Olena Denysenko is an analyst at the Center of Applied Social Sciences (CASS) at the University of Tartu. Within the EU Horizon CERTAIN project, she focuses on bridging the gap between legal and technical languages to create tailored guidelines for end-users. By applying a sociological lens to digital governance, Olena specializes in translating complex EU data and AI regulations into functional pathways for non-legal stakeholders.

Her work draws on a diverse career spanning Ukrainian government projects and the private IT industry. Now focused on academia and research, Olena integrates these perspectives to operationalize high-level policy into practical, human-centric solutions. She holds a Bachelor’s in Sociology and a Master’s in Politics and Governance in the Digital Age.