University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences
Doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Lodz, specialization: legal sciences. Thesis supervisor: prof. dr. hab. Monika Namysłowska.
Research assistant
Department of European Economic Law
Carrying out scientific and didactic work.
Bio
Education:
INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration), Fontainebleau, France INSEAD Summer School Program 2024 July 2024 – August 2024
Doctoral School of Social Sciences, University of Lodz Specialization: Legal Studies – Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. Monika Namysłowska Dissertation Title: The Legal Limits of Green Nudging: Consumer Protection in the Age of Technology and Sustainability October 2023 – September 2027
Faculty of Law, University of Grenoble-Alpes, France Studies within the Erasmus+ program, obtaining the French law diploma DU Diplôme de Droit Français (grade: good) September 2022 – May 2023
Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz Full-time law studies, Master's thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska Thesis Title: Recommender Systems from the Perspective of EU Consumer Law October 2018 – June 2023
Faculty of Law, University of Tours, France, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz One-year École de Droit Français program – French Law School, obtaining the French law diploma DU Diplôme de Droit Français de Lodz (grade: good) November 2021 – July 2022
Faculty of Law, University of Toulouse, France, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk, Poland Interdisciplinary French Law School École de Droit Français, obtaining a certificate January 2021 – June 2021
Research Grants:
Principal investigator Project: L egal Limits of Interfering with Consumer Decision-Making Autonomy in the Online Environment , funded by the Doctoral Research Grants Competition – 2024 Edition, IDUB UŁ, for implementation during 2025-2026 (decision no. 4/DGB/2024) December 2024 – October 2026
Researcher in the project Project: Consumer Protection and Artificial Intelligence: Between Law and Ethics, funded by the National Science Centre under the OPUS 16 competition. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska October 2023 – Present
Principal investigator Project: Consumer Protection Against Dark Patterns in EU Law, funded by Student Research Grants of the University of Lodz. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska June 2022 – March 2023
Student Research Grant, University of Lodz Project: Consumer Protection Against Recommender Systems in the Real Estate Market, funded by Student Research Grants of the University of Lodz. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska March 2022 – December 2022
Other Projects:
Representative of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Lodz in the Council for the Development of Young Researchers The main tasks of the Council, appointed for the 2025–2028 term by the Rector of the University of Lodz, Prof. Rafał Matera, include ensuring favorable conditions for early-career researchers and supporting them in conducting their research. February 2025 – present
Member of the working team for digitizing civil procedure at the Civil Law Codification Commission The team consists of leading academics and civil law practitioners working on adapting Polish civil procedure to the requirements of the digital era. My duties include preparing meeting protocols January 2025 – Present
Secretary of the Program Council at Forkon – Forum of Consumer Organizations Forkon is a consumer think tank gathering consumer organizations operating in Poland. The Program Council serves as an advisory body, consisting of experts from academia and business specializing in consumer issues October 2023 – Present
Tech Law Clinics Participation in a project co-financed under the Erasmus+ program on artificial intelligence (chatbots), conducted by the University of Lodz, Catholic University of Lyon, University of Nijmegen, University of Piemonte Orientale, and Jagiellonian University October 2021 – April 2022
Scholarships and Awards:
Best Research Paper Award for a paper co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska, presented at the 12th Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC), held at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest December 2024
Competition Law Association Award for the best Master's thesis in the "Consumer Protection" category April 2024
First Prize from the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection for the best Master's thesis in the field of consumer protection April 2024
University of Lodz Rector's Scholarship for the best students for the academic year 2021/2022
Minister of Science and Higher Education Scholarship "Masters of Didactics" Participation in a tutoring program for talented students. Tutor: Karolina Sztobryn, P March 2022 – July 2022
University of Lodz Rector's Scholarship for the best students for the academic year 2020/2021
Publications:
Olbryk, A. (2025). Notion of the Consumer in Case C-347/23 (Zabitoń): Taking One Step Further. Journal of European Consumer and Market Law, 14(2), 67–71.
Tereszkiewicz, P., Namysłowska, M., Skalski, S., Olbryk, A. (2025). algorithmic poland: transforming public administration. Italian Journal of Public Law, 17(2), 694–734.
Namysłowska, M., Olbryk, A. (2025). Smart governance in Poland: The case study of the city of Łódź. Smart Cities and Regional Development (SCRD) Journal, 9(3), 81–97.
Olbryk, A. (2025). Report on the All-Poland Scientific Conference entitled ‘The Digital Services Act through the eyes of commentators’, Łódź, 15 March 2024. internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (iKAR), 14(1), 184–188.
Olbryk, A. (2024). Consumer protection against recommender systems. Warsaw: Office of Competition and Consumer Protection. ISBN 978-83-64681-45-5 (Publication of master’s thesis – First Prize in UOKiK national competition).
Olbryk, A. (2023). ‘Other users also like…’ – A Perspective on Recommender Systems in the DSA. In: Suchoza J., Husar J., Huckova R. (eds.), Law – Commerce – Economy XII., Pavel Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, ŠafárikPress.
Olbryk, A. (2022). Consumer protection against recommender systems. internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (iKAR), 11(5).
Sztobryn, K., Olbryk, A. (2022). Consumer, can you hear me? Several observations on the protection of the hearing-impaired consumer in European Union and French law. In: Namysłowska M., Podgórski K., Sługocka-Krupa E. (eds.), Challenges for Consumer Law in Global, Regional and Local Dimensions, C.H. Beck.
Conferences and Presentations:
Presentation: "Green Nudges and Green Dark Patterns: How to Remedy the Undefined" Conference Remedies to Digital Vulnerability in European Private Law, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy April 2025
Presentation: "Smart Governance in Poland: The Case Study of the City of Lodz", co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC), 12th Edition, National School of Political and Administrative Studies SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania December 2024
Presentation: "AI-based Chatbots – New Issues after the Consumer Law Fitness Check", co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska VI Conference on New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence: Legal and Practical Aspects of the Digital Economy, National Education Commission University, Krakow October 2024
Presentation: "Consumer-Citizen Empowerment in the Digital Age: Reflections on Online Political Advertising", co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska 1st European Conference of the International Association of Consumer Law, Griton College, Cambridge September 2024
Presentation: "The Sustainable Lending Dilemma in the New Consumer Credit Directive: Ensuring Social Justice in Consumer Credit Sales", co-authored with MSc Aleksandra Hyła, PhD Candidate at UAM 1st European Conference of the International Association of Consumer Law, Griton College, Cambridge September 2024
Presentation of a case study on property law under Polish law during a panel for young researchers, co-authored with Trainee Advocate Konrad Panuszewski Association Henri Capitant World Congress "Property Law", University of Antananarivo, Madagascar June 2024
Presentation: "Greening the Online Consumer - When Does a Green Nudge Become an Undue Manipulation?" 11th International Conference of PhD Students and Young Researchers, Law and Beyond: Anything New on the Legal Front?, Vilnius University, Lithuania May 2024
Presentation: "European Election Campaign – Limits of Political Advertising in the Political Advertising Regulation and the Digital Services Act" Doctoral Seminar on "EU Law and its Impact on Polish Legislation and Application – Current Legal Issues", Institute of Legal Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland April 2024
Presentation on the Artificial Intelligence Act International Conference "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Business World", University of Lodz January 2024
Presentation: "Green Dark Patterns: Consumer Protection Between New Technologies and Ecology" Osnabrück Research Forum, University of Osnabrück, Germany November 2023
Participation in a panel discussion on the rights of young consumers – youth and the Digital Services Act Global Entrepreneurship Day organized by the Federation of Consumers and the Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw November 2023
Presentation: “‘Other users also like...’ – A Perspective on Recommender Systems in the DSA” 12th Law, Business, and Economics Symposium organized by Pavel Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, High Tatras, Slovakia October 2023
Presentation: “Buy Now, Regret Later! Dark Patterns in Recommender Systems”, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Monika Namysłowska National Scientific Conference Evolution of Internet Law: The Digital Services Act, University of Wroclaw October 2023
Participation in a panel discussion on consumer organizations – the French model of financing consumer organizations 1st National Consumer Conference, University of Wroclaw October 2023
Participation in a roundtable on environmental certificates, greenwashing, and changes in environmental information regulations – the example of French regulations Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw June 2023
Presentation: "Dark Patterns and Eco-Manipulating Consumers Online" 10th Anniversary International Consumer Conference "Contemporary Consumer Market – Sales and Services", Cracow University of Economics June 2023
Presentation of a case study on environmental damage liability under Polish law during a panel for young researchers Association Henri Capitant World Congress "Environmental Liability", University of Lodz June 2023
Participation in a roundtable on EKO PRODUCTS OR EKO SCAM – example of French solutions 4th International Climate Summit TOGETAIR, Warsaw April 2023
Presentation of a case study on crowdfunding platforms under Polish law during a panel for young researchers, co-authored with Attorney Alicja Tarkowska Association Henri Capitant World Congress "Platforms", Externado University, Colombia October 2022
Presentation: "Guidelines for Influencer Marketing Actions from a Comparative Legal Perspective" Scientific Conference "Advertising or Scam? Influencer Advertising on Social Media", Lazarski University June 2022
Presentation: "Consumer Protection for the Hearing-Impaired as a Particularly Vulnerable Group, in the Context of EU Regulations", co-authored with Konrad Rutkowski 8th International Consumer Conference "Challenges for Consumer Law in a Global, Regional, and Local Dimension", University of Lodz October 2021
Presentation: "Smart Government for Education in Light of the Draft Regulation on Artificial Intelligence" National Scientific Conference "New Technologies in Public Administration", Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan June 2021
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PhD Candidate
University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences
Matejki 21/23 () room: SDNS 90-237 Łódź
Research assistant
Department of European Economic Law
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University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences
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