The very model of a modern major general. Postdoctoral researcher in cyber policy, University of Luxembourg. Was a data scientist once, but nowadays speaks mostly about AI, EU law, regulation, academia, sci-fi, football, and puns.
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! First of all, I would like to wish you a happy new year. Even though 2026 has already started with some awful news in the macro scale (not personally, but look at the world!), I can
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! As you read this issue, I am putting the final touches on my presentation for the workshop Methods in Legal Discipline: Post-Doctoral Insights Across Research Fields, in which I will talk about how to engage
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! November has been a bit more busy than I expected, between teaching, research, planning, and Winnie's health (she's well now, but she gave us quite a bit of a scare some weeks
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! I hope you are doing well these days. My plans were to write this issue shortly after the previous one. However, a few of my works in progress are finally coming to fruition and, since they
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! After a flurry of posts in August and September, I had to take a few weeks off writing this newsletter, in order to stop procrastinating finish some projects. While I still owe some writings to some
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! In today's issue, I wrap up my initial reflections on legal research programmes and the production of knowledge with some thoughts on whether the notion of a 'degenerate research programme' might help
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! It has been a bit more than a week since our last issue, and in the meantime the European Commission has opened a call for evidence meant to support its windmill-hunting effortsproject of simplifying the
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! I was planning to write a newsletter last week, but a few things got in the way. Even though I had a wonderful time at the UACES Annual Conference, I came back somewhat ill, so my
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! I was originally planning to continue last week's foray into the philosophy of science and whether it might help us think about the law. However, I find myself once again dragged into current affairs,
Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! This should be the first 'proper' issue now at the newsletter's new home, now that I'm back from a much-needed staycation. In today's issues I'll
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Hello, dear reader, and welcome to another issue of AI, Law, and Otter Things! Today I am just writing to let you know that my newsletter has a new home now: it is hosted in a different platform, and you can access it through https://blog.marcoalmada.com! So, this
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Or: making the best of one's limitations