Welcome to the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law!

The Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law was founded in 2017 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Vienna. We consider the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law a link between the Faculty of Law and the digital and socio-technological revolution.

We explore a variety of legal issues in the modern media, information and innovation society, which emerge from the continued rapid increase in socio-technological innovations. The Department deals with information technology and intellectual property law, with a special focus on data protection and copyright law. One of the key research areas is e-commerce law and consumer protection law from a European point of view and from the perspective of comparative law, as well as legal tech and innovation in the legal professions and legal system. Another focus of research is the regulation of socio-technological innovations, such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics or other developments in life sciences.

We are convinced that an adequate response to legal, ethical and social questions, which arise with the development of technological innovations, requires an interdisciplinary approach. Therefore, we are working on numerous multidisciplinary third-party-funded projects, focusing especially on the healthcare sector, artificial intelligence, robotics, life sciences or criminal prosecution.

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20.03.2025
 

Recently, the KATY project´s 3rd annual progress meeting was conducted on 12th and 13th March 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting was held at the...

20.03.2025
 

Talking past each other across the pond: Why discussions of online speech regulation between the US and Europe fail and what we can do about it

20.03.2025
 

On 27 February 2025, the high-profile webinar on th GPAI Co-Generated Data Principles took place, organized by the European Law Institute (ELI) in...

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29.04.2025 09:30
 

The Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law is pleased to invite you to another breakfast lecture, as part of our ongoing TeamID Lecture...

13.03.2025 15:00
 

AI is increasingly transforming the healthcare sector, offering innovative solutions for diagnosis, treatment, and research. However, the European...

07.03.2025 10:00
 

The Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law of the University of Vienna invites you to the guest lecture "Geopolitical Fragmentation and...