Martin Husovec [Husovec is pronounced Husovets, or Husoveck] is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Martin is also a legal counsel, and a social enterpreneur.

Academic

Martin’s scholarship deals with questions of innovation policy and digital liberties, particularly intellectual property law, platform regulation, and freedom of expression. He is one of the leading experts on regulation of digital services in Europe (e.g., EU Digital Services Act, and UK Online Safety Act).

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Legal Counsel

Martin helped to draft laws, recommendations, judicial decisions, and represented public interest clients in a number of cases before courts. Over the years, he filed a number of amicus curiae briefs before the European Court of Human Rights and represented NGOs third-party interveners before the Court of Justice of the European Union in the leading digital technology cases.

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Social entrepreneur

In 2009, Martin co-founded European Information Society Institute (EISi), an NGO that operates the alternative dispute resolution system in Slovakia. In 2022, with his wife, Lucia, he co-founded, Zip Citizenship, a project helping people with Slovak heritage around the world to reconnect with the country of their ancestors. In 2024, he founded Platfom Regulation Academy, an educational venture for platform regulation professionals; and together with his parents and siblings, RozBEH, an NGO helping children with disabilities and their families experience joy, growth, and friendship in a safe environment.

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