The Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) is an interdisciplinary research group, comprising part of the internationally renowned Research Group on Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).
HALL brings together international legal scholars, established researchers, and senior practitioners working at the intersection of health, law and technology. The research group investigates legal and regulatory frameworks on data protection and the rights of data subjects in healthcare contexts, analysing policies and current trends in health data governance, and exploring legal and ethical dimensions in the use of advanced technologies and AI-enhanced interventions for patients and elderly care.
The research group is actively involved in a number of research projects, offering expertise in all areas of EU law and policy development, legal and regulatory compliance, ethics and data management. HALL has an excellent track record of delivering high-quality outputs and contributing substantially to the successful implementation of a broad range of research projects funded in the scope of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
HALL is the organiser of the annual Symposium on Health, Law and Technology (HELT), a multidisciplinary event providing a unique platform for insightful and stimulating exchanges on the latest trends and future of health and technology, through the lens of regulatory responses and relevant policy initiatives. In 2024, HALL also introduced HELT Talks, a year-round (monthly) event fostering open dialogue and extended discussions around controversial issues in the domains of health, law, and technology.
As an interdisciplinary group, HALL enjoys collaboration with healthcare professionals (including at the University Hospital Brussels - UZ Brussel), research scientists, software engineers and a range of societal actors in Brussels, the Flanders region, and internationally across Europe.
News
New Publication: Prof. Paul Quinn on Challenges Facing Health Data Access Bodies
Professor Paul Quinn’s latest article, “Health Data Access Bodies under the European Health Data Space – A Technocratic Colossus or Rubber Stamp Forum?”, has been accepted by Technology and Regulation.
HALL Members Will Present Cutting-Edge Work at the 2nd European Association of Health Law (EAHL) Young Scholars Workshop
We are excited to announce that three of HALL researchers—Danaja Fabcic Povse, Oguzhan Yesiltuna, and Wenkai Li—will be presenting their work at the upcoming European Association of Health Law (EAHL) Young Scholars Workshop.
HALL member Paul Quinn and Ruoxin Su attended the kick-off meeting of the MAGENDA project
On 16-17 March, HALL members Prof. Paul Quinn and Ruoxin Su attended the kick-off meeting of the Erasmus+ project MAGENDA (MAinstreaming GENDer equality in Academia) in Pokhara, Nepal.
Events
Practical info-3rd Health, Law, and Technology Symposium (HELT 2025)
Following the success of HELT 2023 and HELT 2024, VUB’s Health & Ageing Law Lab (HALL) is delighted to announce
Practical info-Public PhD defence of Anastasiya Kiseleva
Anastasiya Kiseleva will defend her PhD in Law and Computer Science on Tuesday 21st January at 14:30, titled 'Transparent Development and Deployment of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Multilayered Accountability Framework Integrating Law and Computer Science to Address Technologica
Practical info-ARC II final event- presenting Olivia GDPR compliance assistant
Join us as we present the results of the EU-funded project ARC II - Awareness Raising Campaign for SMEs.
