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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23.01.2025
 

On January 9 and 10, the 9th Münster Colloquium on "EU Law and the Digital Economy", with a special focus on AI-Contracting took place. On January 10,...

17.12.2024
 

On December 7, 2024, Professor Wendehorst was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern.

16.12.2024
 

The EU's digital legislation and the existing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) encounter certain conflicts when it comes to regulating AI...

 Events

28.09.2023 15:51
 

As part of the cooperation with the Faculty of Law Ljubljana/Slovenia, on 28.09. and 29.09. the third conference under the general topic „National Law...

28.09.2023
 

Iris Eisenberger participates in a panel on “Steuerung und Regulierung der digitalen Kommunikation. Algorithmen und rechtlicher Rahmen“ as part of the...

26.09.2023 09:00
 

Annemarie Hofer will speak on the role of scenarios and forecast models in legal decisions at the 1st Ars Iuris Legal Potential Conference.