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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.

News

Friday 13 May

DPIA Lab is calling for PH.D. position on legal foresight in relation to the data economy for food systems

The DPIA Lab is calling for PH.D. position on legal foresight in relation to the data economy for food systems The VUB-LSTS-d.pia.lab is looking for a motivated doctoral researcher to join the team...

Tuesday 10 May

Prof. Gloria González Fuster will be speaking at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Professor Gloria González Fuster will hold a talk on the GDPR and CJEU case law at te seminar on data transfers at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid on 13 May 2022 at 10:00 AM . The full program can...

Thursday 5 May

Dr. Laurence Diver and Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt invited to teach course on computational ‘law’ at Tel Aviv University

The 12-lecture intensive course at the Buchmann Faculty of Law is titled ‘Critical Reflections on Computational Law’, and covers a wide range of practical and theoretical aspects of computational ‘...

Wednesday 4 May

Two LSTS Researchers among the VUB PhD candidates competing in the Doctoral Derby 2022 Finals (7 June 2022 @Muntpunt)

Two LSTS researchers, Olga Gkotsopoulou and Lina Jasmontaite made it through the pre-selection rounds and will compete at the annual VUB Doctoral Derby Finals, presenting their research projects to a...

Tuesday 3 May

Laura Drechsler and Olga Gkotsopoulou to open the Pint of Science Festival in Brussels with presentations of their PhD research for a general audience

On 9 May 2022, LSTS PhD researchers Laura Drechsler and Olga Gkotsopoulou will present their ongoing PhD research at the Pint of Science Festival in Brussels. The Pint of Science Festival aims to...

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Upcoming events

Sunday 22 May from 18:30 to 19:30

CPDP2022 Opening Event: Vulnerable Individuals in the age of AI regulation

Defining and protecting individual vulnerabilities is a relevant challenge in the data protection field. In the GDPR the definition of “vulnerable” data subjects refers explicitly only to children,...

From Monday 23 May at 8:00 to Wednesday 25 May at 23:59

15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on COMPUTERS, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION # CPDP 2022 - "DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY IN TRANSITIONAL TIME"

For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.cpdpconferences.org/

Monday 30 May from 12:00 to 14:00

Brussels Privacy Hub Meet the Author Series: 'Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths - Achieving Privacy through Careful Design' with Dr. Jaap-Henk Hoepman

The Brussels Privacy Hub is proud to announce the next installment in its Meet the Author Series , held for the first time in two years in-person . This time, the Hub will host Prof. Jaap-Henk...

Wednesday 8 June from 9:30

VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies Seminar: Negotiating the Digital Welfare State: Tensions of Surveillance and Localisation

On 8 June 2022, the Chair in Surveillance Studies of the VUB will host a seminar on 'Negotiating the Digital Welfare State: Tensions of Surveillance and Localisation' with speakers Jenna Imad Harb...

Tuesday 21 June from 12:30 to 13:30

Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral seminar with Olga Gkotsopoulou on 'EU Data Protection (Legal) Language: Mainstreaming Accessibility for Enhanced Transparency''

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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