Profile

Law and Technology Through Research and Practice

I am a legal scholar and attorney working on the regulation of artificial intelligence, data protection, digital platforms and fundamental rights.

Matúš Mesarčík, legal scholar and attorney at law

Professional profile

Academic expertise and practical perspective

I am an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University Bratislava. I also work as an Ethics and Law Specialist at the Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies.

My research examines how law responds to technological change. I focus on European digital regulation, including the EU AI Act, the GDPR and the Digital Services Act, and on the broader relationship between technology, human autonomy and fundamental rights.

Alongside my academic work, I practise as an attorney at law. I advise on data protection, artificial intelligence governance and other regulatory questions connected with digital technologies.

I teach information technology law, artificial intelligence law, data protection law and legal informatics. I am the lead author of the first Slovak university textbook on law and artificial intelligence and the author of a university textbook on data protection.

My research has been referenced by the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic and included in reports prepared by the United Nations and the OECD. I served as a member of the stakeholder expert group involved in preparing the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice under the EU AI Act. I currently serve as the only representative of Slovakia in the EU AI Advisory Forum.

Current roles

Connecting research, technology and law

Comenius University Bratislava

Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law, Faculty of Law.

Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies

Ethics and Law Specialist, Ethics and Human Values in Technology research group.

Legal Practice

Attorney at Law registered in the Slovak Republic.

Education

Academic training

  • LL.M. in Law and Technology, Tilburg University, Tilburg Law School
  • Ph.D. in Administrative Law, Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law
  • Master of Law and Doctor of Law, Comenius University Bratislava, Faculty of Law

Lecturing

Law in its technological and institutional context

My teaching connects legal doctrine with specific technological and institutional problems. Courses use case studies, regulatory analysis and practical assignments.

  • Information Technology Law
  • Artificial Intelligence Law
  • Data Protection Law
  • Technology, Law, Society and Legal Informatics and related digital-law subjects