PhD in legal challenges for AI use in technical industry
We are looking for a keen and bright candidate for a PhD position that is available for a four-year term as part of the recently awarded ELSA Lab for Technical Industry (ELSA4TI) (funded within the NGF-Call AiNed ELSA Labs). The ELSA4TI Lab is led by Prof Ming Cao, Director of the Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI. ELSA4TI focuses on the ethical, legal, social and economic implications of AI adoption in the technical industry.
This PhD position focuses on the legal challenges technical industry is encountering when adopting AI in its processes. The successful candidate will carry out an analysis of how the European legal framework (including the AI Act, GDPR, worker rights frameworks) supports and/or restricts AI adoption in the uptake of AI in the process of select technical industries. The analysis will focus on case studies from industries partnering with the project. This position is embedded in the Security, Technology and e-Privacy Research Group (STeP) at the Faculty of Law and the Jantina Tammes School of Digital Society, Technology and AI research community. The supervision of the researcher will be jointly carried out between profs Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici (Faculty of Law), Christos Emmanouilidis (Faculty of Economics and Business) and Ming Cao (Faculty of Science and Engineering). You will represent the University of Groningen team in project regular meetings, will contribute to project activities, and will engage with project partners and external stakeholders, demonstrating own initiative, producing quality research outputs from a multidisciplinary perspective.
Organisation
Founded in 1614, the University of Groningen enjoys an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative institution of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Flexible study programs and academic career opportunities in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the 34,000 students and researchers alike to develop their own individual talents. As one of the best research universities in Europe, the University of Groningen has joined forces with other top universities and networks worldwide to become a truly global centre of knowledge.
The Faculty of Law of the University of Groningen is a modern institution with a longstanding tradition of more than four centuries. It offers several (inter)national bachelor and master programmes and with 5000 students and almost 500 staff members. The faculty forms a vibrant community and has a strong AI and law research programme. The position is hosted at the Department of Transboundary Legal Studies as part of the STeP Group. The group is responsible for the teaching in the track on Technology Law in the LLB in International and European Law and the LLM in Technology Law and Innovation and LLM in Health and Technology Law.
The Faculty of Economics and Business offers an inspiring study and working environment for students and employees. International accreditation enables the Faculty to assess performance against the highest international standards. It also creates an exciting environment of continuous improvement. FEB's programmes, academic staff and research do well on various excellence ranking lists.
