Biography

Terhi Esko (PhD) is a Visiting Fellow at the EUI Department of Law.
She studies the intersections of law, technology, and society with a special focus on science and technology studies (STS) and empirical qualitative research. Esko is a postdoctoral researcher at the Legal Tech Lab/University of Helsinki.
Currently, she works in the multidisciplinary project 'Digital Administration Redesigned for Everyone' (DARE), which builds on socio-legal studies, social sciences and computer science.
The project takes a closer look at the impact technological design has on legal rights, and equally, the impact law has on the design process of these technologies. Previously Esko has worked on themes such as law drafting of automated decision-making, the social impact of academic research, science and technology policy, and organizational learning.

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