalized Groups: LGBTI & Big Data’ (M. Zalnieriute) (approx. $375,000 AUD)

Membership in editorial boards

  • Referee / Reviewer, Modern Law Review
  • Editor and Reviewer, Cambridge University Press
  • Referee / Reviewer, Oxford University Press
  • Referee/ Reviewer, Hart Publishing, Bloomsbury
  • Special Guest Editor and Reviewer, Internet Policy Review.

Significant expert activity, membership

  • Expert report ‘AI Decision-Making and the Courts: A Guide for Judges, Tribunal Members and Court Administrators’, Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, December 2023 (F. Bell, L. Bennett Moses, M. Legg, J. Silove and M. Zalnieriute, (previous edition June 2022)).
  • Expert policy report, United Nations Internet Governance Forum Dynamic Coalition on Platform Responsibility, Glossary of Platform Law and Policy Terms, December 2020.
  • Expert report ‘The Privacy and Data Protection Regulatory Framework for C-ITS and AV Systems,’ Report for the National Transport Commission, 2018 (D. Vale, M. Zalnieriute and L. Bennett Moses).
  • World Health Organization expert report ‘Tackling Food Marketing to Children in a Digital World: Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives,’ WHO Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2016 (M. Tatlow-Golden, E. Boyland, J. Jewell, M. Zalnieriute, E. Handsley, J. Breda) – translated to Russian
  • Council of Europe expert report ‘A Council of Europe Analysis on ICANN’s Procedures and Policies in the Light of Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms and Democratic Values,’ Council of Europe, Strasbourg, DGI(2014)12 (M. Zalnieriute and T. Schneider) – citations and mentions by EU Parliament, EU Commission).

Awards

  • 2025 Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate “Data Protection Award” (Lithuania)
  • 2024 Lithuanian Ministry of Justice “Human Rights Award” (Lithuania)
  • 2020 Australian Research Council, Discovery Early Career Award (Australia)
  • 2019 ‘Emerging Thought Leader’ UNSW Law & Justice Nomination (Australia)
  • 2019 ‘Emerging Scholar of Note’ Award, Justice and Social Democracy International Conference, Australia.

Popularization of science

  • The Guardian, ‘Telstra phone records might reveal who decided to use security guards in Victoria’s hotel quarantine, Interview, 08 October 2020
  • Gizmodo Magazine, ‘Victoria Won’t Release COVIDSafe Access Figures,’ Interview, 1 July 2020
  • Australian Financial Review, ‘Why the Coalition blinked on the facial recognition database,’ Interview, 25 October 2019

Languages

English, Lithuanian.