About the Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society

LSTS has participated or is still participating in the following European research projects:

- FIDIS-The future of identity in information society, a FP6 Network of Excellence;

- SWAMI-Safeguards in a world of ambient intelligence, a FP6 Specific Support Action;

- PRITUIS-Privacy and Trust in the Ubiquitous Information Society, European Commission, Information Society and Media Directorate General;

- REFGOV-Reflexive Governance in the Public Interest and SPICE-Service Platform for Innovative Communication Environment, two FP6 Integrated Projects;

- SENIOR-Social Ethical and Privacy Needs in ICT for Older People, a FP7 Support Action;

- INEX-Converging and conflicting ethical values in the internal/external security in continuum in Europe; PRESCIENT-Privacy and emerging fields of science and technology: ethical, social and legal aspects; REACTION: Remote Accessibility to Diabetes Management and Therapy in Operational healthcare Regimes; SAPIENT-Privacy, Ethics and Rights as Standards for EUropean Surveillance practices and SIAM-Security Impact Assessment Measure - A decision support system for security technology investments, five FP7 collaborative projects.

- VALUE AGEING-Incorporating European fundamental Values into ICT for ageing: a vital political, ethical, technological, and industrial challenge, a 48 months Marie Curie IAPP

- PIAF-A Privacy Impact Assessment Framework for data protection and privacy rights, European Commission, Justice, Liberty and Security, JLS 2009-2010

Other projects in which LSTS has/is been involved include:

- FLEET-FLEmish E-publishing Trends and EMSOC-User empowerment in a social media culture, two interdisciplinary research project granted by the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders, IWT-SBO;

- The loyalties of knowledge: The positions and responsibilities of the sciences and of scientists in a democratic constitutional state, International Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) research project and,

- Law and autonomic computing. Mutual transformations, a Geconcerteerde OnderzoeksActie (GOA) - Concerted Research Program (CRP) funded by the Flemish Government and the VUB-research Council.

LSTS also does Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) and Onderzoeksraad VUB (OZR) research. We also participate into research projects in the criminological field such as FWO-Restorative detention, GOA-Legitimate criminal Justice in times of insecurity and HOA ('Horizontale onderzoeksactie')-Human rights in situations of extreme dependency.