
LSTS welcomes new visiting scholar, Dr Katerina Sideri (October-December 2019)
As of 1 October 2019, Dr Katerina Sideri joined the LSTS as visiting scholar. Her visit will last three months.
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René Mahieu and Joris van Hoboken commentary on CJEU decision in Fashion ID @ European Law Blog
On 30 September 2019, René Mahieu and Joris van Hoboken published a commentary on the European Law Blog entitled "Fashion-ID: Introducing a phase-oriented approach to data protection?" In this commentary they question whether the new way in which the CJEU limits the re...
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LSTS researchers present at the 7th European Conference on Health Law Innovation & Healthcare (Toulouse, France)
On 27 September 2019, István Böröcz, Audrey Van Scharen and Eugenio Mantovani presented the interim results of their research at the 7th European Conference on Health Law ' Innovation & Healthcare - New challenges for Europe'. The LSTS researche...
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Rights as Methodology?
On 14 June 2019, LSTS welcomed in Brussels a delegation of researchers from the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) , University of Warwick, UK. Together, the two research groups organised a full-day joint workshop on " Rights as Methodology?
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István Böröcz, invited panelist at the XIV Congress of the Constitutional Jurisdiction (Cartagena, Colombia)
On 20 September 2019, LSTS Researcher István Böröcz was invited to join the XIV Congress of the Constitutional Jurisdiction and XXV Congress of Presidents and Judges of Latin-American Courts, Tribunals and Constitutional Chambers in Cartagena, Colombia. Bör...
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The New York Times: Prof Joris van Hoboken comments on recent landmark CJEU decisions about RTBF
LSTS Professor Joris van Hoboken gave comments to The New York Times with respect to the recently published CJEU decisions concerning the global application of the right to be forgotten and the processing of special categories of personal data by search engines.
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Series of events - Platform Urbanism: Data Commons, Citizen Contestation and the Governance of Cities
A series of events, the StadsSalonsUrbains on 'Platform Urbanism: Data Commons, Citizen Contestation and the Governance of Cities' will take place during this academic year, always on Friday evenings, at Beurscafé and Kaaistudio's.
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Gianclaudio Malgieri chairing at the Workshop 'Understanding the Security Challenges of Artificial Intelligence' (Brussels, 25 September 2019)
On 25 September 2019, Gianclaudio Malgieri is invited to chair a panel and give a talk at the Workshop 'Understanding the Security Challenges of Artificial Intelligence', organised by the Frankfurt University at the Permanent Representation of Hessen at the EU, in Brussels.
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New PhD position with LSTS on e-health project (DEADLINE: 15 October 2019)
Do you hold a master’s degree in law, criminology, social science, ethics, STS, preferably with a specialisation in technology, awarded by the deadline for applications? Are you enthusiastic about contributing to ongoing research activities and attracting external funding for research p...
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Prof Vagelis Papakonstantinou member of the law-making committee for the GDPR-implementing Act in Greece
Greece recently introduced its GDPR-implementation Act (Law no.
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Gianclaudio Malgieri at Data Trusts Workshop @Cambridge (UK)
On 23 September 2019, LSTS researcher Gianclaudio Malgieri is invited to give a talk at the 'Data trusts Workshop' , which will be held at Jesus College, University of Cambridge (UK) and will focus on the alienability of individual rights under the EU data protection framework.
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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 stimulating new insights and knowledge about standardisation. Ir...
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