Call for Applications: DATAMIG Training School (29 September - 1 October)
Carrying out and navigating sensitive fieldwork Brussels & online, 29 September – 1 October 2025 Learning and Innovation Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Université Libre de Bruxelles Call: The COST Action DATAMIG ( Data Matters: Sociotechnical Challenges of Eu...
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LSTS Research Day on Methodological Reflections on the Relationship Between Data Law and Technology
On Tuesday 24th June, researchers from Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) gathered for the 2nd annual Research Day, in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel's fantastic new Innovation Centre, organised by Simone Casiraghi, Vanessa Ugolini & Anastasiya Kiseleva.
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New Book Explores Law, Morality, and Digital Ethics in the Age of AI: Niels Van Dijk and Simone Casiraghi Publish Monograph
We are excited to share that the monograph by Niels van Dijk and Simone Casiraghi, Law, Morality and Digital Ethics , has just been published by Edinburgh University Press!
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Discover the CPDP conference via this new podcast !
How do you turn a privacy and data protection conference into a runway show Conferences like CPDP are loaded with dense academic and legal topics.
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LSTS at CPDP ("Computers, Privacy and Data Protection") Conference, May 2025
CPDP ("Computers, Privacy and Data Protection") is a non-profit platform originally founded in 2007 by research groups from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the Université de Namur and Tilburg University.
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PhD Vacancy at LSTS within the HARNESS project
Exciting opportunity to join Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel within the Doctoral Project HARNESS.
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) opening their doors to international researchers seeking academic freedom
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and its partner, the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), are opening their doors to international researchers seeking academic freedom in Europe.
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LSTS Researcher recent publication in Computer Law & Security Review
Nathan's article “Scoring the European Citizen in the AI Era” has just been published in Computer Law & Security Review.
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LSTS Researcher recent publication in STS journal 'Social Studies of Science'
LSTS' Niels Van Dijk, alongside Katerina Sideri of the University of Crete in Greece, have recently published an article in the journal of Social Studies of Science, entitled The techno-politics of computing the mind: Opening the black box of digital psychiatry. Psychiatry has recently witn...
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LSTS Researchers recent publication with Internet Policy Review
Researchers from LSTS Vanessa Ugolini and Rocco Bellanova, in collaboration with Rosamunde van Brakel (VUB) and Matthias Leese (ETH Zurich), within Dataunion, have recently published a new piece with Internet Policy Review, titled 'Automating Security?
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Welcome to visiting researchers joining us at LSTS
We are delighted to welcome three new visiting researchers to Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) in February! Francesco Casaril is joining for four months from Open Lab - IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca .
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Successful PhD defences at LSTS
Congratulations to Andrés Chomczyk Penedo and Anastasiya Kiseleva who recently defended their PhDs successfully and became Drs!
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