For your eyes only

On 29 and 30 November 2012 wil take place in Brussels the For your eyes only: Privacy, empowerment and technology in the context of social networks International Conference. The event is notably supported by the User Empowerment in Social Media (EMSOC) research project, to which LSTS contributes. LSTS members Serge Gutwirth and Mathias Vermeulen will …

Europeanization and EU external borders

Prof. Paul De Hert and LSTS researchers Antonella Galetta and Rocco Bellanova will present their works on the different processes of europeanization of EU external borders at the "L’européanisation à la croisée des disciplines et de nouveaux enjeux" Conference in Brussels, at the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, on Tuesday 25 September 2012. You can find more …

Surveilling Surveillance

LSTS researchers Antonella Galetta & Rosamunde van Brakel are both giving presentations at the SMART Policy workshop 'Surveilling Surveillance' in Florence this Wednesday 26 September 2012. Antonella will discuss the relation between surveilance technologies and the presumption of innocence, and Rosamunde will examine the ethical and social consequences of behaviour detecting smart video surveillance systems as …

MovingLife: Online survey on mHealth solutions

The MovingLife project is a Coordination and Support Action (FP7) that will deliver roadmaps for technological research, implementation practice and policy support with the aim of accelerating the establishment, acceptance and wide use of mobile eHealth solutions. MovingLife has developed preliminary roadmaps for mHealth that address a broad group of fundamental issues such as: technology …

PIAF Final Conference

Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (VUB-LSTS), Trilateral Research & Consulting LLP and Privacy International have been conducting research on PIA for the European Commission’s Directorate-General Justice. Our project is called PIAF: A Privacy Impact Assessment Framework for Data Protection and Privacy Rights. You can find more details on …

Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) 2013 Conference – Call for Papers

Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference is an annual three-day Conference devoted to privacy and data protection discussions. The 6th edition of CPDP will be held on 23-25 January 2013 in Brussels. Whilst a number of speakers are specifically invited by the Conference several slots remain open to application through an annual Call for Papers. The CPDP …

VUB Surveillance Reading Group

A Surveillance Reading Group has been launched at VUB's Faculty of Law and Criminology, as a joint initiative among LSTS and criminology researchers interested in surveillance and surveillance studies. The group's first meeting has been scheduled for Monday 1st October 2012. It will kick off with a discussion of the article "Social Control After Foucault …

Facebook in Waregem

LSTS researcher Katja De Vries will give a talk entitled “Facebook - virtual yet real” on Wednesday 12th September 2012. Educational and entertaining. Organised by: Uitstraling Permanente Vorming vzw. Starting time: 20:00. Address: Vrijzinnig Centrum Poincaré - Stormestraat 131/18 - 8790 Waregem.  More information: here and here.