Short BIO

Prof.dr. Bert-Jaap Koops is Professor of Regulation & Technology at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), the Netherlands. His main research interests are law & technology, in particular criminal-law issues such as cybercrime, investigation powers and privacy, and DNA forensics. He is also interested in other topics of technology regulation, such as data protection, identity, digital constitutional rights, ‘code as law’, human enhancement, and regulation of bio- and nanotechnologies. From 2004-2009, he co-ordinated a VIDI research program on law, technology, and shifting power relations. He co-edited six books in English on ICT regulation, including Emerging Electronic Highways (1996), Starting Points for ICT Regulation (2006), Constitutional Rights and New Technologies (2008), and Dimensions of Technology Regulation (2010).

 

CPDP Conferences

Member of the scientific committee.

 

CPDP Conference 2012 presentation

 

CPDP Conference 2011

Moderator of the panel

 

Online publications

1. Koops, Bert-Jaap & Ronald Leenes (2005), ‘“Code” and the Slow Erosion of Privacy’, 12 Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review (1), p. 115-188, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1645532.

2. Koops, Bert-Jaap (2009), ‘Technology and the Crime Society: Rethinking Legal Protection’, 1 Law, Innovation and Technology (1), p. 93-124, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1367189.

3. Koops, B.J. (2010), ‘Law, Technology, and Shifting Power Relations’, 25 Berkeley Technology Law Journal (2), p. 973-1035, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1479819.