Francien Dechesne
Associate professor
- Name
- Dr. F. Dechesne
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 7608
- f.dechesne@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-3511-9103
Francien Dechesne is Associate Professor of Ethics and Digital Technologies at the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) of the Leiden Law School. She is Programme Director of the Advanced Master in Law & Digital Technologies, Director of Education at eLaw and initiator and overall coordinator of the university wide Minor Programme on Artificial Intelligence and Society (developed in the context of Leiden’s SAILS network on AI).
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Francien Dechesne is Associate Professor of Ethics and Digital Technologies at the Center for Law and Digital Technologies (eLaw) of the Leiden Law School. She is Programme Director of the Advanced Master in Law & Digital Technologies, Director of Education at eLaw and initiator and overall coordinator of the university wide Minor Programme on Artificial Intelligence and Society (developed in the context of Leiden’s SAILS network on AI).
With a background in computer science, mathematics and philosophy, her research as well as her responsibilities in education center around interdisciplinary perspectives on Artificial Intelligence, and its interactions with society: demystification of the technology, identifying and explaining societal impacts (to those affected as well as those involved in the development), and investigating different strategies towards responsible AI.
Since shifting her research from Formal Methods in Computer Science to Ethics and Digital Technologies in 2009, she has worked on projects around privacy by design, value sensitive design, socio-technical cybersecurity, data protection, responsible data-analytics, fairness in algorithmic systems, and (currently) ethics and regulation of AI.
She is currently one of the researchers in the ELSA Lab AI-MAPS, coordinated from Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). At eLaw Leiden, she co-led a project on AI Ethics at the Dutch police (with Virginia Dignum of Umeå University/TU Delft). She coordinated and conducted research in the SCALES project in the NWO Responsible Innovation program. This research project involved the question how to strike a balance between public, commercial and individual interests in data-driven innovations.
She is one of the founding members of the national initiative “Teaching Responsible AI (TRAI)”, advocating for integrated attention to societal implications and responsibility in computer science, data science and AI curricula.
Francien Dechesne holds a PhD in mathematical logic (Tilburg University and TU Eindhoven, 2005). She conducted research on formal methods for verification of security protocols (TU Eindhoven, 2005-2009) and on Ethics and Information Technology (TU Delft, 2009-2014). Before starting her academic career, she worked as IT Management professional in mainframe environments (Pink Elephant bv, 1997-2000). As a student of foundations of mathematics (in particular: intuitionistic mathematics) and philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen, she was visiting scholar at UCLA to study descriptive set theory (VSB Scholarship, 1996).
Associate professor
- Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
- Instituut voor Metajuridica
- eLaw@Leiden
- Dechesne F. (15 December 2023), Wat is uw droomproject?: getrapt begrip. Beste-id jaarlijkse vragen: Beste-ID. [blog entry].
- El Aazani A., Dechesne F., Asten M. van, Ramlal M. & Gstrein O. (2023), Risicoprofilering heronderzoek bijstandsuitkering = Risk profiling for social welfare re-examination. Algorithm Audit no. AA:2023:02:A. Utrecht: Stichting Algorithm Audit.
- Katell M. & Dechesne F. (20 May 2021), Privacy and pandemics: augmented crises in times of reality (Lecture). Tilburg: TILTING 2021: Regulating in times of crisis.
- Dechesne F. & Borghuis T. (2021), On verification and validation in engineering. In: Michelfelder D.P. & Doorn N. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering. Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy. New York-London: Routledge. 435-446.
- Doorn N., Michelfelder D.P., Barrella E., Bristol T., Dechesne F., Fritzsche A., Johnson G., Poznic M., Robison W.L., Sain B., Stone T., Rodriguez-Nikl T., Umbrello S., Vermaas P.E. & Wilson R.L. (2021), Reimagining the future of engineering. In: Michelfelder D.P. & Doorn N. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering. Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy. New York-London: Routledge. 736-744.
- Custers B.H.M., Dechesne F., Graaf T.J. de, Meuwese A.C.M. & Wuisman I.S. (2021), Waarom (basis)kennis van AI onontbeerlijk is voor juristen, Ars Aequi 70(12): 1136-1140.
- Custers B.H.M., Dechesne F. & Hof S. van der (Eds.) (2021), Meesterlijk: liber amicorum ter gelegenheid van het emeritaat van prof.dr. Jaap van den Herik. Meijers-reeks no. 376. Amsterdam: Ipskamp Publishing.
- Dechesne F. (2020), Fair Enough? On (Avoiding) Bias in Data, Algorithms and Decisions. In: Friedewald M., Önen M., Lievens E., Krenn S. & Fricker S. (Eds.), Privacy and Identity Management. Data for Better Living: AI and Privacy (14th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6/11.7, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School, Windisch, Switzerland, August 19–23, 2019, Revised Selected Papers). IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology no. 576. Cham: Springer. 17-26.
- Dechesne F. (2020), Requirements engineering for moral considerations in algorithmic systems: RE’20 Conference Keynote, 2020 IEEE 28th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE). : IEEE Requirements Engineering Conference.
- Ganesh M.I., Dechesne F. & Waseem Z. (2020), Two Computer Scientists and a Cultural Scientist Get Hit by a Driver-Less Car: A Method for Situating Knowledge in the Cross-Disciplinary Study of F-A-T in Machine Learning: Translation Tutorial, FAT* '20: Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. Fairness, Accountability and Transparency (FAccT) '20 27 January 2020 - 30 January 2020: Association for Computing Machinery. 707.
- Dechesne F. (2020), Review of: S.O. Hansson (ed.) (2017), The Ethics of Technology -- Methods and Approaches. London: Rowman & Littlefield. Prometheus: Critical Studies In Innovation 36(3): 296-298.
- Leiser M.R. Dechesne F. (2020), Governing machine-learning models: challenging the personal data presumption, International Data Privacy Law 10(3): 187-200.
- Custers B.H.M., Sears A.M., Dechesne F., Georgieva I.N., Tani T. & Hof S. van der (2019), EU Personal Data Protection in Policy and Practice. Information technology & law series no. 29. Heidelberg: Asser/Springer.
- Leiser M.R. & Dechesne F. (2019), Why models are not personal data & other myths of data protection debunked. . Belfast: BILETA Annual Conference (16-17 April 2019).
- Leiser M.R., Zardiashvili L. & Dechesne F.D. (2019), Realizing the Full Potential of the Right to Data Portability: Using data protection for healthcare innovation. Leiden: SCALES-project.
- Katell M., Dechesne F., Koops E.J. & Meessen P. (2019), Augmented Reality – Spatial Context and Power in Design. iConference 2019: Inform, Include, Inspire., Washington, DC. 31 March 2019 - 3 April 2019. [conference poster].
- Katell M., Dechesne F., Koops E.J. & Meessen P. (2019), Seeing the Whole Picture: Visualising Socio-Spatial Power Shifts through Augmented Reality, Law, Innovation and Technology 11(2): 279-310.
- Zardiashvili L. & Dechesne F. (2019), Consumer Control of Energy Data: The Need for the Consent Management Mechanism in the Energy Sector of the Netherlands and Roadblocks Related to its Implementation. Leiden: SCALES-project.
- Dechesne F., Dignum V., Zardiashvili L. & Bieger J. (2019), Long-term Research Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and Ethics at the Police. Leiden / Delft.
- Dechesne F., Dignum V., Zardiashvili L. & Bieger J. (2019), AI & Ethics at the Police: Towards Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in the Dutch Police. Leiden / Delft.
- Leiser M.R. & Dechesne F. (2019), Trade Secrets, Models & Personal Data: Resolving the Conflict?. . Tilburg: TILTING2019: TILTING PERSPECTIVES 2019 – REGULATING A WORLD IN TRANSITION.
- Zardiashvili L., Bieger J., Dechesne F. & Dignum V. (2019), AI Ethics for Law Enforcement: A Study into Requirements for Responsible Use of AI at the Dutch Police, Delphi - Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies 2(4): 179-185.
- Dechesne F. (2018), Panel (moderator): "Filling ‘accountability holes’ in algorithmic networks" (CPDP 2018). [other].
- Custers B.H.M., Dechesne F., Sears A.M., Tani T. & Hof S. van der (2018), A comparison of data protection legislation and policies across the EU, Computer Law and Security Review 34(2): 234-243.
- Custers B.H.M., Dechesne F., Pieters W., Schermer B. & Hof S. van der (2018), Consent and Privacy. In: Müller A. & Schaber P. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Consent. London: Routledge. 247-258.
- Dechesne F. (2018), Using procedural justice to connect normative and epistemic explanations of algorithmic decisions. . Cardiff, UK: Data Justice Lab.
- La Fors K., Dechesne F. & Custers B.H.M. (2018), Filling accountability holes in algorithmic networks. . Amsterdam: Amsterdam Privacy Conference (APC) 2018.
- Reisen M.E.H. van & Dechesne F. (2018), mMoney, Mobility and Healthcare: Towards a Meta-Theory of System Diversity. [lecture].
- Pieters W. & Dechesne F. (2017), Adversarial Risks in Social Experiments with New Technologies. In: Poel I. van de, Asveld L. & Mehos D.C. (Eds.), New Perspectives on Technology in Society: Experimentation Beyond the Laboratory. Emerging technologies, ethics and international affairs. Oxford: Routledge. 222-239.
- Custers B.H.M., Dechesne F., Georgieva I.N. & Hof S. van der (2017), De bescherming van persoonsgegevens: acht Europese landen vergeleken. WODC Rapport no. 2718. Den Haag: SDU.
- Hof S. van der, Custers B.H.M., Dechesne F. & Keymolen E.L.O. (Eds.) (2017), Recht uit het hart. Liber amicorum ter gelegenheid van het emeritaat van prof. dr. mr. Wouter Hins, hoogleraar mediarecht te Leiden. Meijers-reeks no. 313. Leiden: E.M. Meijers Instituut.
- Pieters W., Hadziosmanovic D. & Dechesne F. (2016), Security-by-Experiment: Lessons from Responsible Deployment in Cyberspace, Science and Engineering Ethics 22(3): 831-850.
- Warnier M., Dechesne F. & Brazier F. (2015), Design for the Value of Privacy. In: Hoven J. van den, Vermaas P. & Poel I. van de (Eds.), Handbook of Ethics, Values, and Technological Design. Dordrecht: Springer. 431-445.
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