The Law, AI, and Society Group explores the dynamic relationship between artificial intelligence and legal frameworks, focusing on their broader social and societal impacts. Our research investigates how law can balance the promotion of AI research and development with the need to regulate the technology's potential risks—such as surveillance, discrimination, power imbalances, and threats to fundamental rights. By integrating insights from social sciences and empirical research, we also address the limitations and blind spots in AI regulation, including issues of unenforceability and the mismatch between legal frameworks and the evolving scientific, industrial, and societal contexts.
Before joining Tübingen, Dr. Wernick led a Kone Foundation-funded research project (2020–2024) at the University of Helsinki’s Legal Tech Lab, investigating the human rights risks posed by smart city technologies. Her previous research at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society delved into data governance and ethical challenges of eHealth technologies. Dr. Wernick earned her doctorate summa cum laude from Ludwig Maximilian University, where she explored patent law and open innovation under the supervision of Prof. Reto M. Hilty and Dr. Sylvie Nérisson. Her doctoral research was further supported by the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, as part of the IMPRS-CI program. In addition to her Ph.D., she holds both LL.B. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Helsinki.
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Alina Wernick
CZS Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Law Paul-Ehrlich-Str. 5 1st floor 72076 Tübingen
