News
Special Issue on "One Health" Launched in European Health and Pharma Law Review
We are happy to share that our special issue of the European Health and Pharma Law Review, in collaboration with Lexxion Publisher, is now out!
A New Publication of the FACILITATE Project - FACILITATE White Paper on the Return of Individual Participant Data (RoIPD)
We are pleased to announce the publication of the FACILITATE White Paper on the Return of Individual Participant Data (RoIPD) — a key milestone of the FACILITATE project, to which the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) has contributed as a partner and leader of the legal work package.
VUB-HALL Joins EU-Wide Fight Against Hate Speech and Disinformation with New ECLIPSE Project
HALL researchers are playing a key role in a major new European Union initiative to combat the rising tide of hate speech and disinformation. Professor Paul Quinn and Renato Sabbadini represented HALL at the kick-off meeting for the ECLIPSE project in Trento, Italy, on 22-23 September 2025.
Highlights from the HALL-EKFZ Summer School 2025
Following on the success of the first edition in 2024, the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health of Technische Universität (TU) Dresden organized the second edition from June 2 to June 6, 2025.
HALL Researchers Publish Legal Analysis on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices in Springer Nature’s EICC 2025 Proceedings
We’re thrilled to share that our latest publication, "Strengthening the MDCG Guidance on Cybersecurity for Medical Devices: A Legal Approach," has been published by Springer Nature as part of the book "Cybersecurity. EICC 2025. Communications in Computer and Information Science".
HALL Member Ashwinee Kumar Contributes to OECD Health Data Report
HALL member Ashwinee Kumar recently contributed to an OECD report titled “Facilitating the Secondary Use of Health Data for Public Interest Purposes Across Borders.” The report explores challenges and opportunities in cross-border health data sharing, focusing on governance frameworks, regulatory ha...
HALL to Host Panel on Global Perspectives of Genetic Data Regulation at CPDP.ai 2025 Conference
We are pleased to share that HALL will organize a panel at CPDP.ai 2025 conference (21-23 May, Brussels, Belgium), titled “Global Perspectives of Regulating Genetic Data in Scientific Research: What Else Beyond Privacy?”.
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 info04/11/2025 - 11:00 - 04/11/2025 - 13:30PROGENDERING Event - International Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in Academia on November 4
We are delighted to invite you to the International Workshop “Gender Mainstreaming in Academia: Students’ Small-Scale Projects”, taking place online on 4 November 2025 (Tuesday), from 11:00 to 13:30 CET.
Practical info24/04/2025 - 08:30 - 24/04/2025 - 18:003rd 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 tha
Practical info21/01/2025 - 14:30 - 21/01/2025 - 17:30Public 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 Technological and
Practical info28/10/2024 - 10:00 - 28/10/2024 - 13:00ARC 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.
Practical info31/10/2024 - 14:00 - 31/10/2024 - 16:00HELT TALKS - SESSION 2
We are thrilled to announce the second edition of HELT Talks, with Erik Vollebregt, partner at Axon Lawyers and Sciences and IP lawyer, to discuss the current and upcoming challenges of the Medical Devices Regulations of the European Union.
Practical info26/09/2024 - 13:00 - 26/09/2024 - 16:00HELT TALKS – Session #1
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the first edition of HELT Talks, with Prof. Dr. Thomas Berlage and Prof. Dr.
Practical info06/05/2024 - 14:00 - 06/05/2024 - 15:00Post-lunchtime talk with Andrea Martani on "Opt-in vs opt-out for secondary health data usage in biomedical research: can the European Health Data Space learn from Switzerland?"
On 6th May at 14:00, Dr. Andrea Martani will visit the Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) and share his research titled "Opt-in vs opt-out for secondary health data usage in biomedical research: can the European Health Data Space learn from Switzerland?".
Practical info03/06/2024 - 09:00 - 07/06/2024 - 17:30SUMMER SCHOOL IN LAW, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZED BY HALL AND EKFZ
The Health and Ageing Law Lab at Vrije Universiteit Brussels and the EKFZ for Digital Health at Dresden University of Technology are joining forces to organize a summer school catering to law, health, and technology enthusiasts in Brussels, Belgium.
Practical info28/11/2022 - 12:30 - 28/11/2022 - 13:30Brussels Privacy Hub Doctoral seminar with visiting researcher Mikel Recuero Linares on 'Scientific research with sensitive personal data: European legal responses facing global challenges?'
On 28 November 2022, VUB HALL and LSTS visiting scholar Mikel Recuero Linares (researcher at the Chair in Law and the Human Genome Research Group at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)) will present his research on 'Scientific research with sensitive personal data: Europe
