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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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Monday 12 April

Simone Casiraghi wins prestigious EURA young scholars prize for his PhD research

[Prize] Researcher Simone Casiraghi has been awarded by EURA (European Centre of Excellence on the Regulation of Robotics & AI) the EURA young scholars prize for the paper The ‘Ethification’ of...

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Monday 12 April

Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt to take part in the 'Courts as law-makers for the internet?' workshop (22 April 2021)

'Courts of the future - the future of courts' is an online workshop series organised by the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans Bredow Institute that takes a deep dive into the role of...

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Wednesday 7 April

Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law 2021 - International data flows: Moving challenges, new solutions?

[Summer School] The regulation of personal data transfers has been a prime concern for privacy and data protection law for decades, and is nowadays more important and challenging than ever. The...

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Thursday 1 April

Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt teaches at the Spring School 'Judging the Robojudge' (7 April 2021)

The Dutch Research School of Phylosophy (OZSW) and the University of Amsterdam is organising the Spring School 'Judging the Robojudge: Ethical and Legal Perspectives on Using Artificial Intelligence...

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Thursday 1 April

Papakonstantinou and De Hert on Post GDPR EU laws and their GDPR mimesis

[Blogpost] Professors Vagelis Papakonstantinou and Paul De Hert have published a new blogpost 'Post GDPR EU laws and their GDPR mimesis. DGA, DSA, DMA and the EU regulation of AI'. In their blogpost...

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Upcoming events

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Wednesday 21 April from 12:30 to 14:00

Enforcing Europe Webinar Series - EU legislation on e-evidence – what is inside the (Pandora’s) box?

In the fourth webinar, we will have a closer look at the EU upcoming legislation on access to electronic evidence. The idea behind this legislative reform is to enable the law enforcement authorities...

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Thursday 22 April from 15:00 to 16:30

Book launch 'The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power and Knowledge' hosted by the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies

On 22 April 2021, the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies is hosting a book launch of ' The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power and Knowledge ' (edited by Marc Schuilenburg and Rik Peeters,...

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Tuesday 27 April from 12:00 to 13:30

Gender, Technology & Law session: Stefano Osella on Constitutional Law and Discipline: Fundamental Rights as a Technology of Power

The Gender, Technology & Law research group is happy to announce a new series of online sessions to take place in February, March and April 2021. The last online session of the current cycle will...

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Thursday 29 April from 15:00 to 16:00

DSA #7 Before and after disinformation: the normative framework for platform regulation in Brazil

The responsibilities of online platforms, competition and antitrust rules, the fight against illegal content and disinformation online are at the top of the European Union’s agenda. In the much...

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Tuesday 4 May from 12:30 to 13:30

Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Nikolaos Ioannidis

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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