Biography

Professor Christopher Kuner is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Copenhagen and Senior Privacy Counsel in the Brussels office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He is also an associate in the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge and a Senior Fellow at the Future of Privacy Forum. Previously, he was Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Brussels Privacy Hub at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) from 2014 to 2023.

He has taught at institutions such as the University of Cambridge, the European University Institute, and the Hague Academy of International Law, and has been a visiting professor at Chuo University in Tokyo. He has been actively involved in EU and global data protection law since the 1990s, contributing to international organizations such as the Council of Europe, OECD, and UNCITRAL.

Dr. Kuner is the founder and editor-in-chief of the law journal International Data Privacy Law and one of the principal editors of the Oxford University Press commentary on the GDPR. He has published several books and numerous articles on data protection, EU law, and international legal issues. He is also a member of the European Commission’s Multisectoral Stakeholder Expert Group on the GDPR.

In recognition of his contributions to data protection law, he has received awards such as the Best Consumer Supporter award from the Government of Japan and the Burton Award for Excellence in Legal Writing. He is fluent in English and German and speaks intermediate-level Russian.