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New book by Timo Slootweg, Tragedy in Ethics and Law: Other Voices of Dionysus04 September 2025In a world where law and morality strive for clarity, order, and control, this book challenges us to confront what has long been forgotten: the tragic...
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The danger of unregulated online communications08 July 2025Social media gives people a voice but also fuels online hate, especially against marginalised groups. PhD candidate Eva Nave: ‘While end-to-end encryp...
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Funding for research on AI Act08 July 2025Anne Meuwese and Francien Dechesne have received SSH Open Competition M funding from the Dutch Research Council for their joint project 'The Artificia...
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eLaw presents two papers on fairness and vulnerability in AI at ACM FAccT 202507 July 2025Staff from eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies contributed to the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT), hel...
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Additional funding for five experimental and innovative research projects04 July 2025Five Leiden research projects in history, law and AI have received SSH Open Competition M 2024 funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The rese...
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Academic freedom is at risk – what steps can we take to defend it?Research day 16 June 2025At the annual research day (‘toogdag’) of the research programme Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights in a Pluralist World (EPFR), researchers r...
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New publication - The regulation of sex robots: Gender and sexuality in the era of artificial intelligence16 June 2025Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw, has just published her new monograph, The Regulation of Sex Robots: Gender and Sexuality in the Era...
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Launch of 'Picturing Scholasticide': Preserving knowledge, culture, and livesExhibition 12 June 2025After nine months of intense collaboration between staff and students at Leiden University and universities in Gaza, the 'Picturing Scholasticide' pro...
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eLaw at CPDP 202506 June 2025Last month, eLaw had a strong presence at the annual Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference in Brussels. All Law and Digital Technol...
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Gianclaudio Malgieri Appointed Co-Rapporteur for International Project on Biometrics Governance06 June 2025Dr Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, has been appointed Co-Rapporteur for a new joint proje...
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Maartje van der Woude appointed as Series Editor for prestigious Routledge book series27 May 2025Professor Maartje van der Woude, Professor of Law & Society at the Van Vollenhoven Institute, has been appointed as one of the three new series editor...
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Firefighting robots must be developed responsibly26 May 2025As robotics advances in the field of emergency response, firefighting robots – or 'firebots' – offer promising improvements in safety and operational ...
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New publication on online and technology-facilitated violence against women20 May 2025Carlotta Rigotti, postdoctoral researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn of Durham University have co-...
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The BIAS Project at the Artificial Intelligence and Labour Market Workshop01 May 2025Carlotta Rigotti, Postdoc researcher at eLaw, participated in the Artificial Intelligence and Labour Market (AI&LM) Workshop hosted by Ghent Universit...
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From virtual rape to meta-rape: Sexual violence, criminal law, and the metaverse25 April 2025
Carlotta Rigotti, post-doc researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn , Durham University, have co-auth...