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Independent Researcher — European Digital Regulation & Fundamental Rights

Evidence-based legal research on discrimination, digital platforms, child protection, and enforcement of EU law.

Research spans 27 countries and is published openly, in the public interest, in English, German, Dutch, Croatian, and Spanish — work built to be used by regulators, journalists, and the people the law is supposed to protect.

Digital Services Act Child Protection Minority Rights Platform Accountability
Goran Kolouch — Independent Researcher, Digital Services Act
27
Countries Studied
9
Published Works
5
Languages Spoken
DSA
Core Specialty

Highlighted Publications

Three pieces that best represent the current focus of this research — the full archive is available on the Research page.

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Areas of Focus

Research centered on the Digital Services Act, with a consistent throughline: minority and child-protection rights that exist on paper but fail in enforcement.

01.

Digital Services Act

Systemic risk obligations, platform accountability, and the enforcement gap between what the DSA requires and what regulators actually pursue.

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Digital Services Act
02.

Child Protection & Digital Rights

Where minor-safety regulation intersects — or fails to intersect — with non-discrimination law on major platforms.

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Child Protection & Digital Rights
03.

Minority & Religious Rights

Documented discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities across Europe, and the legal pathways available to challenge it.

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Minority & Religious Rights
04.

Discrimination Law

Employment, housing, and algorithmic discrimination — where EU anti-discrimination law exists, and where it stays practically out of reach.

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Discrimination Law
05.

Platform Accountability

Formal complaints and regulatory submissions holding Very Large Online Platforms to their systemic-risk obligations.

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Platform Accountability
06.

Comparative Enforcement

Cross-jurisdictional research spanning 27 countries, comparing how EU rights obligations are actually enforced on the ground.

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Comparative Enforcement

Research Projects

Ongoing and completed research initiatives addressing critical governance challenges.

Judicial Independence Project
Ongoing

Judicial Independence Index

Developing a comprehensive framework to measure and compare judicial independence across European democracies, identifying trends and vulnerabilities in judicial systems.

2024 — 2026 8 Countries
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Digital Rights Project
Completed

Digital Rights Assessment

A comprehensive evaluation of digital rights frameworks across Central and Eastern Europe, examining the balance between security and privacy in the digital age.

2023 — 2025 3 Reports
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Interviews & Commentary

Selected media appearances, interviews, and public commentary.

Podcast Interview
Podcast

The Future of Human Rights in Europe

News Interview
Interview

Judicial Reform: What's at Stake

Conference Talk
Presentation

Institutional Corruption: Beyond Individuals

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