Dr. María Rún Bjarnadóttir

Dr. María Rún Bjarnadóttir is the acting Director of Police Training and Professional Development at the Icelandic National Commissioner for Police, and the Vice Chair of the Icelandic Media Commission. She is a member of Grevio, the independent expert body responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention).

Her expertise lies at the intersection between technology and human rights and the impact this has on democratic institutions. Her professional experience extends to regulatory, advisory and policy roles in the fields of cybercrime, violence against women, human rights, and internet law.

María holds a B.A. and mag.jur. in law from University of Iceland, and a PhD in law from University of Sussex.