I am a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute. At Oxford, I am currently leading a research project on how to implement effective human oversight in systems of automated decision-making. As a member of the Governance of Emerging Technologies project I am also exploring the legal, ethical, and social implications of AI, Big Data, and other novel information technologies.
My latest research papers address the regulation of inferential analytics in online advertising
the risks of ‘audit capture’ when trying to regulate large platforms
and suggest a novel metric with which to measure with concentration in the distribution of online advertising as a result of personalisation
Before joining the University of Oxford, I was an Emile Noël Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law & Justice at New York University, School of Law. At NYU, I was also affiliated with the Digital Welfare State and Human Rights Project. From 2016 to 2018 I was a Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
I earned a Dr. iur. from the University of Hamburg, specializing in the institutional design of courts, combining legal research with the social science of human decision-making.
I hold an M.Sc. in Politics and Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Mag. iur. in International Law and European Union Law from the University of Hamburg as well as a Bac. iur. in Law from the same institution. I studied Philosophy at King’s College London during an academic year abroad.
I am also a contributor to newspapers. Recently, I have written about algorithmic fairness and the criminal justice system as well as the use of artificial intelligence in the welfare state.
JOHANN LAUX 