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General Information
Full Name | Julia Krämer |
Contact | j.k.kramer@law.eur.nl |
Languages | English, German, Dutch |
Research Interests | Empirical Legal Studies, Data Protection Law, Platform Regulation, Mobile Tracking |
Education
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2022 LL.M. in Competition Law and Regulation
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany -
2019 B.A. in European Studies, majoring EU Law
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Experience
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03.2022 - 03.2026 PhD Researcher
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - In my dissertation, I explore the role of mobile platforms (mobile operating systems and mobile app stores) in setting privacy and data protection standards for mobile apps. My PhD project is part of the Empirical Legal Studies Centre and the initiative of Rebalancing Public & Private Interests.
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01.2025 - 02. 2025 Visiting Research Fellow
Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin, Germany. - Part of the Research Group Norm Setting and Decision Processes.
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02.2020 - 02.2022 Research Assistant
ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany - As a research assistant in the Competition and Innovation group, my tasks included web scraping and data cleaning with Python, the empirical analysis of privacy policies and their compliance with legal requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation with R.
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04.2021 - 06.2021 Intern
Monopolies Commission, Bonn, Germany - During my internship, I was focusing on platform regulation and prepared several memoranda on the objectives, systematics and conduct obligations of the EU Commission's proposal on the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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02.2021 - 03.2021 Intern
Bundeskartellamt, Bonn, Germany - As an intern at the Digital Economy Department I was analysing the economic and legal implications of the Commission proposals of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Selected Publications
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Between Privacy and Profit: The Dual Role of PETs in Mobile Tracking
- European Data Protection Law Review, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2025/2/7, 2025.
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The death of privacy policies: How app stores shape GDPR compliance of apps
- Internet Policy Review, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.2.1757, 2024.
Organisation
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2025 - Part of the Organisation Team of the Workshop Security in the Digital Age
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2024 - Member of the Program commitee of the Symposium on Scaling AI Assessments, in cooperation with Fraunhofer Institute
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2023 - Organisation of the Law, AI and Regulation conference, together with Kostina Prifti and Esra Demir
Honors and Awards
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2025 - Finalist EDPL Young Scholars Award
- Visiting Fellowship at Weizenbaum Institut
Outreach
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2025 - Blog post in the Digital Constitutionalist Regulating the Regulators: Can App Stores Strengthen Privacy in the Mobile Ecosystem?
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2023 - Guest in Judith Blijden's Podcast The Digital Period in which I talk about how period apps track and use data. Click here to listen to the episode!