Denmark 👀

I sometimes get asked how to design surveys. This new working paper by Stefanie Stantcheva is the best introduction anyone could hope for: nber.org/system/files/w… It's extensive, clear, and on the research frontier. If you're looking to run surveys, read this.

I'm distraught & mournful over the passing of one of Europe's most revered early-career law profs. I saw Dⓐniel Hürlimann (23.8.1985–29.9.2022) inspire many young scholars since we met OpenCon 2015. His family asks for commemorative donations to UNICEF: CH88 0900 0000 8000 7211 9.

Let me commemorate 3 of my most inspiring colleagues who passed in just 5 months: Rᴇɢɪɴᴀ Gᴏʟᴅsᴄʜᴍɪᴛᴛ, 55 (31.7.66–24.4.22) Max Planck Society Jᴀɴ Eɪᴄᴋᴇʟʙᴇʀɢ, 49 (14.10.72–13.8.22) HWR Berlin Dᴀɴɪᴇʟ Hüʀʟɪᴍᴀɴɴ, 37 (23.8.85–29.9.22) @BFH_Wirtschaft Please, 2022, stop.

Herrenhausen Conference "AI & the Future of Societies" VolkswagenStiftung kicks off VolkswagenStiftung Xplanatorium with a "tutorial" by Fredrik Heintz on applications & challenges of #ArtificialIntelligence, as it is "getting democratised". Some 70 scholars attend, 30 more talks follow until Friday.

I just read this beautiful introduction into Twitter alternative #Mastodon on the #fediverse, a network of "e-mail-like" social media. I am hooked. Decentralized & emergent content curation sounds like a "futuristic" & Musk-free world indeed. Need to try! wordsmith.social/elilla/a-futur…

Instant fail. The scholar.social community is closed. (Anyone know why?) I can't find another as interesting (just fediScience.org?) & the quoted article advises *specifically* against joining mastodon.social because it's Twitter all over again. Now what?

"Yesterday was my last day at Twitter: the entire Human Rights team has been cut from the company." - Shannon Raj Singh

Exciting announcement (go, #Gobo!) from a very thoughtful thread (recommend reading!) by one who'd know better than most whether #MastodonOrTwitter. His answer is: Both! He offers sound reasons, but they also suggest: Once Mastodon (@[email protected]) goes mainstream, Twitter may whither away.

Everyone is getting ready for the opening of EBS Law Congress, an EBS Universität event entirely organized by our students. I look forward to high-profile speakers such as @bmq_ac Michael Grupp @etowfigh Pierre Zickert Jan Wildhirth Sebastian Omlor 🇩🇪🇪🇺 Michael Beurskens

On the main stage of EBS Universität Law Congress 2022, Michael Grupp explains the logic and logistics of no-code legal automation, as developed by BRYTER. His company just started funding the BRYTER Center for Digitalization & Law at EBS Law School Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden.

#JLL2023 #callforabstracts: "Legal Linguistics in Times of Language Models and Text Automation" Submission deadline: 31 March 2023 Editorial and details at: languageandlaw.eu/jll/article/vi… #chatgpt3 #language #law #legalinformatics #NLP #OpenAccess #PeerReview #forensics