Category: News
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Axis of Protection: Human Rights in International Law Seminar Series
The Science, Culture and Law Centre in collaboration with Exeter Centre for International Law (ECIL) is organising Axis of Protection: Human Rights in International Law Seminar Series event. The coming seminar titled Data protection and cybersecurity: the not-so-impossible task of reconciliation will be led by Professor Eleni Kosta, Professor of Technology Law and Human Rights, Tilburg Institute for Law,…
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UK and Ireland Patent Scholars Network host a Works in Progress Research Symposium in Maynooth University on 7-8th July 2022
The UK and Ireland Patent Scholars Network hosted a hybrid Works in Progress Research Symposium in Maynooth University, organised by the Network co-founders: Karen Walsh (University of Exeter), Aisling McMahon (Maynooth University) and Naomi Hawkins (University of Sheffield). The Research Symposium offered a supportive environment and forum for researchers working on areas related to patent…
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Lisa Cherkassky presented on posthumous conception at the University of Manchester
Lisa Cherkassky, who is finishing her PhD through publication at Manchester University this year, has presented her work at their annual postgraduate research conference on Tuesday 10 May 2022 in Manchester. The topic is posthumous conception, and she asked whether we should be removing gametes (sperm and eggs) from the deceased, and whether a best…
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Professor Caroline Fournet wrote on visibility of scars of war in the judgements of the ICTY
Professor Caroline Fournet wrote a short contribution titled “La visibilité des stigmates de la guerre à Mostar, Banja Luka et Sarajevo dans les jugements du Tribunal Pénal pour l’ex-Yougoslavie (The visibility of the scars of war in Mostar, Banja Luka and Sarajevo in the judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia)” as part…
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Dr Mathilde Pavis discussed questions raised by the use of AI on BBC Radio 4
Dr Mathilde Pavis was invited to be a guest on the BBC Radio 4 show Front Row, to discuss some of the questions raised by the use of AI to enhance, extend, and replace human actors. Mathilde was joined by Paul Fleming, General Secretary of Equity and Dr David Leslie, Director of Ethics and Responsible…
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Karen Walsh guest edits Special issue by Patent Scholars Network Members of the European Intellectual Property Review
Dr Karen Walsh, together with Professor Aisling McMahon (Maynooth University) and Professor Naomi Hawkins (University of Sheffield), co-founders of the UK and Ireland Patent Scholars Network, have recently guest edited a Special Issue of the European Intellectual Property Review published in March 2022 hosting peer reviewed contributions from Network Members. The Special Issue on the…
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Beyond the Law PGR network and interdisciplinary conference
The socio-legal community is extremely broad, and the relationship between law and society can include connections with sociology, psychology, politics, and art, as well as many others. To support this rich, interdisciplinary research, SCuLE’s Maddy Millar and Natalie Olszowy are organising a one-day hybrid conference, held on 17th June 2022 (University of Exeter, location TBC).…
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Ana Beduschi wrote an article on Artificial Intelligence in Humanitarian Action
In a new article published by the International Review of the Red Cross (Cambridge University Press), Dr Ana Beduschi investigates the opportunities and risks of using AI in humanitarian action. Data-driven artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are progressively transforming the humanitarian field, but these technologies bring about significant risks for the protection of vulnerable individuals and…
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Intellectual property academics urge WTO to waive IP protection for COVID vaccines
The temporary TRIPS waiver is considered to be a ‘necessary and proportionate legal measure’ that reduces IP barriers to increasing COVID-19 vaccine production, says a statement signed by over one hundred leading academics. Suspending these IP rules will enable an increase in manufacturing capacity, and move towards the equitable supply of vaccines – allowing low…
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Prof Hitoshi Nasu mentioned in the MIT Technology Review
SCuLE’s Professor Hitoshi Nasu was quoted in an article titled “How to fight a war in space (and get away with it)” published on 26 June 2019 in the MIT Technology Review. The article evaluates a growing possibility of using destruction of foreign satellites as an act of war. It is pointed that, to some…