Private Lecturer Dr. iur. Oliver Raabe is head of the research group Information Law for Technical Systems and Legal Informatics (Compliance) at the Center for Applied Law (ZAR).

Since 2008, he has been a member of the KIT’s department “Mensch und Technik” (Human and Technology). Dr. Raabe is a recognized expert in IT security, data protection and evidence law, particularly due to his many years of experience in regulatory advisory services.

From 2012 to 2013, he headed the Working Group on Data Protection of the Legal Framework, ICT for Electric Mobility II and the BMWi. He is currently head of the Legal Framework Division within the framework of the Smart-Data Accompanying Research Division and is involved in the CCEN CEN CENELEC ETSI – Smart Grid Coordination Group “Smart Grid Information Security, Data Protection and Privacy” (used by the EU Commission within the scope of the mandate M/490).

Since 2011, he has been a member of the “Data” section of the D-A-CH Smart Grid Taskforce. His main areas of research are telecommunications, energy industry, data protection, legal informatics and IT security law.