Researcher Mara Păun wins Johannes Cornelis Ruigrok Prize
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has awarded the J.C. Ruigrok Prize to researcher Mara Păun (TLS). She will receive the prize on June 14 for her PhD thesis on the interaction between legal and technological developments.
Mismatches between assumptions embedded in the law and the new socio-technical context are referred to in the literature as regulatory disconnection. The problems can get worse if a mismatch is not adequately addressed.
Until recently, a systematic approach to identifying and addressing mismatches was lacking. Mara Păun studied how the theory of autopoiesis can enhance our understanding of the interaction between law and technology. Based on this theory, she developed an analytical framework to identify and address mismatches.
About the prize
The Johannes Cornelis Ruigrok Prize has been established by the J.C. Ruigrok Foundation as an encouragement award for researchers who have not been awarded their PhD for longer than four years in the year of the award, to crown original research in the field of social sciences. Annually, the prize is awarded for research in one of the following areas:
- Legal sciences
- Economic sciences
- Social sciences
- Behavioral sciences
The prize is awarded by the ‘Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen’ upon receiving advice from a committee appointed by this society for this purpose.