Event

Workshop: Virtual Ownership – Assessing Ownership in the Digital Age

  • Speaker  Mirjam Schaub, Jean Lassègue, Francesca Musiani, Balázs Bodó, Johannes Bennke, Gilbert Fridgen, Giovanni Sileno, Joris Hulstijn

  • Location

    Maison des Sciences Humaines, Black Box & Wiegand library

    porte des Sciences 11

    4366, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

  • Type(s)
    In-person event, Lectures and seminars

The Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) is pleased to invite to the workshop on Virtual Ownership that will take place on Monday, 7 and Tuesday, 8 April 2025 on Campus Belval, Maison des Sciences Humaines.

The event is part of the Brainstorming-funding of the of the IAS and will bring together researchers from different disciplines to explore the evolving nature of ownership in digital environments.

Organisation & contact

Katrin Becker

Research Scientist

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Programme

Monday, 7 April 2025

Introduction

Room: Wiegand Library

  • 12.30-13.30

    • Welcome by Prof. Claus Vögele, Head of Institute for Advanced Studies
    • Introduction VIRTOWN: Dr. Katrin Becker, University of Luxembourg
    • Presentation of research project: Dr. Katrin Becker, Dr. Réka Markovich, Liuwen Yu, Leonardo Romano, Alessandro Tugnetti (BRIDGES research group)

  • 13.30-14.00

    Lunch break

Philosophical Perspective

Room: Black Box

  • 14.00-14.45

    A brief history of use as appropriation (that replaces traditional notions of ownership, property, and possession)
    Prof. Mirjam Schaub, HAW Hamburg

  • 14.45-15.30

    De-territorialisation and de-spatialisation of law in the digital age
    Prof. Jean Lassègue, CNRS, EHESS, Paris

  • 15.30-16.00

    Coffee break

Legal and Sociological Perspective

Room: Black Box

  • 16.00-16.45

    Can law (alone) bring certainty to the domain of virtual assets? Questions around value, certainty & institutional arrangements
    Prof. Balázs Bodó, University of Amsterdam

  • 17.00-17.45

    Governance of, in and by digital infrastructures: an STS-inspired assessment of technologies, control and freedoms
    Prof. Francesca Musiani, CNRS, Paris

  • 17.45-18.30

    Protocological ecosystems: From ownership to the responsible organization of digital lifeworlds
    Dr. Johannes Bennke, Bar-Ilan University – online

Tuesday, 8 April 2025

Room: Wiegand Library

Information Systems Perspective

  • 10.00-11.00

    Tokenisation – use cases, challenges, and potential impact on industry
    Prof. Gilbert Fridgen, SnT, University of Luxembourg

  • 10.30-11.00

    Coffee break

Computer Science Perspective

  • 11.00-12.00

    Technical mean(ing)s of ownership
    Prof. Giovanni Sileno, University of Amsterdam

  • 12.00-13.00

    Virtual ownership: a matter of trust
    Prof. Joris Hulstijn, Utrecht University

  • 13.00-14.00

    Lunch break

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