Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Birgit Schippers
- Qualifications:
- LLM in Law (2022),(QUB); Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (2007), QUB; PhD in Politics (2005), QUB; ‘Diplom’ (MA equivalent) in Political Science (1994), Freie Universität Berlin
- Position/Fellowship type:
- Visiting Research Fellow
- Fellowship term:
- 01-Feb-2026 to 30-Apr-2025
- Institute:
- Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
- Home institution:
- University of Strathclyde
- Email address:
- birgit.schippers@strath.ac.uk
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Law
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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I am an interdisciplinary human rights and artificial intelligence (AI) scholar working at the intersection of law, ethics, and critical political theory. My research interests and activities focus on the collective and societal impact of AI-driven technologies, especially biometric technologies such as facial and emotion recognition systems, and on developing human rights-compliant proposals for the regulation of AI.
- Project summary relevant to Fellowship:
Biometric technologies and critical lawyering: human rights and democracy in the age of AI