Melanie Fink, associate professor of European law, has received a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). This research grant will allow Fink to further develop her ideas on 'Gateways for Humanity: The Duty to Reason in the Automated State' for three years.
Research
One of the biggest challenges for the future automated state is its lack of humanity. Algorithmic predictions reduce the complexity of human life to a set of datapoints and reach outcomes in ways often incomprehensible to humans. This subjection to unreasoned state power is dehumanising. The project uses EU reason-giving obligations to design human involvement-requirements in automated processes. In doing this, it broadens the scope of reason-giving obligations so that they can play a central role in addressing the dehumanisation of the automated state.
Veni
Veni is a funding instrument from the NWO Talent Program. It gives excellent researchers the opportunity to further develop their ideas for three years. A total of 21 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni-grant this year.
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