 The research that I'm doing at the moment looks at online platforms that create a new economy through digital media. Their importance is that they provide access to products and services which we all need in life. Well digital platforms are able to grow really fast because as soon as they start taking off they become like magnets, simply because they become these hotspots of supply and demand. The important question is whether innovation through platforms should be regulated. The platforms are growing faster than regulation can keep up with. What you see is that these online platforms, they become more and more powerful. Well there are of course not only opportunities but also challenges between what's actually possible technically and what we would want as a society. And as lawyers we don't quite know how to answer all the problems that arise in this new economy. For example, if you have Uber and something goes wrong, the consumer has an accident while driving in the taxi, can the consumer hold Uber liable? I can make a claim, but my chances of being successful are much smaller than in case I'm dealing with a business. Consumers may think that they are dealing with Uber, but Uber says we're not a party to the contract, which is in itself very problematic because if we don't know who's responsible then usually the weaker party, the consumer has to carry their own damages. And if we monitor that and learn from that then everybody will grow and benefit from it. My personal drive to do this kind of research is that I believe that law has a very important function to help change our relationships or structure them in a way that makes this world a better place for everyone.