Department of Law, Technology, Markets, and Society (LTMS)
Home of Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT) and Tilburg Law & Economics Center (TILEC)
By joining forces, the two centers foster a richer understanding on the effects of socio-technical change on the regulation and governance of economic activity in an age where information technology is a key driver for innovation.
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society (TILT)
TILT is one of the leading research groups in Europe at the intersection of law, technology, and society. It is premised on the multidisciplinary study of socio-technical change, aiming at understanding the interaction of technology and social and normative practices, in order to clarify how regulatory challenges of socio-technical change can be addressed.
Tilburg Law & Economics Center (TILEC)
TILEC is an internationally renowned center of the Tilburg Law School and the Tilburg School of Economics and Management. It carries out interdisciplinary research on the governance of economic activity in the digital age.
Education: Pass it on to the next generation…
As prominent researchers in the domain of Law & Technology, it is both our pleasure and responsibility to pass on our knowledge and expertise to future generations. Responsible innovation, guided by legal and ethical frameworks, is a prerequisite for a healthy and flourishing society. Therefore, the research within LTMS forms the basis for multiple courses taught in different educational programs. The most prominent program linked to LTMS is the Master’s program in Law & Technology. Within this program the impacts of technology are studied from legal, ethical, political, technical and societal perspectives, raising questions about the need, desirability and preferred modality of regulation to mitigate the possible negative impacts of technological change on society. Besides our commitment to this Master’s program, LTMS staff are highly involved in legal and ethical education in the different Data Science programs. LTMS researchers are also involved in other educational programs such as the BSc in Global Law, BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences, LLM in European Law and Global Risks and LLM in Dutch Law. LTMS is also an active participant in Post Academic Education, offered by TiU, JADS and the TIAS Business School.
News
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Job opening: Lecturer Law and Technology
27th May 2020The department of Law, Technology, Markets and Society has a vacancy for a Lecturer. We are looking for someone with a background in law, teaching experience and thesis supervision experience.
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Job opening: The Ronald Coase Visiting Professorship in Law and Economics 2020-21
12th May 2020The Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) at Tilburg University currently accepts applications for the Ronald Coase Visiting Professorship in Law and Economics for the academic year 2020-21. We invite applications from experienced scholars of academic distinction, who will conduct research of high quality while in residence at TILEC.
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Citizen sensing can be a valuable contribution to environmental risk governance
30th April 2020‘Citizen sensing’, grassroots-driven monitoring initiatives based on sensor technology, is a phenomenon that authorities increasingly encounter when dealing with an environmental risk. Although this form of citizen science is often driven by a conflict between citizens and authorities, both parties can actually benefit. That is one of the main findings of Anna Berti Suman’s PhD research, which she will defend in a livestream on May 8, 2020, at Tilburg University.
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Postdoctoral Researcher Philosophy/STS
21st April 2020The department of Law, Technology, Markets, and Society (LTMS, home of TILT and TILEC) is looking for a postdoctoral researcher, with a background in philosophy and/or ethics of technology/STS, who will actively contribute to the NWO-MVI project ‘The Role and Responsibilities of Public Actors in Distributed Networks.
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Dutch experiment with facial recognition: privacy risks require legislative choices
21st April 2020A smart doorbell with facial recognition; registering with your face rather than with an entry ticket; and now perhaps using facial recognition to identify individuals who have been into contact with Covid-19 patients? Facial recognition has serious implications for our privacy. The legislator can limit those risks, but will need to make legislative choices for that purpose.
Events
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10:45 - 11:45
TILEC Work In Progress: Tobias Klein
10:45-11:45, ONLINE MEETING
A Simple Test for Data-Drivenness of Markets
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12:00 - 13:30
TILT seminar slot: TBD
12:00-13:30, M 1003
Topic TBD -
10:45 - 11:45
TILEC Seminar: Florian Englmair (LMU Munich)
10:45-11:45
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12:00 - 22:00
TILEC Annual Retreat
12:00-22:00
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10:45 - 11:45
TILEC Work In Progress: Madina Kurmangaliyeva
10:45-11:45, ONLINE MEETING
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