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LAW, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (LSTS) RESEARCH GROUP

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Welcome to the website of the interdisciplinary Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), focusing upon the articulations of law, science, technology, ethics and society. 

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Thursday 16 September

Prof. Paul De Hert and Ashwinee Kumar publish new book chapter on Blockchain and Privacy

In July 2021, Prof. De Hert and Researcher Ashwinee Kumar published a new chapter on 'Blockchain, Data Protection, and Privacy'. The chapter is part of the Book 'Blockchain and Public Law: Global...

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Monday 13 September

Olga Gkotsopoulou at the 5th ILLA General Conference: EU Data Protection (and) Legal Language

On 7 September 2021, LSTS researcher Olga Gkotsopoulou presented in the 5th ILLA General Conference ' Language and the Law in the Age of Migration' , which took place at the University of Alicante in...

Bram Visser
Monday 13 September

Bram Visser at 2021 EUROCRIM: Regulatory Capture and the Oversight of Police-Use of Surveillance Technology

On 10 September 2021, Bram Visse r presented some preliminary findings of a work-in-progress paper co-authored with Prof. Rosamunde Van Brakel on Regulatory Capture and the Oversight of Police-Use of...

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Monday 13 September

Prof. Van Brakel: oral evidence on algorithmic tools to the House of Lords

On 7 September 2021 Prof Rosamunde Van Brakel gave oral evidence on algorithmic tools for law enforcement to the House of Lords inquiry into new technologies and the application of the law. The House...

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Wednesday 8 September

New PhD vacancy on data protection law, citizen science and climate change (Deadline: 20 September 2021)

LSTS is looking for a motivated researcher to join its team on citizen science and climate change. The successful applicant will work closely with the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) led by...

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Upcoming events

cover of the book Duchamp is my lawyer
Thursday 30 September from 17:00 to 19:00

Book Club meeting #3 - Duchamp Is My Lawyer: The Polemics, Pragmatics, and Poetics of UbuWeb

Every couple months, some LSTS (and not only) colleagues meet together to discuss books. After exploring the writings of Evaristo (author of 'Girl, Woman, Other') and Makumbi (author of 'The first...

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Friday 1 October from 14:00 to 17:00

Book launch: Hysteria - Crime, Media, and Politics (Routledge, 2021) by Marc Schuilenburg

In his new book ‘Hysteria: Crime, Media and Politics’ , Marc Schuilenburg argues that our societies are characterized by a moral overdrive. From the worldwide run on toilet paper to cope with...

Juraj Sajfert 2021
Monday 4 October from 12:30 to 13:30

Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral seminar with Juraj Sajfert on 'Making transparent the invisible surveillance: data-driven investigatory measures in Benelux and their compatibility with EU data protection law'

The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is organising a Doctoral Seminar series to give the opportunity to Ph.D. candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and...

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