Annelieke Mooij is an assistant professor at the department of Public Law and Governance at Tilburg University. She has completed her PhD at the Dublin City University. Her PhD research focussed on the role of the European Central Bank during the euro-crisis and COVID19 and the impact of this role on the independence and accountability of the ECB. Annelieke's current research focusses on regulating technological developments in the financial industry. Whereby she has examined the Digital Euro and currently explore financial systems such as those that will take place in the Metaverse. Annelieke examines the possibility of regulating technology by using technology. Furthermore she runs the Metaverse research group at Tilburg University.