What do I have to do with labor law or social welfare? A good old friend, a gifted professor of civil law, celebrated his 70th birthday and received a commemorative volume to mark this milestone anniversary. Raimund Waltermann has been researching and teaching about current issues in labor and social law for decades—so what am […]
Author Archives: Thomas Hoeren
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Aug
Aug
More than 100 students have successfully completed the free course on AI ethics and law. Here are some of their reactions: “I am pleased to have successfully completed the semester-long AI Officer Training Course at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications, and Media Law (ITM) at the University of Münster. Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Thomas […]
04
Aug
Aug
Today, I had the pleasure of welcoming Nino Mdinaradze to the Institute for Information, Telecommunications, and Media Law (ITM) at the University of Münster. Nino is a Ph.D. researcher at New Vision University (Georgia), where her doctoral research focuses on artificial intelligence and medical law. We had a lively discussion on several current issues at […]
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Jul
Jul
I am pleased to announce the publication of *Law of the Digital Economy*, edited by Philip Arne Mayer and me and published by Tectum Verlag. This volume brings together a selection of outstanding essays written by participants in our international certificate program, “Law of the Digital Economy,” at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications, and Media […]
15
Jun
Jun
A new interview with the renowned Professor Udo di Fabio Today I had the opportunity to speak with former Federal Constitutional Court Justice and Professor Dr. Di Fabio. After a brief look back at our shared past in the Ruhr region, we discussed current perspectives on constitutional jurisdiction, criticism of the COVID-19 measures, and, above […]
10
Jun
Jun
A very colourful, personal and entertaining interview with Dr. Klaus Anderbrügge, the former Chancellor of the University of Münster. We talk about his impressive career, the future of the University of Münster and the prospects for the city of Münster as a whole. A conversation with lots of insights, memories and clear assessments. Definitely worth […]
01
Jun
Jun
Data law in Tbilisi This month I give two lecture courses on EU IP and data law at the TSU Tbilisi (Georgia). More than 40 students and colleagues are very much interested and ask a lot of questions i.e. on AI & Law. Special thanks to the Law Faculty and especially Moris Shalikashvili and Sergi […]
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May
May
Law of the Digital Economy is back. Digital markets, data, AI, platforms and cybersecurity are no longer niche topics. They define the legal infrastructure of modern business. The LDE programme at the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, University of Münster, offers a compact and practice-oriented introduction to the legal framework of the digital […]
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May
May
Today (May 19) presentation at the Handelsblatt Data Protection Conference in Berlin: “Digital sovereignty – data protection as a strategic success factor for cloud, data rooms and AI”. The focus was on the question of how Europe can operationalize digital sovereignty in practice: not as a buzzword, but as a legally, technically and economically resilient […]
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May
May
Last and most important step of my LDE journey through Central Asia: the TSUL at Tashkent. Here we had an extraordinary hybrid conference with Dr. Gunnar Wolf (EU Commission) and Prof. Dr. Said Gulyamov (TSUL) on the DMA. More than 100 students offline and about 100 EU experts online discussed with us questions from Uzbekistan […]
