Natali Helberger

Natali Helberger (* 1970 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German legal scholar and professor who has held the chair for information law at the legal department of the University of Amsterdam since 2013 . Her focus is on the effects of digital technologies on people, society and the law. Helberger was and is a member of the Council of Europe's Expert Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Connect Advisory Forum of the European Commission on Information Technologies.

Focus

Helberger deals with filter bubbles , smart TV , news recommendation algorithms and data protection . In doing so, she examines the political and legal issues of an increasingly digital society and is also involved in legislative processes - for example, she advised the EU on the drafting of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In 2015 she received an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council for her work on the influence of learning systems and recommendation algorithms for personalized content on the role of the media in democracy.

Since 2019 she has been leading the focus area "Human (e) AI" at the University of Amsterdam. On November 1, 2019, the University of Amsterdam will award her the title of University Professor (universiteitshoogleraar) with the interdisciplinary research focus on artificial intelligence and its influence on people and society.

Helberger is also co-editor of the journal Internet Policy Review . In 2014 she was one of the first to sign an appeal against mass surveillance .

Memberships

• Council of Europe Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights
• Head of the Citizenship and Democracy sub-area in the "Digital Society" research program within the Dutch Association of Universities (Vereniging van Universiteiten)
• Steering committee of the Dutch VWData Kickstarter program for the responsible handling of big data .
• Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)
• Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW)
• Scientific Advisory Board of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
• Communication and media science advisory board of the Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute
• Management group of the Swiss National Research Program "Digital Transformation"

Publications (selection)

• Controlling access to content: regulating conditional access in digital broadcasting . Dissertation (=  Information Law Series . No. 15 ). Kluwer Law International , Amsterdam 2005, ISBN 90-411-2345-8 ( digitized via UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository), University of Amsterdam ).
• with M. van Eechoud, PB Hugenholtz, S. van Gompel, L. Guibault: Harmonizing European copyright law: the challenges of better lawmaking (=  Information law series ). Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn 2009, ISBN 978-90-411-3130-0 .
• with L. Guibault, M. Loos, C. Mak, L. Pessers, B. van der Sloot: Digital consumers and the law: towards a cohesive European framework . Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn 2013, ISBN 978-90-411-4049-4 .

Web links

• Natali Helberger. [with list of publications]. In: ivir.nl. Instituut voor Informatierecht, University of Amsterdam, accessed on September 24, 2019 (English). 
• Diversity instead of filters. Digital platforms in the focus of regulation. (Video, discussion panel). In: re-publica.com. re: publica, May 8, 2018, accessed on September 24, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Album Academicum. Retrieved September 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Controlling access to content: regulating conditional access in digital broadcasting . Dissertation (=  Information Law Series . No. 15 ). Kluwer Law International , Amsterdam 2005, ISBN 90-411-2345-8 , pp. III ( digitized via UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository), University of Amsterdam - page number refers to the online version of the dissertation).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Better stream or watch TV - What comes, what stays, what goes on TV? | FSP media convergence. In: medienkonvergenz.uni-mainz.de/. Retrieved September 23, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger . In: Artificial intelligence - a new generation of innovation drivers. Conference brochure Research Summit 2019 . Berlin March 19, 2019, p. 11 .
5. ^ Register of Commission expert groups and other similar entities. In: ec.europa.eu. European Commission, March 8, 2013, accessed September 24, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Helberger, Prof. dr. N. (Natali). In: knaw.nl. Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, accessed September 24, 2019 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Universiteit van Amsterdam: Fourth AI University Professor appointed - University of Amsterdam. March 9, 2019, accessed September 24, 2019 . 
8. ^ ^{A b} Natali Helberger: On the Democratic Role of News Recommenders . In: Digital Journalism . June 12, 2019, ISSN  2167-0811 , p. 1–20 , doi : 10.1080 / 21670811.2019.1623700 ( online [accessed September 24, 2019]).
9. ↑ Team - RPA Human (e) AI. Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Scientists against surveillance: The call in full . In: Spiegel Online . January 3, 2014 ( online [accessed September 24, 2019]).
11. ↑ MSI-AUT experts examined the human rights impact of artificial intelligence (AI). In: coe.int. Council of Europe, accessed 24 September 2019 (UK English). 
12. ^ People Archive. In: fsr.eui.eu. Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, accessed September 24, 2019 (British English). 
13. ^ Organization - NFP [No.]. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .