PROFIL PRACOWNIKA: Aleksandra Olbryk
mgr Aleksandra Olbryk
SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Lodz, specialization: legal sciences. Thesis supervisor: prof. dr. hab. Monika Namysłowska.
Carrying out scientific and didactic work.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Education:
INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration), Fontainebleau, France
INSEAD Summer School Program 2024
July 2024 – August 2024
Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Lodz
Specialization: Legal Studies – Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. Monika Namysłowska
Dissertation Title: The Legal Limits of Green Nudging: Consumer Protection in the Age of Technology and Sustainability
October 2023 – September 2027
Faculty of Law, University of Grenoble-Alpes, France
Studies within the Erasmus+ program, obtaining the French law diploma DU Diplôme de Droit Français (grade: good)
September 2022 – May 2023
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz
Full-time law studies, Master's thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
Thesis Title: Recommender Systems from the Perspective of EU Consumer Law
October 2018 – June 2023
Faculty of Law, University of Tours, France, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz
One-year École de Droit Français program – French Law School, obtaining the French law diploma DU Diplôme de Droit Français de Lodz (grade: good)
November 2021 – July 2022
Faculty of Law, University of Toulouse, France, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk, Poland
Interdisciplinary French Law School École de Droit Français, obtaining a certificate
January 2021 – June 2021
Research Grants:
Principal investigator
Project: L egal Limits of Interfering with Consumer Decision-Making Autonomy in the Online Environment , funded by the Doctoral Research Grants Competition – 2024 Edition, IDUB UŁ, for implementation during 2025-2026 (decision no. 4/DGB/2024)
December 2024 – October 2026
Researcher in the project
Project: Consumer Protection and Artificial Intelligence: Between Law and Ethics, funded by the National Science Centre under the OPUS 16 competition. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
October 2023 – Present
Principal investigator
Project: Consumer Protection Against Dark Patterns in EU Law, funded by Student Research Grants of the University of Lodz. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
June 2022 – March 2023
Student Research Grant, University of Lodz
Project: Consumer Protection Against Recommender Systems in the Real Estate Market, funded by Student Research Grants of the University of Lodz. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
March 2022 – December 2022
Other Projects:
Representative of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz in the Council for the Development of Young Researchers
The main tasks of the Council, appointed for the 2025–2028 term by the Rector of the University of Lodz, Prof. Rafał Matera, include ensuring favorable conditions for early-career researchers and supporting them in conducting their research.
February 2025 – present
Member of the working team for digitizing civil procedure at the Civil Law Codification Commission
The team consists of leading academics and civil law practitioners working on adapting Polish civil procedure to the requirements of the digital era. My duties include preparing meeting protocols
January 2025 – Present
Secretary of the Program Council at Forkon – Forum of Consumer Organizations
Forkon is a consumer think tank gathering consumer organizations operating in Poland. The Program Council serves as an advisory body, consisting of experts from academia and business specializing in consumer issues
October 2023 – Present
Tech Law Clinics
Participation in a project co-financed under the Erasmus+ program on artificial intelligence (chatbots), conducted by the University of Lodz, Catholic University of Lyon, University of Nijmegen, University of Piemonte Orientale, and Jagiellonian University
October 2021 – April 2022
Scholarships and Awards:
- Best Research Paper Award for a paper co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska, presented at the 12th Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC), held at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest
December 2024 - Competition Law Association Award for the best Master's thesis in the "Consumer Protection" category
April 2024 - First Prize from the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for the best Master's thesis in the field of consumer protection
April 2024 - University of Lodz Rector's Scholarship for the best students for the academic year 2021/2022
- Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship "Masters of Didactics"
Participation in a tutoring program for talented students. Tutor: Karolina Sztobryn, P
March 2022 – July 2022 - University of Lodz Rector's Scholarship for the best students for the academic year 2020/2021
Publications:
- A. Olbryk, Recommender Systems from the Perspective of EU Consumer Law , Warsaw, 2024, ISBN 978-83-64681-45-5
Publication of the Master's thesis by the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection under the first prize in the UOKiK competition for the best Master's thesis in the field of consumer protection. The thesis was written under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska at the Department of European Economic Law. - A. Olbryk, “‘Other users also like...’ – A Perspective on Recommender Systems in the DSA”, in: J. Suchoza, J. Husar, R. Huckova (eds.), Právo, obchod a ekonomika XII, Pavel Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, SafarikPress 2023, ISBN 978-80-574-0255-8
- A. Olbryk, “Consumer Protection Against Recommender Systems”, iKAR, no. 5(11) 2022, DOI: 10.7172/2299-5749
Research presented in the article was funded by the University of Lodz Student Research Grant from June 2022. - K. Sztobryn, A. Olbryk, “Consumer, Can You Hear Me? Some Remarks on Consumer Protection for the Hearing-Impaired in EU and French Law”, in: M. Namysłowska, K. Podgórski, E. Sługocka-Krupa (eds.), Challenges for Consumer Law in a Global, Regional, and Local Dimension, Warsaw 2022, ISBN 978-83-8291-408-5
Conferences and Presentations:
- Presentation: "Smart Governance in Poland: The Case Study of the City of Lodz", co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC), 12th Edition, National School of Political and Administrative Studies SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania
December 2024 - Presentation: "AI-based Chatbots – New Issues after the Consumer Law Fitness Check", co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
VI Conference on New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence: Legal and Practical Aspects of the Digital Economy, National Education Commission University, Krakow
October 2024 - Presentation: "Consumer-Citizen Empowerment in the Digital Age: Reflections on Online Political Advertising", co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
1st European Conference of the International Association of Consumer Law, Griton College, Cambridge
September 2024 - Presentation: "The Sustainable Lending Dilemma in the New Consumer Credit Directive: Ensuring Social Justice in Consumer Credit Sales", co-authored with MSc Aleksandra Hyła, PhD Candidate at UAM
1st European Conference of the International Association of Consumer Law, Griton College, Cambridge
September 2024 - Presentation of a case study on property law under Polish law during a panel for young researchers, co-authored with Trainee Advocate Konrad Panuszewski
Association Henri Capitant World Congress "Property Law", University of Antananarivo, Madagascar
June 2024 - Presentation: "Greening the Online Consumer - When Does a Green Nudge Become an Undue Manipulation?"
11th International Conference of PhD Students and Young Researchers, Law and Beyond: Anything New on the Legal Front?, Vilnius University, Lithuania
May 2024 - Presentation: "European Election Campaign – Limits of Political Advertising in the Political Advertising Regulation and the Digital Services Act"
Doctoral Seminar on "EU Law and its Impact on Polish Legislation and Application – Current Legal Issues", Institute of Legal Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
April 2024 - Presentation on the Artificial Intelligence Act
International Conference "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Business World", University of Lodz
January 2024 - Presentation: "Green Dark Patterns: Consumer Protection Between New Technologies and Ecology"
Osnabrück Research Forum, University of Osnabrück, Germany
November 2023 - Participation in a panel discussion on the rights of young consumers – youth and the Digital Services Act
Global Entrepreneurship Day organized by the Federation of Consumers and the Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw
November 2023 - Presentation: “‘Other users also like...’ – A Perspective on Recommender Systems in the DSA”
12th Law, Business, and Economics Symposium organized by Pavel Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, High Tatras, Slovakia
October 2023 - Presentation: “Buy Now, Regret Later! Dark Patterns in Recommender Systems”, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska
National Scientific Conference Evolution of Internet Law: The Digital Services Act, University of Wroclaw
October 2023 - Participation in a panel discussion on consumer organizations – the French model of financing consumer organizations
1st National Consumer Conference, University of Wroclaw
October 2023 - Participation in a roundtable on environmental certificates, greenwashing, and changes in environmental information regulations – the example of French regulations
Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw
June 2023 - Presentation: "Dark Patterns and Eco-Manipulating Consumers Online"
10th Anniversary International Consumer Conference "Contemporary Consumer Market – Sales and Services", Cracow University of Economics
June 2023 - Presentation of a case study on environmental damage liability under Polish law during a panel for young researchers
Association Henri Capitant World Congress "Environmental Liability", University of Lodz
June 2023 - Participation in a roundtable on EKO PRODUCTS OR EKO SCAM – example of French solutions
4th International Climate Summit TOGETAIR, Warsaw
April 2023 - Presentation of a case study on crowdfunding platforms under Polish law during a panel for young researchers, co-authored with Attorney Alicja Tarkowska
Association Henri Capitant World Congress "Platforms", Externado University, Colombia
October 2022 - Presentation: "Guidelines for Influencer Marketing Actions from a Comparative Legal Perspective"
Scientific Conference "Advertising or Scam? Influencer Advertising on Social Media", Lazarski University
June 2022 - Presentation: "Consumer Protection for the Hearing-Impaired as a Particularly Vulnerable Group, in the Context of EU Regulations", co-authored with Konrad Rutkowski
8th International Consumer Conference "Challenges for Consumer Law in a Global, Regional, and Local Dimension", University of Lodz
October 2021 - Presentation: "Smart Government for Education in Light of the Draft Regulation on Artificial Intelligence"
National Scientific Conference "New Technologies in Public Administration", Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
June 2021
CONTACT DETAILS AND OFFICE HOURS
e-mail: aleksandra.olbryk@wpia.uni.lodz.pl
Matejki 21/23 () room: SDNS 90-237 Łódź
Kopcińskiego 8/12 room: 3.30 90-232 Łódź
CYCLICAL DUTYTUESDAY
10:30 - 12:00On 04/08/2025, the consultation hour will be held remotely. Please indicate your willingness to participate in the consultation hour by e-mail. A remote meeting is also possible.