Maastricht Law and Tech Lab

Law and Tech Lab

At the Maastricht Law and Tech Lab, we believe that we can create a better society by combining expertise in law and computer science to study digital transformation. Our interdisciplinary lab fosters a community of researchers who work collaboratively to integrate law and computer science methods.

Explore the Maastricht Law and Tech Lab

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Our researchers

The Maastricht Law and Tech Lab brings together a vibrant multi- and inter-disciplinary community from the Maastricht University Law Faculty and beyond.

The Lab houses a dynamic and diverse group of researchers, who bring legal and computer science expertise from public and private sectors and various jurisdictions.

Find out more about our research team here.

Lab Director: Gijs van Dijck

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Sectorplan Digital Legal Studies

Within the Sectorplan Digital Legal Studies, the Law and Tech Lab will create a sustainable digital-legal research infrastructure. The research project focuses on:

  • Creating a database (e.g. graph database) that stores and links metadata, initially focusing on publically available judicial and legislative datasets, that is suitable for
  • Testing and developing analytical tools (AI), to
  • Answer selected (empirical) legal research questions.

To achieve high-quality research infrastructures, collaboration is essential. Maastricht University therefore aims to be the initiator of creating a national and international platform that brings together and coordinates the activities for building digital-legal research infrastructures. On a national level, Maastricht University cooperates with Radboud University, Tilburg University and the University of Amsterdam in the Sectorplan Digital Legal Studies.

What is the sector plan?

Through the sector plan in Social Sciences and Humanities, the Dutch government is investing in the expansion of research capacity and the ability to attract and retain new research talent. The sector plans contribute to overarching aims, such as strategic cooperation between universities in the areas of research, education and social objectives. A sector plan grant provides additional funding for a six-year period from 2019-2025.

News from the Lab

NWO fund for ‘Am AI Right?’

‘Am AI Right?’, a research project created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers of the 

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RegTech4AI: bridging theory and practice in AI regulation

In March, Dr. Konrad Kollnig was granted an AiNed Fellowship for his research project RegTech4AI.

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AiNed Fellowship grant awarded to researcher at the Faculty of Law

In the recent allocation of grants within the AiNed Fellowship program, the Faculty of Law of Maastricht University was awarded a Fellows

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Join the Law & Tech Lab as a summer research intern!

You can apply for the 2024 Summer Internship using this

Law & Tech Lab aims accessible legal advice for everyone with AI

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A team of researchers at the Law & Tech Lab is exploring an AI-assisted solution that makes legal assistance more

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