Seminars and events

Private Rule-Making and European Governance of AI and Robotics (WASP-HS Project 2023-2027)

22 March 2023 (12:00-13:00): AI@ORU Lunch Webinar “AI, robotik och styrelseformerna i EU” - Speaker: Martin Ebers; Moderator: Alberto Giaretta

16 October 2023: Andrew Leyden, presentation on Standardisation and AI (Competition Policy International Roundtables, Barcelona, Spain). 

7-9 February 2024: Andrew Leyden, poster presentation on standardisation and AI; Emmanuel Vargas Penagos, poster presentation on LLMs as content moderators - at 2004 WASP-HS winter conference, Umeå University.  

16 February 2024 (13:15-15:00): Andrew Leyden’s first PhD seminar

10 April 2024 (13:15-15:00): Emmanuel Vargas Penagos’s first PhD seminar

14-16 May 2024: Andrew Leyden, participation in and presentation (on standardisation and AI) at Tübingen PhD Summer School on AI (Tübingen, Germany).

24 May 2024: Andrew Leyden, presentation on standardisation and AI at Law in the framework of Legal aspects of AI PhD course (Uppsala). 

19 June 2024 (13:15-15:00): Andrew Leyden’s follow-up PhD seminar

27 September 2024: (17:00-18:30): Webinar “Standardization of High-risk AI Systems in the EU”

Speakers: 
Dr. Alexander Goschew, project coordinator at the DIN Consumer Council,
Dr. Olia Kanevskaia, Assistant Professor of European Economic Law and Technology at Utrecht University and researcher at the Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe (RENFORCE),
Prof. Dr. Hans-W. Micklitz, part-time Professor of Economic Law, European University Institute, Florence Italy

10 December 2024 (8:45-12:00): Digital Speech and Rights: A Workshop on Content Moderation, Örebro universitet, Hörsal T https://www.oru.se/kalendarium/passerade-evenemang-2024/digital-speech-and-rights-a-workshop-on-automated-content-moderation/

Speakers: 
Joan Barata, PhD in Law, Senior Fellow at The Future of Free Speech and Fellow of the Program on Platform Regulation at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center.
Jacob van de Kerkhof, PhD researcher at the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law and Administration of Justice at Utrecht University, the Netherlands:
Emmanuel Vargas, PhD researcher at the School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences in Örebro University

24 April 2025 (13:15-15:00): Emmanuel Vargas Penagos’s mid-term PhD seminar

Opponent: Magnus Strand, Uppsala universitet

25 April 2025 (9:00-17:00): Research initiation workshop “Legal consciousness in the tech community”, Örebro universitet, Forumhuset, BIO

Programme:
9.00-9.10 Introduction
9.10-9.50 Presentation on legal consciousness research by Ana Maria Vargas Falla (Lund University)
9.50-10.20 Discussion
10.20-10.40 Coffee break
10.40-11.10 Presentation on the ERRATUM Project by Helle Krunke (Law) and Christina Lioma (Computer science), University of Copenhagen
11.10-11.30 Discussion
11.30-11.45 Presentation on the project ‘Agent Based Modeling and Simulation for Law’ by Mais Qandeel (Law) and Franziska Klügl (Computer science), University of Örebro
11.45-12.00 Discussion
12.00-13.15 Lunch break
13.15-14.30 Short presentations of the participants followed by discussions with the aim of exploring the state of the art (Martin Ebers, Eleonor Kristoffersson, Paul Friedl)
14.30-14.50 Coffee break
14.50-16.00 Short presentations of the participants followed by discussions with the aim of exploring the state of the art (Andrea Simoncini, Erik Longo)
16.00-17.00 Discussion on the research questions and potential funders

5 May 2025 (09:15-10:30) Academic Conference on Safety of Journalists - Feature of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day 2025. Panel 1: Newsrooms, AI and Human Rights in the Digital Environment. Programme: https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/academic-conference-safety-journalists 

Speakers:
Emmanuel Vargas Penagos (PhD Researcher, Örebro University), Maksuda Aziz (journalist), Heidi Gautschi (Professor, HEP Vaud), Élmano Ricarte (Associate Professor, Universidade Europeia), Hanayo Oya (Assistant Professor, California State University)

26 May 2025: Research initiation workshop “Legal consciousness in the tech community”, University of Turin, Italy, Campus L. Einaudi, Meeting room in D2, 2nd floor

Participants:
Katalin Kelemen, Martin Ebers, Eleonor Kristoffersson, Pedro Zuidberg dos Martires (CS), Erik Longo, Andrea Simoncini, Moritz Schramm, Cristina Poncibò (Law), Riccardo de Caria (Law), Davide Audrito (Law and CS), Cecilia Isola (Law), Elena Grasso (Law)

Programme:
9.00‒9.40 “Research on legal consciousness in the tech community: theory and methods”, presentation by Katalin Kelemen (Associate Professor in Comparative Law, Örebro University)
9.40‒10.00 Discussion
10.00‒10.30 Coffee break
10.30‒10.50 “The tech community”, presentation by Pedro Zuidberg dos Martires (Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Örebro University)
10.50‒11.15 Discussion
11.15‒11.30 “Isomorphism, Infrastructures, and Intersubjectivity: Norms as command, code, and organizational culture”, presentation by Moritz Schramm (Adjunct Professor in Law, New York University)
11.30‒12.00 Discussion
12.00‒13.30 Lunch break
13.30‒14.45 Discussion on the European funds for the research project
14.45‒15.15 Coffee break
15.15‒16.30 Planning Autumn activities and finalizing the application for the WASP-HS Project Initiation Grant

2 June 2025 (15:00-16:30): Webinar - The Digital Prior Restraint: webinar discussing Emmanuel Vargas Penagos’s third PhD article

Webinar: The Digital Prior Restraint: Can Freedom of Expression Survive Upload Filters? - Kalendarium - Örebro universitet

Speakers:
Joan Barata, Silvia Caretta, Emmanuel Vargas, Pietro Ortolani

16 June 2025: Research initiation workshop  “Legal consciousness in the tech community”, University of Florence, Italy, Polo di Novoli, D4, DSG (Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche)

Participants:
Katalin Kelemen, Martin Ebers, Eleonor Kristoffersson, Pedro Zuidberg dos Martires (CS), Erik Longo, Andrea Simoncini, Moritz Schramm, Marco Lippi (CS), Simone Marinai (CS)

Programme:
9.30‒10.00 “Research on legal consciousness in the tech community: methods”, presentation by Katalin Kelemen (Associate Professor in Law, Örebro University)
10.00‒10.15 Discussion
10.15‒10.45 Coffee break
10.45‒11.00 “Semi-structured expert interviews as a method in legal research”, presentation by Moritz Schramm (Adjunct Professor in Law, New York University)
11.00‒11.30 Discussion
11.30‒11.45 “European project funds”, presentation by Erik Longo (Professor in Law, University of Florence)
11.45‒12.15 Discussion
12.15‒13.30 Lunch break
13.30‒14.45 Discussion on project plan ideas
14.45‒15.15 Coffee break
15.15‒16.00 Discussion on the project plan ideas continues
14-27 July 2025 (15 July 10 AM): 2025 Oxford - Berkeley Summer Doctoral Program

Short overarching presentation on Emmanuel Vargas Penagos’ research to the rest of the programme students.

2 December 2025 (13:15-15:00): Webinar - Legal consciousness in the tech community - discussing draft paper

Authors:
Katalin Kelemen, Ana Maria Vargas Falla (Lund University), Pedro Zuidberg Dos Martires (CS, Örebro University)

Discussant:
Stefan Larsson (Lund University)