The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is one of the major public universities in Spain, and it is in Cerdanyola del Vallès, near the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. The university consists of 57 departments in the experimental, life, social and human sciences, spread among 13 faculties/schools. All these centres together award a total of 85 qualifications in the form of first degrees, diplomas, and engineering degrees. Moreover, almost 80 doctoral programs, and more than 80 others postgraduate programs are offered. UAB has more than 40,000 students and more than 3,600 academic and research staff. The UAB is a pioneering institution in terms of fostering research. There are many research institutes in the campus, as well as other research centres, technical support services and service-providing laboratories, and the ALBA (synchrotron) located in the Barcelona Synchrotron Park is very close to the UAB.
The UAB Institute of Law and Technology (IDT), housed at the Faculty of Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is a research center promoting cutting-edge research on Law, Ethics and Technology from a multidisciplinary perspective. The IDT-UAB has extensive experience as ethical and legal partner of EU funded research projects. It is internationally renowned for its expertise in legal and ethical compliance of data-driven technologies in different domains. Research areas include ethical AI, data protection and privacy and algorithmic legal and ethical governance.
The IDT role in EU Projects entails: (i) identifying the ethical and legal framework; ii) defining the ethical and legal requirements that must be observed in all research activities; (iii) assessing the legal, ethical and societal risks of the technologies and providing technical and organizational mitigation measures; (iv) assisting Consortium partners with legal and ethical issues; (v) setting up a robust monitoring strategy to ensure compliance, involving independent experts as members of the Independent Ethics Board.
IDT researchers also contribute significantly to the organization of specialized workshops, and the dissemination of the project findings and results through scientific publications and presentations in the main Data Protection and Law & Technology Conferences and Workshops (e.g. IVR, Jurix, ICAIL, and AICOL).
The IDT is a Consolidated Research Center recognized by the Catalan Government.
Law & Ethics
Human Rights, Data Protection & Ethics
- Legal and Ethical Compliance of Data-Driven Technologies
- Identification of Legal and Ethical Frameworks
- Assessment of Legal and Ethical Risks
- Robust Legal and Ethical Monitoring Strategy
Social Acceptability
Technology Acceptance & Trust
- Individual and Societal Well-Being
- Human-Centered Technologies
- Digital Literacy, Awareness Raising and Citizens’ Empowerment
- Environmental Friendliness and Sustainability
Responsible Research & Innovation
Research, Innovation & Society
- Integrity: Reliability, Honesty, Respect and Accountability
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Anticipation and Reflection
- Openness and Transparency
- Responsiveness and Adaptive Change
News & Events
- Institute of Law and Technology at Veus UAB: A Digital Future with Guarantees.Our Project Manager Nil Bosch has participated in Veus UAB, with a TED-Talk conference titled “Digital future with guarantees” (orig. Futur digital amb garanties). The presentation showcases the tranformative power of Artificial Intelligence and its challenges from a legal, ethical and societal perspective within the groundbreaking project INDUX-R. The talk… Read more: Institute of Law and Technology at Veus UAB: A Digital Future with Guarantees.
- Participation of the Institute of Law and Technology at the ECIU UniversityThe Institute of Law and Technology, represented by its researcher Dr. Anna Capellà i Ricart, formed part of the recent Workshop held at INSA Rouen Normandie (France) on 16-17 October 2025. During this event, selected teams of researchers worked on the design and planning of future research laboratories within the… Read more: Participation of the Institute of Law and Technology at the ECIU University
- SEMINAR “Espacios de datos como fuente para el desarrollo de sistemas de IA”.We are pleased to announce that on 10th of September, IDT researcher Dr. Andrés Chomczyk Penedo will conduct the seminar “Espacios de datos como fuente para el desarrollo de sistemas de IA”. This activity is part of the Program Café#IA, organized by the Máster en IA y Derecho Digital (MIADD).… Read more: SEMINAR “Espacios de datos como fuente para el desarrollo de sistemas de IA”.
- IDT researchers: international activitiesDuring the last month, IDT researchers had the opportunity to participate in a set of different scientific workshops, congresses and activities closely related with our research derived from INDUX-R project. Andrés Chomczyk Penedo participated in the congress Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (21-23 may, Brussels), having the opportunity to coordinate… Read more: IDT researchers: international activities
- INDUX-R 3rd Plenary MeetingToday, Monday 10th of June, INDUX-R consortium is conducting its third plenary meeting via online. Together with our partners, we will discuss the new advances of the project, as well as the recent updates regarding the monitoring tasks of IDT-UAB and the identification of the legal, ethical and societal framework.… Read more: INDUX-R 3rd Plenary Meeting
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How to reach us
Faculty of Law, B Building, Department of Political Science and Public Law, Campus UAB, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona (Spain)