Wenkai Li

Wenkai Li is a PhD researcher at the Law, Science, Technology and Society Research Group (LSTS) and a member of the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL). He started his position in February 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Paul Quinn.

Wenkai's research centres on the intersection of law, technology, and health, with a focus on data protection issues involving health data and health research, in particular, the secondary use of electronic health data under the framework of the European Health Data Space (EHDS). He is also engaged with the FACILITATE project (FrAmework for ClInicaL trIal participants daTA reutilization for a fully Transparent and Ethical ecosystem) funded by the Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI), which aims to develop solutions for the return and secondary use of clinical trial data of study participants.

Before joining VUB, Wenkai completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Advanced Studies in Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, the Netherlands. He subsequently worked as a research assistant at the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) of Leiden Law School. Prior to coming to Europe, he obtained his Bachelor of Law (LL.B.) in China.