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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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Tuesday 21 May

Gianclaudio Malgieri on Data Extra Commercium (University of Oxford, 29 May 2019)

LSTS Researcher Gianclaudio Malgieri and Václav Janeček are invited to present their new paper on Data Extra Commercium on 29 May 2019 at the University of Oxford, UK. The event is organised by the...

Monday 20 May

Marco Giacalone on algorithmic procedures in civil law matters (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

On 16 May 2019, LSTS postdoctoral researcher Marco Giacalone opened the International Seminar “Algorithmic procedures in civil law matters" . Giacalone with Tatjana Josipović , Professor of Law at...

Saturday 18 May

LSTS Professor Christopher Kuner on ‘The Internet and the global reach of EU law’

Christopher Kuner , LSTS Professor and BPH’s co-director, is among the contributors of the recently published book ‘EU Law Beyond EU Borders: The Extraterritorial Reach of EU Law‘ (Oxford University...

Friday 17 May

The programme of the 4th European Data Protection Law Summer School is now out!

You can take a look at the full programme of the 4th European Data Protection Law Summer School ‘Advancing (with) EU data protection’ here . The Summer School takes place from 24 to 28 June 2019. A...

Tuesday 14 May

Workshop "Feminist Data Protection" in Berlin: Submit your abstract by 15 June 2019

Forum Privacy (‘Forum Privatheit’), a German research project, is hosting an exploratory, multi-disciplinary, one-day workshop on feminist approaches to data protection in Berlin, on 20 November 2019...

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Upcoming events

20 May from 14:00 to 16:30

Workshop "Adjudicating personal data protection in the European Union: what to expect from impact assessments?"

The d.pia.lab (Brussels Laboratory for Data Protection and Privacy Impact Assessments) organises a workshop on 20 May 2019, 14:00-16:30 pm in Brussels, to map and analyse possible legal questions...

23 May from 12:00 to 14:00

Law, Slow Science, Technology and Society - L(S)STS Gathering: CAVEAT at the L(S)STS

Caveat is a collective research project reflecting and acting on the ecology of artistic practice. Convened in 2017 by the Brussels-based artists’ initiative Jubilee, the project title alludes to the...

24 May from 9:00 to 19:00

GDPR Salon 2019 - Meet the Belgian DPA

On 24th May, the GDPR Salon will host a session on "Meet the DPA". The GDPR Salon 2019 will start with a plenary track in the morning. In the afternoon, we will continue in 2 rooms. Room 1 will have...

3 June from 12:30 to 13:30

Brussels Privacy Hub - Doctoral seminar with Timothy Kariotis (Visiting Scholar) on "Information Continuity in the Digital Age: Co-Developing the Socio-Technical Design Requirements for Integrated Electronic Health Records to Uphold Contextual Privacy"

For more information on the Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminars , see here . For more information on the Brussels Privacy Hub Visiting Scholar Timothy Kariotis , see here .

13 June from 12:30 to 13:30

Brussels Privacy Hub - Doctoral seminar with Gianclaudio Malgieri - Unfair Imbalance and vulnerability in the algorithmic environment: Fairness-by-design and the effects-based approach

For more information on the Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminars, see here .

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