Aurore Troussel

12 December 2023

Aurore Troussel is a PhD candidate at the Université de Montréal (Canada) and a visiting PhD student at HEC Paris. She is a research assistant at HEC Paris in the Smart Law Hub. Aurore is a qualified lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in competition and privacy law. She holds a master’s degree in European business law from Pantheon-Assas University and in International law and management from HEC Paris.

Before starting her PhD, Aurore worked as a trainee at the European Commission, in a legal tech company (Justice.cool), and in two international law firms. Aurore’s research focuses on the regulation of digital platforms and their regulatory power.

Her PhD explores digital platform tools and architecture to provide insight into the way these powerful firms regulate their users. In her research, Aurore is developing methodologies to audit digital platforms in the context of the emerging EU platform law. Her interests and research also focus on the regulation of artificial intelligence systems. Aurore is conducting research on the use of generative AI in the workplace and potential regulations.

At the Smart Law Hub, Aurore is leading a research project on Content Moderation and the Digital Services Act, as well as a project on GPTs in the workplace.