Law and Technology Centre

Description

The Law and Technology Centre brings together leading scholars with shared research interests in the intersection of law and technology drawing on the long-standing reputation of Southampton Law School as a vibrant hub in this field.

The centre's mission is to join and influence the wider debate on the legal implications of technological developments. For this purpose, members regularly host conferences and workshops with experts and policy makers from various disciplines and jurisdictions to discuss topical issues, exchange knowledge and form pathways for collaborative research. This includes the Law and Technology Seminar Series in which scholars share their works-in-progress with the academic community. The Centre contributes to the production of high-quality outputs, generates impact, and adds to the wider research environment.

Research themes:

• internet and global and cross-disciplinary governance;
• liability of online intermediaries;
• governance and regulation of new technologies;
• financial law and monetary policy in a digital era;
• fundamental rights;
• sustainability;
• access to justice and judicial protection;
• consumer law and protection;
• privacy and data protection;
• biotechnology and biomedical technology;
• socio-legal and political implications of technology;
• machine learning;
• ethics of Artificial Intelligence;
• competition law;
• intellectual property rights;
• digital economy markets.

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No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

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University of Southampton
University Road
Southampton
SO17 1BJ