Dr. Vicky Breemen

Dr. Vicky Breemen

Assistant Professor
Molengraaff Institute for Private Law
v.e.breemen@uu.nl

Vicky Breemen is Assistant Professor at Utrecht University’s Centre for Intellectual Property Law (CIER; Molengraaff Institute for Private Law) and the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice. She holds a research master’s degree (cum laude, 2012) and a doctorate in information law (2018), both from the University of Amsterdam. She wrote her PhD thesis on the future principles of a library privilege in copyright law at the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam. Her dissertation was awarded the Dutch Association of Information Professionals’ annual prize for best publication (Victorine van Schaickprijs KNVI, 2019).

A central thread in Vicky’s research is the interplay between law, culture and technology, utilizing both legal and nonlegal concepts and sources. Her interdisciplinary research interests include copyright law; fundamental rights such as freedom of (artistic) expression; and cultural heritage institutions and digitization.