Author: Natalie
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3D Printing and AI: Arbitration and Mediation
PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3D Printing and AI: Arbitration and Mediation Dr Kyriaki Noussia (Principal Investigator) and Dr James Griffin Sponsor: ESRC IAA Project Co-Creation Fund Award Project length: 1 October 2020-31 September 2021 About the Project 3D printing is increasingly important as it is a means to redistribute the manufacturing and use of products, and their…
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Prof Hitoshi Nasu on lethal autonomous maritime systems
SCuLE’s Professor Hitoshi Nasu and David Letts (Australian National University College of Law) wrote an article titled “The Legal Characterization of Lethal Autonomous Maritime Systems: Warship, Torpedo, or Naval Mine?” published by the Stockton Center for International Law. The article examines legal status of lethal autonomous maritime systems (LAMS). LAMS, unmanned maritime platforms with lethal…
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SCuLE’s Response to the EC consultation on digital technologies for the culture heritage sector
The Centre for Science, Culture and the Law at Exeter published a Response to the Consultation on Digital Cultural Heritage and Recommendation 2011/711/EU launched by the European Commission. The Commission’s aim is to ensure that the 2011 Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation still addresses the challenges posed…
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Dr Inga Thiemann discussed work and its regulation after COVID-19
Dr Inga Thiemann together with the Moving Labour Collective published a blog post on the Futures of Work on ‘Re-imagining Work and its Regulation after COVID-19’. The blog post includes an edited transcript of an online meeting hosted to discuss implications of COVID-19 for labour, its embodied practices, regulation, and the theoretical and activist engagements…
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Dr Kyriaki Noussia On Modern Threats to Environmental Sustainability in the Arctic
Dr Kyriaki Noussia contributed an article titled ‘On Modern Threats to Environmental Sustainability in the Arctic: The Cybersecurity Factor and the Provisions of Insurance Against Environmental and Cyber Risks in Oil and Gas Installations‘ to the European Energy and Environmental Law Review. The article was written in the context of accelerating pace of the climate…
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Prof Hitoshi Nasu contributed an article on Weapons Testing in Just Security
Professor Hitoshi Nasu and Professor Michael Schmitt (University of Reading) contributed an article titled “A Threat or A Warning: Russia’s Weapons Testing in Space” in Just Security. The article is set against the backdrop of the Space Security Exchange meeting between the US and Russia. The two nations exchanged the views on space threats, policies…
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Prof Hitoshi Nasu mentioned in The Economist
Professor Hitoshi Nasu was mentioned in the article published by The Economist on 15 August 2020. The article titled “An arms race is brewing in orbit” points out that there is a growing possibility to use anti-satellite weapons. Countries like America, Russia and China have been testing new methods of attack such as lasers and…
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Prof Hitoshi Nasu contributes chapter on artificial intelligence and international humanitarian law
Professor Hitoshi Nasu contributed a chapter to Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law edited by Eve Massingham and Annabel McConnachie. The chapter, titled “Artificial Intelligence and the obligation to respect and to ensure respect for IHL”, examines application of artificial intelligence technology for military purposes and its legality. In this context, Professor Nasu evaluates the…
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Dr Inga Thiemann co-organised “Moving beyond Covid?” webinar series
With events taking place throughout June, Dr Inga Thiemann co-organised a webinar series called “Moving beyond Covid?” together with the Moving Labour Collective. The webinar series was set against the backdrop of globally sharpening inequalities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The series was delivered by academics and researchers from around the world with an aim…
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Dr Inga Thiemann publishes article in International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Dr Inga Thiemann published an article titled ‘Sex Work Regulation, Anti-trafficking Policy, and Their Effects on the Labour Rights of Sex Workers in Germany‘ in the International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations. The article focuses on Germany as a case study of regulatory approaches to sex work, the status of sex workers’…