IViR and Kluwer Law International Launch Online Archive of Information Law...
The Institute for Information Law (IViR), in collaboration with Kluwer Law International, publisher of the Information Law Series, has launched an online archive of older book volumes published in the...
View ArticleVacancy: Postdoc Information Law at AI, Media & Democracy Lab
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with a profile in information law to do research into the legal and ethical aspects of synthetic data and use of synthetic data for policy simulations. The...
View ArticleMireille van Eechoud appointed dean of Amsterdam Law School
The Executive Board of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has appointed Prof. Mireille van Eechoud, professor of Information Law, as dean of the Amsterdam Law School as of 1 January 2025. The...
View ArticleInformatierecht student Machiel van der Wal wint Brinkhof Internetscriptieprijs
Op woensdag 9 oktober 2024 is de Brinkhof Internetscriptieprijs uitgereikt aan Machiel van der Wal. Zijn scriptie, geschreven ter afsluiting van de master Informatierecht en onder begeleiding van...
View ArticleVacancies: Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e) AI
The Research Priority Area in Human(e) AI at the University of Amsterdam currently has two vacant Postdoctoral Researcher positions. The post Vacancies: Two Postdoctoral Research Positions in Human(e)...
View ArticleScriptie Informatierecht student opgenomen in NJB Topscriptie blog
De scriptie van Informatierecht student Gabriel Labella, "The post is mightier than the sword: Deplatformen van politici op sociale mediaplatforms", is opgenomen als NJB Topscriptie in het NJB Blog....
View ArticleProf. Helberger awarded with honorary doctorate from University of Fribourg
IViR is proud to share that upon the recommendation of the Department of Communication and Media Research, Prof. Natali Helberger was awarded with an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Management,...
View ArticleOpinion of the European Copyright Society on the CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and...
The latest Opinion of the European Copyright Society addresses how the concept of pastiche applies to music sampling under EU copyright law, in the context of CG and YN v Pelham GmbH and Others, Case...
View ArticleReport for Open Future on Demonopolizing the European public domain
In April of this year, Open Future approached the ILP Lab to take a closer look at the legal status of the datasets produced by the European participants in the Google Books project. The post Report...
View ArticleNew report: The right to trust your vote: Cybersecurity, human rights and...
Voting in elections in the past used to be done with pen and paper. But over the past decades, countries have switched to electronic voting machines (EVMs). Already from the outset, the use of these...
View ArticleMapping Data Work: Call for abstracts and proposals for an international...
We invite contributions to a two-day workshop that explores ‘data work’—tasks such as data labelling and annotation that are necessary for the creation and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)....
View ArticleVacancy: PhD Candidate Generative AI in the Media
The overall goal of this project is to study the role and implications that the new regulatory framework has in realising public values and influencing the power dynamics and legal relationships in the...
View ArticleKristina Irion joins advisory board of Center on Privacy & Technology
Kristina Irion has joined the advisory board of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law. The post Kristina Irion joins advisory board of Center on Privacy & Technology appeared...
View ArticleVacature: Onderzoeker bij het IViR
Heb je recent je Master Rechten afgerond of rond je die binnenkort af? Heb je aantoonbare affiniteit met informatierechtelijke onderwerpen zoals intellectuele eigendom, platformregulering,...
View ArticleMore Great Books Freely Available in ‘Information Law Series’ Archive
Following the successful launch of the Information Law Series Archive in September 2024, ten more volumes have now been made freely available online on the IViR website. The post More Great Books...
View ArticleCall for Creative Media Projects – Data Work in the Digital Economy
The University of Amsterdam is providing funding and support for new or early-stage creative media projects that unearth, explore, and critique the digital economy in India from the perspectives of the...
View ArticleBalázs Bodó appointed Professor of Information Law and Policy at IViR
IViR is pleased and proud to announce that Balázs Bodó has been appointed, per 1 January 2025, as a full professor at IViR, to the chair 'Information Law and Policy, with special emphasis on Technology...
View ArticleUntangling AI Copyright and Data Mining in EU Compliance
In this TL;DR episode, João Quintais explains the interaction between the AI Act and EU copyright law, focusing on text and data mining (TDM). He unpacks key issues like lawful access, opt-out...
View Article‘If we go on like this, the data centre sector will not meet the...
Our society’s growing reliance on digital technologies such as AI incurs an ever-growing ecological footprint. Kristina Irion, Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law, examines the...
View ArticleCall for Papers: GenAI & Creative Practices
Responsible Digital Transformations would like to invite you to submit proposals to the GenAI & Creative Practices conference, which will take place at the University of Amsterdam on 17 & 18...
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