Značka: European Union and the Challenges of Modern Society

European Union and the Challenges of Modern Society (legal issues of digitalization, robotization, cybersecurity and prevention of hybrid threats)

Start: 01-09-2019 – End: 31-08-2022
Project Reference: 611293-EPP-1-2019-1-CZ-EPPJMO-NETWORK
EU Grant: 240000 EUR
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: Jean Monnet Activities
Action Type: Jean Monnet Networks

The team members for the Faculty of Law, Comenius University in Bratislava:
doc. Mgr. Ing. Ondrej Blažo, PhD.
JUDr. Jozef Andraško, PhD.
JUDr. Mária Patakyová, PhD.

SUMMARY
Digitalization, robotization and cybersecurity should not be a chaotic process, but on the contrary, it must be regulated by the „smart“ and appropriate legal rules, which on one side will reflect the pecularities of mentioned phenomena, and on the other side will ensure their compliance with the rule of law principles. The introduction and implementation of new legal rules, tailored exclusively for these purposes, is extremely crucial right now. The project concerning its ratione materiae is dedicated to the analysis and solving of these challenges resulted from global usage of modern technologies by focusing on:
– Legal issues of Digital Single Market and competition law in digital economy;
– Legal regulation of robotization and algorithm – based technologies, including the legal status of electronic persons and its correlation with the field of fundamental rights, as well as other legal problems of artificial intelligence;
– Legal problems of cyber security. GDPR and its impacts;
– Consumer protection in the on-line world;
– Compliance of legal regulation of modern technologies with the rule of law principles;
– Analysis of the recent case-law of the Court of Justice in the field of digital technologies;
– The significance of the new judicial doctrine of Court of Justice on fundamental rights, including so-called „cyber“ rights (the right to be forgotten, etc.);
– Prevention of hybrid threats and the issues of effective resilience;
– The methodological and pedagogical issues connected with the introduction of legal aspects of modern technologies into the Universities curricula;
– Modern technology issues as a new priority field of European Union studies.

The project comprises a wide range of deliverables and 12 think-tank activities (3 conferences,3 workshops,..)