📢PHD OPPORTUNITY ALERT📢 The Law & Technology research group @ugent is looking for a full-time PhD student for a research project on the right to (not) use the internet, starting in early 2025. Apply now!

Ik ben op zoek naar een nieuwe voltijdse assistent! De opdracht bestaat uit onderzoek en onderwijsondersteuning in het domein "Recht & Technologie". Meer info? https://t.co/AghGjjOX3p (deadline 05.03.24)

Our report from the fifth International Press Freedom Seminar on Journalism and AI is out! Dive into discussions on AI in journalism, public trust in news media, and the crucial role of public broadcasters. 🗞️✨ #PressFreedom #AIinJournalism

Looking forward to the panel on "Revisiting the (Artificial) Right to Effective Remedy in a Digitized World" with a stellar line-up of speakers at the @ugent #HRRN conference at 11 a.m. in the Hubert Van Eyck room!

Op zoek naar een onderzoeker voor een kort project (okt-dec 2023; halftijds) omtrent gegevensbescherming en intellectuele eigendom. Meer details zijn beschikbaar in het vacaturebericht:

Net afgestudeerd met een passie voor data & gegevensbescherming? We zijn nog steeds op zoek naar een nieuwsgierige juristen met doctoraatsambities voor het SolidLab-project over datakluizen. Meer info via https://t.co/Y96sQi0KKY. Deadline: 13 juli, startdatum overeen te komen.

On 8 June we are organising a research seminar 'Children's Voices in Courts, Policy and Research: Exploring Child Participation across Contexts' with Dr. Holly Doel-Mackaway (@4childrights), @WendyDeBondt & @ValeVerdo. More information and registration:

Wij zijn op zoek naar nieuwsgierige juristen met doctoraatsambities om op het #SolidLab-project te werken, samen met een heleboel collega's uit andere disciplines! Ook master studenten die in juni afstuderen meer dan welkom! Meer info: https://t.co/Y96sQi0KKY Deadline 30 juni!

@ValeVerdo from @ugent led the Q/A session while project's co-supervisor @biekezaman @mintlableuven @KULeuvenDigiSoc wrapped up the webinar with a few key takeaways and numerous questions that we want to address in the second part of the webinar... Stay tuned!

Our second focus was on #commercial communication around video gaming and gambling: @EvaGrosemans from @ims_kul @mintlableuven and @NadiaFeci from @CiTiP_KULeuven presented their research on #gambling #advertising, videogame #streaming and ad exposure in adolescents

On the 24th of May, we had the honor of setting up a webinar for the World Health Organisation @WHO and our own stakeholders: "The blurring lines between video #gaming and gambling: An #ecosystem perspective".

No better way to end the week with our last post on the #ECtHR Macatė v🇱🇹 case where the GC found that restricting a book of fairy tales bc of LGBTI content breached A. 10. @ingridamilkaite argues that the judgm is convincing & explores its future impact👇 https://t.co/0YBSa9viZV

#CfP: "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Rethinking and Constructing its Future Together" (6-8 December 2023, Ghent). Join our stream on Digital Technologies and Human Rights!!

An important survey on the intimidation of #EnvironmentalDefenders within the EU (+UK, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) by @lien_stolle (Univ of Ghent, Belgium). If you're 18yrs +, an environmental activist, artist, journalist, lawyer...have a look at it by 15Feb!

Register now for Think Legal Tech, the launch event for our 4th @ugent Legal Techathon. Keynote by @zweers, panel with legal tech entrepreneurs Henchman, Contractify, https://t.co/13itY12zKD & Unpaid! https://t.co/SEyyJwUY3n @RechtCrimUGent @DO_UGent

Today plenary session in #EUParliament about consumer protection in online video games. Report in English available soon. Exciting times for videogame monetisation researchers. Link: https://t.co/nKMsoOSVwq. Some key takeaways in light of mine and many others’ research (1/5).

Calling on everyone defending/speaking up for the #climate: Have you ever experienced online intimidation? We urgently need evidence for @lien_stolle's super interesting and topical research project!! Survey available in English and Dutch -

Honored to co-host today's fourth International Press Freedom Seminar on combatting SLAPP against journalists (and other public watchdogs) @ugent - with, amongst others @evalieve @BartVHael @ValeVerdo @Apache_be @vvjournalisten @VincentVQ