eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies

Current projects

Our research projects address cutting-edge and forward-looking societal challenges at the intersection of law and technology.

Many of these initiatives are supported by National and European funding and involve international collaborations, highlighting our commitment to impactful, globally relevant research. Below are our current projects.

Delving into human vulnerability within social media and the metaverse fostering the resilience of their users. Read more.

Gianclaudio Malgieri Associate professor
Simone van der Hof Professor of Law and Digital Technologies
Constanta Rosca Postdoc
Maria-Lucia Rebrean PhD candidate
Maëlle Picout Education and research staff member

The project tackles the need to establish a comprehensive legal framework that supports the integration of Innovative Air Mobility by incorporating emerging technologies such as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft into existing mobility networks. Read more.

Benjamyn I. Scott Assistant Professor
Öykü Kurtpinar PhD candidate

The ERC Starting Grant Safe and Sound works on science for robot policy and has the ambition to connect the policy cycle with data generated in robot testing zones to support evidence-based policymaking for robot technologies. Read more.

Eduard Fosch Villaronga Associate professor
Antoni Mut Piña Postdoc
Marie Schwed Shenker PhD candidate
Mohammed Raiz Shaffique PhD candidate

The NWA ELSA LAB AI MAPS explores multi-agency public safety issues related to AI. Read more.

Francien Dechesne Associate professor
Valerie Frissen Professor by special appointment Digital Technologies and Social Change
Nanou van Iersel PhD candidate / guest
Marlon Kruizinga PhD candidate / guest

The Horizon Europe project AI4Europe is responsible for the management, development and facilitation of the AI-on-Demand Platform (AIoD) that supports AI research excellence in Europe. Read more.

Alan Sears Lecturer

The Horizon Europe BIAS Project investigates the use of Artificial Intelligence in the labour market. In particular, it explores how biases in hiring and promoting processes based on personal characteristics are potentially reproduced with AI-based systems. Read more.

Eduard Fosch Villaronga Associate professor
Carlotta Rigotti Postdoc researcher

The NWA ELSA LAB DEFENCE works on embedding ethical, legal, and societal aspects for responsible military AI. Read more.

Bart Custers Professor of Law and Data Science
Henning Lahmann Assistant professor
Benjamyn I. Scott Assistant Professor

Collaboration

The portfolio of eLaw includes research executed for the European Commission, NWO (the national research council in the Netherlands), the national government, local government agencies, large corporations, SMEs and NGOs.

For further questions regarding the research within eLaw, please contact dr. Eduard Fosch Villaronga, director of research, via e.fosch.villaronga@law.leidenuniv.nl or via the management/office assistant Regina Noort, via elaw@law.leidenuniv.nl.