Mireille Hildebrandt

Mireille Hildebrandt works on the edge of law, philosophy and technology. Coming from cultural anthropology she decided to study law to figure out how the formal structures of societies operate. After defending a PhD in legal philosophy she has been exploring the legal, ethical and political implications of smart infrastructures, data analytics and proactive computing. This is a very exciting domain of knowledge, changing our understanding of self, mind and society at high speed. She believes that lawyers should anticipate the potential impact of profiling practices on human rights and on the checks and balances of constitutional democracy. Moreover, she advocates 'legal protection by design', involving democratic participation in the design of the smart architectures that increasingly determine our life world.