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Teaching Staff

Professor Ioana VASIU

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Academic Involvement

  • Cybercrime

  • ICT Law

  • e-Commerce, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Law (in English)

  • History of Romanian Law

Education and Training

  • Doctor of Juridical Science, Faculty of Law, Babeş-Bolyai University (1994, Magna Cum Laude)

  • Human Rights General and Specialized Courses, Academy of European Law, European University Institute, Italy, 2001

  • Law Bachelor Degree, Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (1991, Magna Cum Laude)

Recent Publications

I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
  1. I. Vasiu, Mijloace de plată fără numerar & Sistem informatic și date informatice, Explicaţiile codului penal, Vol.2: Articolele 53-187, Ed. Universul Juridic, 2025;
  2. B. Hefley, M. Pańkowska, I. Vasiu, Cyber Trust Cultivation Premise and Development, in “Trust, Digital Business and Technology” (J. Paliszkiewicz, J. Goluchowski & J.L. Guerrero Cusumano, Eds.), 33-48, Routledge (2022).
II. Articles
  1. I. Vasiu, L. Vasiu, Survey Evidence in Trademark Actions, Depaul Business & Commercial Law Journal, 22 (1), 57-80 (2024);
  2. I. Vasiu, L. Vasiu, A Framework for Effective Smart Contracting, Bratislava Law Review, 7(2), 107–122 (2023);
  3. I. Vasiu, L. Vasiu, Cross-Jurisdictional Analysis of Damage Awards in Copyright Infringement Cases, Journal Of Intellectual Property Law, 28(1), 93-130 (2021);
  4. I. Vasiu, L. Vasiu, Cyber Extortion and Threats: Analysis of the United States Case Law, Masaryk University Journal Of Law And Technology, 14 (1), 3-28 (2020);
  5. I. Vasiu, L. Vasiu, Criminal Copyright Infringement: Forms, Extent, and Prosecution in the United States, University Of Bologna Law Review, 4 (2), 229-260 (2019);
  6. I. Vasiu, L. Vasiu, Cybersecurity as an Essential Sustainable Economic Development Factor, European Journal Of Sustainable Development, 7 (4), 171-178 (2018).

Recent Conferences

  • Cyber Disinformation Risk Perception and Control, Defending Democracy Colloquium, Indiana University, 2023

  • I Do Not ‘WannaCry’ Anymore: Cybersecurity New Framework, Legal Accelerators Conference, 2021

Research Projects

  • FP7 project “CONSENT: Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content (UGC) services in the digital economy”, European Commission, May 2010 – April 2013

  • OLAF project “Rights of Defence in Fraud Investigations”, 2004-2005

  • “Provision of Information by Courts and Court Administrations: A Comparative Inventory of Eight European Countries and the USA” project, Dutch Council for the Judiciary, 2005

  • “Grotius II (Criminal)” project, European Commission, 2002

Affiliations

  • External Affiliate, Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University.
  • Member of the Board of Directors 2014-2024, International Association of Penal Law (AIDP-IAPL).

Competitions and Awards

  • Excellence in Scientific Research Prize, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, 2023
  • Excellence in Scientific Research Prize, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, 2017
  • “Vintila Dongoroz” Prize, Romanian Jurists Union, 2016