Marie Schwed Shenker
PhD candidate
- Name
- M. Schwed Shenker
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- m.schwed.shenker@law.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0009-0001-8155-2725

Marie Schwed Shenker M.A. is a PhD candidate at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies. She is conducting research on Law and Robotics (Social Assistive Robots) as part of the ERC StG SAFE & Sound project.
Marie Schwed Shenker M.A. is a PhD candidate at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies.
She is conducting research on Law and Robotics (Social Assistive Robots) as part of the ERC StG SAFE & Sound project.
Preceding her position at Leiden University, Marie pursued academic endeavors at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, focusing on Practical Criminology. Her Master Thesis delved into an examination of stereotypes portraying female prisoners in television and exploring the role of language in fostering radicalization within groups. Furthermore, Marie earned her degree from Tel Aviv University, specializing in Sociology and Anthropology. Her qualitative research at this institution encompassed an investigation into ethical considerations within MDA (Magen David Adom) Youth Volunteering, as well as an exploration of generational disparities in contemporary Japan.
PhD candidate
- Faculty of Law
- Inst Interdisciplinary Study of the Law
- eLaw@Leiden
- Schwed-Shenker M., Fosch-Villaronga E. & Custers B.H.M. (2025), Defining Socially Assistive Robots for the Law: Preliminary Results of a Systematic Review. Palinko O., Bodenhagen L., Cabibihan J.J., Fischer K., Šabanović S., Winkle K., Behera L., Ge S.S., Chrysostomou D., Jiang W. & He H. (Eds.), Social Robotics: 16th International Conference, ICSR + AI 2024, Odense, Denmark, October 23–26, 2024, Proceedings, Part III. 16th International Conference on Social Robotics +AI 23 October 2024 - 26 October 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science no. 15563. Singapore: Springer. 268-278.
- Fosch Villaronga E., Shaffique M.R., Schwed Shenker M., Mut Piña A., Hof S. van der & Custers B.H.M. (2025), Science for Robot Policy: Advancing Robotics Policy through EU's Science for Policy Approach, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 218: 1-16 (124202).