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Mónika Mercz

Mónika Mercz, JD, is a HF visiting fellow at the GW Competition & Innovation Lab, completing a PhD in Law and Political Sciences at the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Budapest, Hungary. She obtained her law degree at the University of Miskolc, where she specialized in English legal translation, later gaining an AI and Law degree from the University of Lisbon. Mónika’s past and present research focuses on constitutional identity and essential state functions of EU Member States, data protection aspects of DNA testing, children’s rights and modern technologies.
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