Eva obtained her law degree at the University of Ghent in 2002 and a Masters degree in Transnational Communications and Global Media at Goldsmiths College, London in 2003. She defended her PhD in law titled “Regulatory instruments for content regulation in digital media - A prospective study on the protection of minors against harmful content” in June 2009 at KU Leuven. A recurrent focus in her research relates to protection of minors in digital media, human & children's rights and alternative regulatory instruments, such as self- & co-regulation.