Status
- ✅call for application
- ✅confirm the participation
- ✅secure the funding
- ✅assign each presentation a summarizer (→ social media)
- ✅assign each presentation a moderator (→ presentation & discussion)
- ✅shape the agenda
- ✅DigiPub Day 1
- ✅DigiPub Day 2
- ✅DigiPub Day 3
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- ⭕publish summaries of each presentation on LinkedIn
- ⭕refund travel costs
Program
DigiPub 2026 – the Digital Public Law Convention for International Young Researchers, taking place at the University of Basel, Switzerland, from 8 to 10 July 2026.
DigiPub 2026 is an international in-person academic workshop focusing on the digital transformation of public administration, with this year’s emphasis on legal methodology in public law. You will meet 15 other early-career researchers from Europe and beyond for a series of presentations, group discussions, and collaborative sessions.
You will have the opportunity to present your ongoing research, receive targeted feedback within the workshops and discussions. The program will be complemented by keynote lectures by leading scholars.
| Wednesday July 8 |
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| ✅ 12:00-13:00 Check-In @ Faculty of Law |
| ✅ 13:00-13:55 Welcome & meet-and-greet |
| ✅ 14:00-15:00 Keynote 1 (Prof. Nadja Braun Binder) |
15:00-16:50 Presentations Block 1 (each 10min talk - 10min discussion) ✅ LjM: Procedural Justice and Judicial AI (moderated by MaB/post by SeR) ✅ MaE: Risk Management under Article 9 AI Act: A Taxonomy of Addressed and Unaddressed Risks (moderated by LjM/post by SaG) ✅ MaB: Morality and intent: The impact of culpability on the AI's regulatory framework (moderated by ClA/post by IfO) ✅ ClA: The legality of public algorithms (moderated by MaE/post by LoP) |
| ✅ 17:00-17:30 Workshop 1 |
| ✅ 17:30-18:30 Check-In @ IBIS Hotel |
| 18:30 Walk to Restaurant, Dinner (KB 113) & Culture |
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| Thursday July 9 |
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| ✅ 07:00-08:00 Morning run (voluntary), we meet in front of the hotel and run 7km in 45min = avg. pace of ~6min/km |
| ✅ 09:00-10:00 Keynote 2 (Prof. Nils Schaks) |
| ✅ 10:00-10:10 Coffee Break |
10:10-12:00 Presentations Block 2 (each 10min talk - 10min discussion) ✅ IfO: Effectiveness of the Nagoya Protocol in the post-WIPO genetics treaty area: Towards balanced access and benefit (moderated by FrP/post by YqZ) ✅ EmB: Digitalization and public procurement: the methodology approach in the Italian experience (moderated by IfO/post by ToW) ✅ KaW: Algorithmic case flow management and case weighting in the Polish administrative judiciary (moderated by EmB/post by SeS) ✅ FrP: Algorithmic discrimination in public law (moderated by KaW/post by EvP) |
| ✅ 12:00-13:00 Lunch (La Strada) |
| ✅ 13:00-14:00 Walk the Talk |
14:00-15:50 Presentations Block 3 (each 10min talk - 10min discussion) ✅ EvP: From Technology Neutral Requirements to Implementation: A Methodological Challenge (moderated by LoP/post by FrP) ✅ SeS: Combining Empirical Methods and Public Law Analysis to Investigate Laypeople's Legal Information Channels in the Digital Age (moderated by EvP/post by KaW) ✅ ToW: The Role of Data Protection Law in the Protection of Personality Rights in the Digital Environment (moderated by SeS/post by EmB) ✅ LoP: Transparency in administrative ADM (moderated by ToW/post by LuP) |
| ✅ 15:50-16:00 Coffee Break |
| ✅ 16:00-17:30 Workshop 2 |
| ✅ 17:30-17:35 Group Photo in front of faculty |
| ✅ 17:35-18:30 Individual Recharge |
| ✅ 18:30 Walk to Restaurant, Swim, Dinner (BASSO) & Culture |
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| Friday July 10 |
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| ✅ until 9:00 Check-Out IBIS Hotel |
09:00-10:50 Presentations Block 4 (each 10min talk - 10min discussion) ✅ SaG: Prosecutors in the Digital Age: The Changing Landscape of Atrocity Crime Investigation (moderated by YqZ/post by MaE) ✅ SeR: A Taxonomy of Synthetic Content, Data and Media under EU Law (moderated by SaG/post by LjM) ✅ LuP: Data protection standards for private bodies carrying out public tasks (moderated by SeR/post by ApD) ✅ YqZ: Is There Something Wrong About “Asking ChatGPT” In Moral Questions? (moderated by LuP/post by ClA) |
| ✅ 11:00-12:00 Workshop 3 |
| ✅ 12:00-13:00 Lunch (Pizza by VITO, inhouse) |
| ✅ 13:00-15:00 Workshop 4 |
| ✅ 15:00 Farewell & departure |
| after 16:00 inofficial Bubbles & Bass (Rooftop Das Viertel) |
Objectives and Values
The convention’s objectives are: Stimulating in-depth international debate on digitalization and automation in the public sector, with comparative and transnational perspectives.
Placing legal methodology at the core of the discussions, enabling systematic engagement with methodological approaches, their theoretical foundations, and their relevance for public law in algorithmically driven administrative environments.
Fostering international networking and collaboration to support cross-border research initiatives in this evolving field.
Beyond the academic program, DigiPub 2026 offers a friendly and open research environment that encourages idea exchange and lasting academic connections.
Presentation & Discussion
10 Minutes Presentation
10 Minutes Feedback & Discussion (led by an assigned participant)
Funding, Travel Arrangements and Accomodation
We are very happy to announce that the University of Basel, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and PRO IURE have generously agreed to fund our workshop.
We are able to cover the following costs for all participants:
- Round-trip travel (2nd class, max. CHF 433, preferably by train),
- 2 nights’ hotel accommodation (Wednesday, July 8 to Friday, July 10),
- 4 meals (lunches on Thursday and Friday, dinners on Wednesday and Thursday),
- morning and afternoon snacks, coffee, and tea.
Accommodation: We have already reserved two nights for you in a single bedroom at IBIS Budget Basel City Hotel, which is just a 2 minutes walk away from the Faculty of Law.
We can only cover the cost of two nights’ accommodation. If you plan to arrive in Basel before Wednesday, July 8, or leave after Friday, July 10, the extra nights will be at your own expense. We encourage you to approach your universities or research centers regarding possible funding for extra nights.
Booking: You are responsible for booking your own travel arrangements (train and/or plane tickets). Please do so as soon as possible. Moreover, in line with our goal to reduce the workshop’s environmental footprint, we strongly encourage travelling by train whenever possible.
Once booked, please fill out the Expense Statement form and send it to digipub@proton.me to complete to request reimbursement.
Meals and Snacks
As previously mentioned, we’ll cover the dinners (8 and 9 July) and the lunches (9 and 10 July) we enjoy together, as well as snacks, coffee, and tea during breaks. Please don’t forget to bring your water bottle. We strongly encourage to drink tap water and therefore will not provide bottled water.
We will book the restaurants for dinners. Please kindly let us know of any dietary restrictions or allergies as soon as possible, so that we can accommodate them.
Please note that lunch on Wednesday, July 8, is not included, as the workshop will begin at 13:00.
Social Media
Mission: We want to make our research and findings accessible to a broader audience. We therefore intend to publish summaries of each presentation as LinkedIn posts. Each presentation is summarized by a different attendee who also takes a photo of the presentation. We will post both - text and photo - on the DigiPub LinkedIn-Profile separately but immediately after DigiPub. This is a lowlevel alternative to publishing a traditional conference volume.
Before DigiPub: Each presenter is assigned a summarizer (another attendee) who will write the LinkedIn post. Get to know your presenter/summarizer soon.
While DigiPub: Attend the presentation and take notes. Take a photo of the presenter. Write a summary. Check both with the presenter for content and consent and send it to digipub@proton.com before DigiPub ends.
Structure: Catchy headline with the presenter's name and topic followed by 3-5 short paragraphs (core findings, methodology, practical implications) finished with 1 quote or main message:
Hallucinations are modern threats to judicial independence
@Julia Ruf examines, through constitutional interpretation, what requirements and limits arise de lege lata from the situational concretization of judicial independence and impartiality – particularly with regard to the use of AI systems by judges. What I take away from this: Independence may require courts to be able to recognise the use of AI in the submissions they receive.
Post and picture (Julia shows her flowchart of functions) by @Apollo Dauag
Travel Information
Adress: University of Basel, Law Faculty, Peter Merian-Weg 8, 4002 Basel
Train: from Basel Mainstation about 10 minutes by foot from Basel Main Railway Station (Basel SBB) or 4 minutes by public transportation (Tram 10/11 to «Peter Merian»).
Plane: from Basel EuroAirport about 30 minutes, from Zurich Airport about 90 minutes.
Switzerland is not part of the EU, you may need to purchase a data plan from your mobile provider. Wifi is provided within our faculty building.
What to bring:
💻 device
⚡charger (220 V, our plugs look like o o o)
👟 running shoes (for voluntary morning run on Thursday)
🥤 flask
😎 sunglasses
👙 swim suit (for good swimmers: swimming in the river Rhein is a bless in summer)
Wifi
Within university premises you can connect via Eduroam or Monzoon. Please find guidance here.
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🟢 DigiPubCon is complete
🟢 DigiPubCon by Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel (Video)
🟢 01 presenting Ljubiša Metikoš (Post and picture by Sebastian Rous) → Thu, 16. Jul
🟢 02 presenting Magdalena Eder (Post by Sabina Grigore, picture by Apollo Dauag) → Fri, 17. Jul
🟢 03 presenting Maria Broini (Post by Ifeanyi Ogbodo, picture by Vincent Mesmer) → Mon, 20. Jul
🟢 04 presenting Clément Albaret (Post and picture by Lonnie Petersen) → Wed, 22. Jul
🟢 05 presenting Ifeanyi Ogbodo (Post and picture by Yquem Zberg) → Fri, 24. Jul
🟢 06 presenting Emanuele Brasca (Post and picture by Tobias Wöhner) → Mon, 27. Jul
🟢 07 presenting Karol Wundzinski (Post and picture by Selina Scherrer) → Wed, 29. Jul
🟢 08 presenting François Péan (Post and picture by Evelyne Putz) → Fri, 31. Jul
🟢 09 Post Evelyne Putz (Post and picture by François Péan) → Mon, 3. Aug
🟢 10 Post Selina Scherrer (Post and picture by Karol Wundzinski) → Wed, 5. Aug
🟢 11 Post Tobias Wöhner (Post and picture by Emanuele Brasca) → Fri, 7. Aug
🟢 12 Post Lonnie Petersen (Post and picture by Lucile Pasche) → Mon, 10. Aug
🟢 13 Post Sabina Grigore (Post and picture by Magdalena Eder) → Wed, 12. Aug
🟢 14 Post Sebastian Rous (Post and picture by Ljubiša Metikoš) → Fri, 15. Aug
🟢 15 Post Lucile Pasche (Post and picture by Apollo Dauag) → Mon, 17. Aug
⭕ 16 Post Yquem Zberg (Post and picture by Clément Albaret) → Wed, 19. Aug