Past events

Join us at the upcoming LSTS Doctoral Seminar by Megan Leal Causton,  a PhD candidate at VUB as part of the DATAUNION ERC project, on Thursday 9 October 2025, from 12:30 to 13:30 CET in room C4.05 and online via Teams.

This interactive workshop critically examines the gendered, racialised, and class-based harms emerging from wearable technologies such as Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses.

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...

You are warmly invited to our next Gender, Law, and Technology Reading Group session, which will take place on Friday 12 September 2025 from 12:30 to 13:30 CET, both in person (room C4.05) and online via Teams (link below).

Join us for the latest in our LSTS/FRC (Fundamental Rights Centre) Doctoral Seminar series, this time from Andreas Kanakakis on 2 September 2025 from 12:30 to 13:30 at room C4.05 and online via Teams.

You are warmly invited to the next session of the Gender, Law, and Technology Reading Group, which will take place on Thursday 10 July 2025, from 12:30 to 13:30 CET, in room C4.05 and online via Teams (link below).

LSTS visiting Researcher Francesco Casaril will present his work in progress, Cybersecurity in the Space Domain: Laws, Gaps, and a Metric-Based Risk Framework. The research explores the cybersecurity of space systems by analyzing their role in society, and the risks facing space networks.

You are warmly invited to our next Gender, Law, and Technology Reading Group meeting, which will take place on Monday 30 June at 12:00 CET, both in person (Room C4.05) and online via Teams.

SAVE THE DATE! The Winter Academy has come to a close, and now we can turn our thoughts to the sunny days of summer! 🌞 Be sure to mark your calendars! Our Summer Academy will take place from June 16 to 20, 2025.

Join us at the latest in the LSTS seminar series with visiting researcher Marcin Rojszczak. Marcin is an Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity and Privacy Law at the University of Gdańsk.

If you are interested in staying up to date on the latest judgments of the EU Court of Justice in the data protection field, do not miss the Monthly Digital Coffees co-organised by DPSN and LSTS-VUB.

LSTS researcher Thiago Moraes will present his work in progress Designing for Values in AI Regulatory Sandboxes: Participatory Approaches to e nable Responsible Innovation and Fundamental Rights Protection at this Doctoral Seminar.