Salomé Lannier, PhD

Affiliation: University of Luxembourg

Salomé Lannier (she/her) is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Luxembourg. Her expertise mainly lies in criminal, labour, and digital law. Her research interests lie in the fight against human trafficking, a gender-based approach to law, and the legal framework around sex work. She is currently the PI of project "PROTect against EXploitation: Exploitative offences versus legitimate work in a digitalised labour market". Salomé is a doctor of law and criminal sciences, after defending in December 2023 her thesis on "New technologies and human trafficking," in joint supervision between the University of Bordeaux (France) and the University of Valencia (Spain). For 3 and a half years, she has been examining the question of how trafficking in human beings has evolved as a result of the use of information and communication technologies. In the light of the new relationships between States and digital players, she reflected on changes in the theory of sovereignty.

Research Interests:

  • Cyber trafficking

  • Law enforcement perspective

  • Judiciary perspective

  • Labour approach