European Expert Group on Human Rights and Emerging Technologies

We are an independent group of academic legal experts who work at the intersection between human rights and emerging technologies. Areas of specialism include legal dimensions of neurotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI), and virtual reality (VR). We are especially interested in the status of the human mind as a legally protected domain and how emerging technologies challenge us to rethink traditional assumptions about this domain.

We provide research-based analysis and policy advice to lawmakers, courts, lawyers, journalists, regulatory bodies and other national and international institutions. We are led by the academic principles of research integrity and academic freedom. We are rigorous, transparent, collaborative and independent in how we operate and what we produce.

Our aim is to advance evidence-based legislation, guidelines and policies on the responsible use of emerging technologies so that fundamental rights and democratic values are observed. We believe these technologies have promises but they also have perils. At the same time, we seek to avoid speculative hype about their potentials or undue alarmism about these perils.

We are based in Europe, but we collaborate with leading researchers around the world who work in law and human rights, neuroscience, psychology, AI, and VR. Our members regularly publish in leading peer-reviewed international journals, have published books on these topics, are invited to speak at major conferences, and serve as experts for stakeholders ranging from national ministries to the United Nations. We do not accept corporate money or sponsorship.