Guest lecture Friday March 21st, 2025: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, Germany

The talk will be held in-person at Realfagbygget B203 (Lille Aud)

The talk is organized jointly by the Research Group on Crime Control and Security Law (Law-Fak) and the Cyber Security Group (NT-Fak).

Contact person is Associate Professor Nandor Knust.

Target group: Students and employees at UiT.

Welcome!

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Date: Friday March 21st, 2024, at 12:15
Place: Realfagsbygget B203 (Lille Aud)
Title: Data, Data Banks and Security
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Jörg Albrecht

Abstract
This talk will address various examples of data-driven policing, its legal provisions and effects on a society's understanding of public security. The focus will be on: (a) the collection of classical data such as fingerprints or DNA, which serve to identify suspects and to collect evidence; (b) the processes and the impetus of big data; and (c) the networking of files from different security authorities. Furthermore, the talk will address systematic forecasting tools and to work out a significant difference between the prediction of incidents such as home burglary in the case of predictive policing, and the identification of individuals deemed to be at risk of involvement in various forms of crime in the case of risk control programs.

Bio
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Jörg Albrecht is director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg, Germany, as well as an honorary professor and faculty member at the University of Freiburg's law faculty. He also serves as a guest professor at the Center for Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the China University of Political Science and Law, as well as at the law faculties of Hainan University, Renmin University, Wuhan University, Beijing Normal University, and Dalian Ocean University. Prof. Albrecht's research interests encompass the full spectrum of contemporary legal and criminological discourse.

Kortnytt fra Institutt for informatikk

Fuglesteg, Jan jan.fuglesteg@uit.no Studierådgiver