STeP Talks 2025

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Criminal Procedure?

On February 11th, from 15-17h, we are hosting a STeP Talk on the challenges of AI in criminal procedure. Please register to join online or on-site in Groningen.

Prof. Sabine Gless

Prof. Sabine Gless has been a full professor of criminal law and criminal procedural law at the University of Basel since 2005. Her current research focuses on the one hand on criminal law and procedural law and the impact of the digitalization of our world on traditional legal institutions. On the other hand, she examines the significance of general principles and human rights for legitimate cross-border criminal prosecution in international criminal law and mutual legal assistance law.

Sofie Royer

Sofie Royer is a research expert at CiTiP (KU Leuven), affiliated to the Institute of Criminal Law (KU Leuven) and a guest professor at ULiège. She has been a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg (Germany). Sofie's main research focus lies with the impact of new technologies on criminal law, criminal procedure, and human rights. Her research interests include topics as cybercrime, hate speech on social media and freedom of expression, deepfakes and deepnudes, and data driven criminal investigations.

Radina (Adi) Stoykova is assistant professor in technology law at the
University of Groningen (RUG). She holds a dual PhD in law and information security from RUG and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She is specialising in reliability of digital evidence and digital forensics standardization. She has practical
expertise with digital evidence from computers, social media, clouds, and AI-generated evidence.

The discussion will be moderated by the AI Safety Initiative Groningen. This initiative empowers students, academics, everyone, to ensure that AI is safe and responsible, for current and future generations. AISIG's offerings include AI Safety courses, hackathons, in-depth discussions, speaker events featuring thought leaders; and an evolving array of exciting opportunities.