We are delighted to welcome Dr. David Reichel from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), who will present the findings of FRA's report, Assessing High-Risk Artificial Intelligence: Fundamental Rights Risks.

The speaker:

Dr. David Reichel is the Head of the Data and Digital Sector at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The Data and Digital Sector, within the Justice, Digital and Migration Unit, focuses on topics such as data protection and privacy, content moderation, hate speech, regulation of AI in Europe, and cybersecurity. 

David and his colleagues coordinated several FRA reports on AI and fundamental rights, including Getting the Future Right and Bias in Algorithms, as well as a report on online content moderation. 

Before joining FRA in 2014, David worked for the research department of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). He has been teaching methods of empirical data analysis at the University of Vienna. David also published numerous articles, working papers and book chapters on issues related to migration and integration statistics, citizenship, and human rights. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Vienna.

What the lecture is about:

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) is the European Union's agency specialising in fundamental rights, providing evidence-based advice to EU institutions and Member States on fundamental rights issues. In this lecture, Dr. David Reichel will present the findings of FRA's report, Assessing High-Risk Artificial Intelligence: Fundamental Rights Risks, which was published in December 2025. The report examines the development and use of AI in five areas defined as high-risk under the EU AI Act: asylum, education, employment, law enforcement, and public benefits. The interviews conducted with providers and deployers of AI systems highlight the challenges of applying the definition of an AI system and risk categorization in practice. The report includes a list of recommendations proposed by FRA to mitigate risks to fundamental rights. During the lecture, Dr. David Reichel will present the methodology and findings of the report, as well as the recommendations. There will be time reserved for questions from the audience.

The TeamID breakfast lecture will take place in the Seminar room at the Department of Innovation and Digitalisation in Law at Schenkenstraße 4, floor 2  on 7. May 2026, from 9:30 until 10:30. While the session is primarily intended for academic staff, it is not limited to participants from the Law Faculty and we encourage anyone interested to join us.

Registration:

Registration is mandatory, but free of charge. Please register here until the 06.05.2026.

We look forward to seeing many of you there!