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

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Friday 20 September

Irene Kamara at NENnovation competition: shortlisted and honourable mention

Irene Kamara participated in NENnovation , a competition organised by the Dutch Standardisation Institute NEN on the occasion of the World Standards Day , with the aim to promote innovative projects...

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Wednesday 18 September

PhD Artificial Intelligence Seminars at BeCentral

LSTS co-directors, Professors Gloria González Fuster and Mireille Hildebrandt will participate with two talks at the PhD AI Seminars of BeCentral . On 25 November 2019 (11:00-13:00) , Mireille...

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Tuesday 17 September

Rosamunde van Brakel on predictive policing and security at smart cities @EUROCRIM 2019

LSTS postdoctoral researcher Rosamunde van Brakel will be giving two presentations at the conference of the European Society of Criminology, which will be held 18-21 September 2019 in Ghent (Belgium...

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Tuesday 17 September

AI and the Rule of Law: Laurence Diver to attend roundtable in Athens

Laurence will attend a high-profile roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law in Athens on 20-21 September 2019. He’ll join representatives from across academia, industry and government to discuss...

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Tuesday 17 September

LSTS Researchers' papers @PLSC Europe 2019 (Amsterdam, 24-25 October)

The 4th European Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC Europe) , organised by the Institute for Information Law (IViR), will be held on Thursday and Friday, 24-25 October 2019, at the University of...

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Upcoming events

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20 September from 12:00 to 14:00

The new European Data Protection Board - How does it function, what are the challenges?

The GDPR created a new independant european body called the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). What is it? How is it working? What are the challenges it faces after 1 year of existence? We will...

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26 September from 12:00 to 14:00

Law, Slow Science, Technology and Society - L(S)STS Gathering with Laura Drechsler on Against Method?

For more information on L(S)STS gatherings, see here .

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27 September from 13:30 to 16:40

The CREA Final Conference - 2019: Conflict Resolution with Equitative Algorithms

The CREA project partners are pleased to announce, the CREA Final International Conference 2019 is scheduled to take place at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) on 27th September 2019. Universitá...

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4 October from 12:45 to 15:00

Meet the Author Series: The Internet and the Global Reach of EU Law (Prof Christopher Kuner)

In this debate, the author of a book chapter entitled “The Internet and the Global Reach of EU Law, written by Prof Christopher Kuner of the VUB, examines the influence that EU law has over the...

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7 October from 12:00 to 14:00

WRG: Chiara Angiolini - Title tbd

WRG held by Chiara Angiolini , LSTS Visiting Scholar .

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