Throughout the 2025-2026 school year, our researcher Sílvia de Carvalho Homem will present a series of scientific communications at major international conferences in Brazil, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Spain. These interventions span themes at the intersection of law, technology, and ethics, addressing pressing global challenges such as forensic DNA phenotyping, biometric data governance, artificial intelligence, and digital citizenship.
The communications explore the implications of emerging technologies for justice, privacy, and human rights, analysing how algorithmic systems and genetic data are reshaping legal reasoning, social security frameworks, and the very boundaries of personhood in digital societies. Across topics ranging from forensic inference and discrimination risks to algorithmic governance and the circulation of knowledge, the interventions of Sílvia de Carvalho Homem highlight the ethical, social, and regulatory dilemmas of a world increasingly mediated by data and automation.
Our researcher’s extensive international engagement reveals the vitality and reach of the JusGov community, affirming the role of our School of Researchers as a dynamic incubator of legal innovation and interdisciplinary reflection. Through its global scientific presence, our Centre demonstrates how rigorous inquiry from Portugal contributes to shaping contemporary debates at the crossroads of technology, justice, and human dignity.
Throughout the 2025-2026 school year, our researcher Sílvia de Carvalho Homem will present a series of scientific communications at major international conferences in Brazil, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Spain. These interventions span themes at the intersection of law, technology, and ethics, addressing pressing global challenges such as forensic DNA phenotyping, biometric data governance, artificial intelligence, and digital citizenship.
The communications explore the implications of emerging technologies for justice, privacy, and human rights, analysing how algorithmic systems and genetic data are reshaping legal reasoning, social security frameworks, and the very boundaries of personhood in digital societies. Across topics ranging from forensic inference and discrimination risks to algorithmic governance and the circulation of knowledge, the interventions of Sílvia de Carvalho Homem highlight the ethical, social, and regulatory dilemmas of a world increasingly mediated by data and automation.
Our researcher’s extensive international engagement reveals the vitality and reach of the JusGov community, affirming the role of our School of Researchers as a dynamic incubator of legal innovation and interdisciplinary reflection. Through its global scientific presence, our Centre demonstrates how rigorous inquiry from Portugal contributes to shaping contemporary debates at the crossroads of technology, justice, and human dignity.