Practical info17/11/2025 - 07:00 - 18/11/2025 - 23:00FARI Brussels Conference 2025 - AI, Robots & Us: Living with Intelligent Agents?
Practical info19/11/2025 - 11:30 - 19/11/2025 - 12:30"Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion" book presentation by Dr. Kevin Guyan
Practical info20/11/2025 - 15:00 - 20/11/2025 - 16:30What's next for Brazil's digital agenda? A conversation on the priorities of the Brazilian Data Protection Authority
Practical info21/11/2025 - 13:00 - 21/11/2025 - 15:00HELT Talks - šš®š¢š„šš¢š§š šš«š®š¬š š¢š§ šššš ššš®š¬š
Practical info09/12/2025 - 12:30 - 09/12/2025 - 13:30GLT Guest Speaker Lecture by Pr. Marie Laure Basilien Gainche
You are warmly invited to our next Gender, Law, and Technology session titled "The admission of Afghan women as a particular social group.
Practical info20/04/2026 - 09:00 - 24/04/2026 - 17:00Save the Date: Privacy Symposium, Venice, Italy. 20-24 April 2026
Practical info29/06/2026 - 09:00 - 03/07/2026 - 17:00Save the date: Brussels Privacy Hub Summer Academy 2026
LSTS organises and supports a wide range of events. Regular events taking place at VUB include theĀ Law, (Slow) Science, Technology and Society (L(S)STS) Research Gatherings,Ā Gender, Law & Technology SeriesĀ and sessions of theĀ Weekly Research Gatherings (WRG)Ā of the Metajuridica Department. LSTS is also involved in the organisation of major annual conferences and gatherings, such as theĀ Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP)Ā International Conference, and theĀ Privacy Camp.Ā
In addition, many other events are organised by theĀ Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH), theĀ d.pia.lab, theĀ Privacy SalonĀ and theĀ Cyber and Data Security Lab (CDSL). The BPH notably supportsĀ theĀ BPH Privacy & Data Protection Doctoral Seminars, theĀ Meet the Author SeriesĀ and the series onĀ Specifying theĀ GDPR.
LSTS isĀ also routinely involved in the organisation of events linked to theĀ research projectsĀ to which it participates.
Calendar
November 2025
- Practical info4 November 2025 12:30 - 4 November 2025 13:30
- Practical info5 November 2025 14:00 - 5 November 2025 15:00
- Practical info17 November 2025 07:00 - 18 November 2025 23:00
- Practical info17 November 2025 13:30 - 17 November 2025 14:00
- Practical info19 November 2025 11:30 - 19 November 2025 13:00
- Practical info19 November 2025 11:30 - 19 November 2025 12:30
- Practical info20 November 2025 15:00 - 20 November 2025 16:30
- Practical info21 November 2025 13:00 - 21 November 2025 15:00
- Practical info25 November 2025 12:00 - 25 November 2025 13:00
Past events
Practical info19/11/2024 - 14:00 - 19/11/2024 - 15:00LSTS Talk withĀ Claudia Negri Ribalta on the role of transdisciplinarity in addressing data protection regulatory requirements
Practical info26/09/2024 - 13:00 - 26/09/2024 - 16:00HELT (Health, Law, and Technology) TALKS ā Session #1
Practical info11/09/2024 - 13:00 - 11/09/2024 - 14:00LSTS Doctoral Seminar with visiting scholar Tommaso Crepax on the Right to Data Portability
On 11 September 2024, 13:00h - 14:00h CET, LSTS visiting scholar Tommaso Crepax (PhD Candidate at the SantāAnna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa) will present his work-in-progress, entitled āThe Right to Data Portability: Navigating Legal and Technical
Practical info19/06/2024 - 12:30 - 19/06/2024 - 13:30LSTS Doctoral Seminar with Francesco Paolo Levantino on emotion recognition uses in law enforcement
On 19 June 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS visiting scholar Francesco Paolo Levantino (PhD Candidate at the SantāAnna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa) will
Practical info04/06/2024 - 12:30 - 04/06/2024 - 13:30LSTS Doctoral Seminar with Zuzanna ChoiÅska on āFinding a balance between privacy and public security in the era of big data ā mass surveillance activities of Europolā
On 4 June 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS visiting scholar Zuzanna ChoiÅska (Ph.D.
Practical info04/04/2024 - 12:30 - 04/04/2024 - 13:30LSTS Doctoral Seminar with Pablo Trigo KramcsĆ”k on āLegitimate interest as an Adequate Legal Ground for Processing AI Training Datasetsā
On 4 April 2024, 12:30h - 13:30h CET, LSTS member Pablo Trigo KramcsƔk will present his PhD research,
Practical info19/03/2024 - 14:00 - 19/03/2024 - 16:00"Non-objective risk to a rightā seminars: RaphaĆ«l Gellert on Risk-Based Approach in Data Protection (19 March 2024)
Practical info22/03/2024 - 15:00 - 22/03/2024 - 17:00PUBLIC PHD DEFENCE OF SIMONE CASIRAGHI
Simone Casiraghi will defend his PhD thesis in Law on Friday 22 March 2024 at 3 p.m., titled: āThe āEthificationā of Artificial Intelligence.
Practical info04/03/2024 - 12:30 - 04/03/2024 - 13:30LSTS Seminar with Alexandra Karaiskou on profiling, fundamental rights, and power imbalances in the case of ETIAS
Alexandra Karaiskou, PhD student at the European University Institute (EUI), is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info15/02/2024 - 12:30 - 15/02/2024 - 13:30LSTS SEMINAR WITH ANASTASIA KARAGIANNI ON āGENDER IN A STEREO-(GENDER)TYPICAL EU LAW: A FEMINIST-QUEER READING OF THE EU ĪĪ LAWā
On
Practical info24/01/2024 - 16:30 - 24/01/2024 - 18:00Public PhD defence of Juraj Sajfert
Juraj Sajfert will defend his doctoral thesis in Law, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Paul de Hert of LSTS and Prof. Dr.
Practical info23/01/2024 - 12:30 - 23/01/2024 - 13:30LSTS SEMINAR WITH ARJUN BANERJEE ON āUNDERSTANDING JUDICIAL IMPARTIALITY: A CASE LAW ANALYSIS OF THE EUROPEAN COURTSā
Practical info31/01/2024 - 12:30 - 31/01/2024 - 13:30LSTS SEMINAR WITH VISITING SCHOLAR PAOLA GALATĆ ON āDATA PROTECTION IN DATA-ECONOMY: THE CONTRACTS WITH DIGITAL PLATFORMSā
Paola GalatĆ , PhD student at the University of Cagliari, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info18/01/2024 - 12:30 - 18/01/2024 - 13:30BRUSSELS PRIVACY HUB DOCTORAL SEMINAR WITH MITISHA GAUR ONĀ āREGULATING THE AI LANDSCAPE FOR ADJUDICATORY ENVIRONMENTSā
Practical info15/12/2023 - 12:30 - 15/12/2023 - 13:30LSTS Seminar with Sanna Toropainen on Digital Identity Wallets
On 15 December 2023, 12:30 to 13:30 CET, Sanna Toropainen (doctoral candidate at the Legal Tech Lab at Helsinki University) will present her research entitled āDigital identity wallets - user empowerment at the cost of privacy?ā.
Practical info04/12/2023 - 12:00 - 04/12/2023 - 15:00Public PhD Defence of Lina JasmontaitÄ-Zaniewicz
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Practical info29/11/2023 - 10:00 - 29/11/2023 - 12:00
Special Event of the "Gender, Law & Technology" Reading Group
The "Gender, Law & Technology" Reading Group by LSTS is set to take place at FARI premises in BeCentral (Cantersteen 16, 1000 Brussels) on November 29, 2023, from 10:00 to 12:00 CET.
Practical info07/12/2023 - 12:30 - 07/12/2023 - 13:30LSTS Seminar with visiting scholar Sophia Bordier
Sophia Bordier, PhD student in Political Sciences at the UniversitĆ© Paris 1 PanthĆ©on ā Sorbonne, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info23/11/2023 - 12:30 - 23/11/2023 - 13:30LSTS Seminar with Suvina Singal - āMaking the Value of Privacyā
Suvina Singal, Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info27/11/2023 - 12:30 - 27/11/2023 - 13:30Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Lisa Koutsoviti Koumeri on āMeasuring Bias in Automated Decision-Making: Comparing Fairness Metricsā
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is hosting a Doctoral Seminar series, providing a platform for PhD candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info20/10/2023 - 09:30 - 20/10/2023 - 16:45Re-articulating data? Critical issues under the GDPR and beyond
The ALTEP-DP Team is pleased to announce the final event of the VUB-funded ALTEP-DP project titled āRe-articulating data? Critical Issues under the GDPR and beyondā. This one-day event will explore ongoing debates on the legal transformations and ordering of data, and discuss the role of science in accompanying, supporting and/or questioning these developments. The event will take place on 20 October 2023 at Universitaire Stichting (Rue d'Egmont 11 - 1000 Brussels) from 9:30 to 16:45. For more information, such as the registration link or the event programme, click on the event title.
Practical info26/10/2023 - 13:00 - 26/10/2023 - 14:00Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Pia Groenewolt on āExploring the Legal Landscape and (ir)regulation Behind the Data Economy in Food Systemsā
The Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) is hosting a Doctoral Seminar series, providing a platform for PhD candidates working on privacy and data protection topics at the Law, Science, Technology and Society
Practical info06/07/2023 - 12:30 - 06/07/2023 - 13:30LSTS seminar with Prof. Ricard MartĆnez - āChallenges for data-driven research: building the European Health Data Space and Federated Data Spacesā
Ricard MartĆnez, professor in the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science at the University of Valencia, is visiting the LSTS during this semester.
Practical info06/06/2023 - 10:00 - 06/06/2023 - 17:00Databases and Artificial Intelligences: a scholarly and artistic perspective (6 June 2023)
On the 6th of June a seminar will take place on the topic of Databases and Artificial Intelligences: a scholarly and artistic perspective (10 AM - 5 PM). This seminar forms part of the DATAUNION Seminar Series of the DATAUNION project of PI Prof.
Practical info07/06/2023 - 14:00 - 07/06/2023 - 15:00LSTS seminar with Jaroslaw Greser - āSynthetic data and Medical AI ā Legal and regulatory challengesā
Dr Jaroslaw Greser, assistant professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, is visiting the LSTS during this semester. He is currently working on the legal possibilities and limitations of using synthetic data in the medical sector.
Practical info12/06/2023 - 12:30 - 12/06/2023 - 13:30Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Elisabetta Biasin - āRe-considering the Conceptualisation of Accuracy as a Principle of Data Processing (and Beyond)ā
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 Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info16/05/2023 - 12:30 - 16/05/2023 - 13:30Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with LSTS visiting scholar Samar Abbas Nawaz - āPiercing the Mundane: Safety and Security Implications of Drone Infrastructureā
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 Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info24/04/2023 - 16:00 - 24/04/2023 - 18:00Public PhD defence RenƩ Mahieu
On the 24th of April 2023 at 16h00 LSTS researcer RenƩ Mahieu will publicly defend his doctoral thesis entitled 'The right of access of personal data in the EU. A Legal and empirical analysis'.
Practical info23/05/2023 - 08:00 - 23/05/2023 - 18:00āGoverning Artificial Intelligence Designing Legal and Regulatory Responsesā symposium
The PROTECT MSCA ITN is coming to an end and its closing symposium, titled āGoverning Artificial Intelligence Designing Legal and Regulatory Responsesā, will take place on May 23 in
Practical info17/04/2023 - 12:30 - 17/04/2023 - 13:30Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Natalia MenĆ©ndez GonzĆ”lez ā āWith great power comes great responsibility: proportionality within the use of facial recognition technologyā
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 Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info21/03/2023 - 14:00 - 21/03/2023 - 15:00Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral Seminar with Maciej Otmianowski on āPower, technology and law: Investigating power relations through EU regulatory impact assessmentā
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 Society (LSTS) to present and discuss their work in progress.
Practical info26/04/2023 - 09:00 - 26/04/2023 - 17:30HEalth, Law, and Technology (HELT) Symposium 2023
The Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) is organising its inaugural HELT (Health, law, and Technology) Symposium 2023. The symposium will take place on 26th April 2023 at the āSparks Venue ā Rue Ravenstein 60ā in the center of Brussels.
Practical info22/02/2023 - 09:30 - 22/02/2023 - 17:15The Data Integration of Europe. Database interoperability in European police and border cooperation. Inception workshop of the DATAUNION project
Workshop introduction and objective
Practical info24/03/2023 - 15:30 - 24/03/2023 - 17:00Book discussion with Prof. Fleur Johns on her new work ā#Help: Digital Humanitarianism and the Remaking of International Orderā
The COHUBICOL project is organising an event on 24 March 2023 on Prof.
