Supervision
Dissertations Under Supervision (4)
Models for M-Government Super Apps in Europe
Student: Yuliia Kravchenko
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Status: Currently studying
Supervisors: Eric Blake Jackson; Thomas Hoffmann
Institution: Tallinn University of Technology, School of Information Technologies, Department of Software Science
Deconstructing Digital Colonialism for Equitable Sovereignty
Student: Victoria Kozlova
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Status: Currently studying
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Archil Chochia
Institution: Tallinn University of Technology, School of Business and Governance, Department of Law
Challenges of GDPR compliance with Data Altruism Concept under DGA
Student: Ana Koiava
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Status: Currently studying
Supervisor: Thomas Hoffmann
Reconciling Data Protection and Property law in post-mortem transfer of digital assets
Student: Marta Terletska
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Status: Currently studying
Supervisor: Thomas Hoffmann
Supervised Dissertations and Theses — Completed (29)
The 29 completed supervisions include doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, and other degree theses across Estonian, Kazakh, Vietnamese, and German universities.
2025
Governing Non-Personal Smart City Data as a Commons and the EU Legal Framework — An Inevitable Conflict?
Student: Aleksi Oskar Johannes Kajander
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Ágnes Kasper
Institution: TalTech, School of Business and Governance, Department of Law
2024
Human Rights-Based Legal Conditions for Trustworthy AI
Student: Alexander Antonov
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Tanel Kerikmäe; Thomas Hoffmann
Institution: TalTech, School of Business and Governance, Department of Law
2023
Problems of property rights and other proprietary rights to agricultural land under the conditions of Digital Kazakhstan
Student: Alisher Serikbolovich Ibrayev
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisor: Thomas Hoffmann
Institution: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Civil-legal regulation of the relations in the sphere of the electronic document circulation in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Student: Ainur Kussainova
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisor: Thomas Hoffmann
Institution: Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi
2021
Legal regulation of relations related to labor protection, provision of working conditions
Student: Dauletbay Ryskaliyev
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisor: Thomas Hoffmann
Institution: Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi
2018
Settlement of disputes arising from business or trade activities involving foreign elements by Vietnamese Courts
Student: Phan Hoài Nam
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisor: Thomas Hoffmann
Institution: Ho Chi Minh City University of Law
The judicial review of criminal proceedings: national and international aspects
Student: Marat Abakasov
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Ermek Abdrassulov
Institution: Eurasian National University
The role of general courts in supremacy, direct effect and protection the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Student: Aizhan Dossayeva
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Gulnar Useinova
Institution: Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi
2017
Problems of the legal regulation of the activities of non-profit organizations in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Student: Bolat Aytimov
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Erkin Dusipov
Institution: Zhetysu State University named after I. Zhansugurov
The theoretical and legal regulation of maternity in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Student: Guma Turysbekova
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Gulnar Useinova
Institution: Kazakh National University named after Al-Farabi
The legal regulation of employment disputes: Theory and practice of their settlements
Student: Gusal Galiakbarova
Degree: Doctor’s Degree
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Enlik Nurgalieva
Institution: Eurasian National University
Master’s Theses Supervised — Selected
2026
Legal challenges and opportunities in the application of AI and emerging technologies in public procurement
Student: Laura Frolov
Institution: TalTech
Beyond Consent: Continuous Transparency in the Processing of Health Data for Scientific Research
Student: Maiken-Stina Kasmi
Institution: TalTech
2025
An evaluation of the legal framework for the transition from a document-based to an event-based exchange of the data in the Estonian Health Information System
Student: Liis Leimberg-Pallo
Institution: TalTech
The legal status and social security rights of platform workers in European Union
Student: Güney Gürbüz
Institution: TalTech
2024
Differences in cross border compliance for providing trust services for national electronic identity means
Student: Getter Õunapuu
Institution: TalTech
Challenges of GDPR Compliance with the Data Altruism Concept under DGA: Lessons from the Estonian X-Road
Student: Ana Koiava
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Archil Chochia
Institution: TalTech
Automated decision-making in the EU Member State’s public administration
Student: Vladlen Zolkin
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Archil Chochia
Institution: TalTech
2023
Open Data: The Stepchild in e-Estonia’s Data Management Strategy
Student: Elsa-Maria Tropp
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Archil Chochia
Institution: TalTech
Web accessibility — a tool for service providers to enhance e-inclusion or a violation of data protection rights?
Student: Anette Sooväli
Institution: TalTech
Towards the Development of Photoshop Law and its Enforceability within the European Union
Student: Philippa Anna Attrill
Institution: TalTech
Public Administration, digitization and the citizen: the Estonian model
Student: Assia Zoller
Institution: TalTech
2022
Legal aspects of remote work in 2022: Why remote work shall be a right instead of a privilege
Student: Jana Vorontsova
Institution: TalTech
Facial recognition — technology for a safer future or violation of the right to privacy?
Student: Teele Nässi
Institution: TalTech
Regulatory approach to implement the FATF “travel rule” on transfers of crypto-assets
Student: Jani Ultamo
Supervisors: Thomas Hoffmann; Henrik Mägi
Institution: TalTech