Persons in LEXplain
The project group consists of researchers within the broad transdisciplinary field of law and AI.
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Principal Investigator聽
is an internationally leading legal scholar and a Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Law and Professor II at the University of Bergen (UiB), Faculty of Law. As co-founder of the Center of Excellence for International Courts (iCourts) he has contributed to the development of a foundational science research agenda in law, and has pioneered research in the new field of computational law. He has also contributed actively to introducing computational law approaches in active litigation before the Supreme Court of Denmark. He has had several top 10 publications in, and is continuously in the top 10% most downloaded scholars on, SSRN. Overall HPO has a track-record of academic excellence in his field including 121 publications, many of which is published by leading international journals and publishers. HPO served as Associate Dean for Research and head of the PhD school at UCPH from 2014-2022.
Co-investigators
is an internationally recognized legal scholar and a Professor of Jurisprudence at Faculty of Law at University of Bergen. Her dual academic background in media science and law has led her research focus to exploring questions related to communication in legal decision-making processes and the need for transparency to maintain a sound public sphere for democracy. She has explored how digitalization affects legal communication in various contexts, ranging from basic legal methodology to administrative and court processes. Aarli has a track-record of academic excellence in her field including more than 50 counted publications in the NVI registry, in addition to several registered book reviews and a substantial number of invisible peer reviews. She has taken on many administrative roles and tasks and is a sought-after assessor of PhD theses in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.
聽Thomas Hildebrandt is professor in software engineering and head of the research section for software, data, people & society. With a background in formal process models he has in more than 10 years been leading inter-disciplinary research and innovation projects with focus on methods and technologies for developing reliable and flexible software systems suited for the people who use them, including digitalisation of law, workflows and business processes information systems. His vision is to develop the foundation for reliable digital systems that can continuously be adapted to changing user needs and legislation, also after the systems have been taken into use.聽He is a member of several advisory boards and committees for digitalisation and artificial intelligence.
聽is a Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, researching and teaching legal method, legal theory and legal research methodology. She has written several articles and books about these subjects, including one about the potential and challenges of interdisciplinarity when legal science concerns big data about health. S忙ther M忙hle has had extensive cooperation with Ragna Aarli about legal method, especially through writing Fra lov til rett, Gyldendal: Oslo 2022, which is currently used as required reading in courses at most legal educations in Norway, including the universities of Troms酶, Stavanger and Oslo, as well as in Bergen. S忙ther M忙hle鈥檚 connections with Palmer Olsen stem from his co-supervision of her doctoral dissertation, and currently all three mentioned professors 鈥� Aarli, Olsen and M忙hle 鈥� cooperate about a section of the PhD-programme at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen. Central to S忙ther M忙hle鈥檚 current research and teaching is the role of course director of the Master鈥檚 research programme at the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen.
PhD and Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Advisory Committee
An Advisory Committee of globally recognized scholars and key stakeholders situated in Denmark and Norway will ensure high quality in the research process and results, provide input on practical challenges and needs, and contribute to enhancing the interdisciplinary integration within the project and cross-sectoral outputs beyond the project:
- Jennifer Raso, Ass. Prof. in Law, McGill University (Montreal)
- Christoffer Conrad Eriksen, Professor in Law, University of Oslo (Oslo)
- Fabien Tarrisan, Professor in Computer Science CNRS, Ecole Nationale Superieur (Paris)
- Bo Damgaard Christensen, Special Consultant at The National Board of Appeal (Ankestyrelsen, Copenhagen)
- Harald Johannesen, legal director at The Norwegian Tax Administration (Skatteetaten, Oslo)
- Haakon Hertzberg, legal director at The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV, Oslo)