Publications
Table of contents
Position papers
Comprehensible Algorithms: A Legal Framework for the Use of Artificial Intelligence
White Paper: Urheberrecht (PDF, 1 MB)
White Paper: Transparenz (PDF, 352 KB)
White Paper: Diskriminierung (PDF, 428 KB)
White Paper: Manipulation (PDF, 439 KB)
White Paper: Datenschutz (PDF, 349 KB)
White Paper: Transparenz durch öffentliches Verzeichnis (PDF, 313 KB)
White Paper: Transparenz durch Begründung von Verfügungen (PDF, 399 KB)
Governance Mechanisms for Access and Use of Data in Public Health Crises: Call for Action
A Legal Framework for Artificial Intelligence
Position paper, DSI Strategy Lab 2021, expert workshop Balsthal 2021
Download Positionspapier (DE) (PDF, 434 KB)
Download Positionspapier (FR) (PDF, 435 KB)
Download Positionspapier (EN) (PDF, 407 KB)
Informationen zum DSI Strategy Lab (Video)
Scientific studies
New Software Protection Approaches in a World (Co)shaped by AI
Scientific study commissioned by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI). Conducted in collaboration with the CIPCO Center for Intellectual Property and Competition Law.
Regulatory framework: secondary publication rights and open access as a regulatory challenge
Report for swissuniversities, conducted in collaboration with the University of Zurich Library, the University of Basel, the University of Geneva, SWITCH, the Università della Svizzera italiana, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland.
Download (PDF, 1 MB) (in German)
Governance of disinformation in digital public spheres
Joint research project of the Center for Information Technology, Society, and Law (ITSL) and the fög – Research Institute for the Public Sphere and Society at the University of Zurich.
Download (PDF, 907 KB) (in German)
Ownership, possession and use of non-personal data
Ownership, possession and use of non-personal data, legal study commissioned by the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI)
Download (PDF, 983 KB) (in German)
Workshop reports
A Legal Framework for Artificial Intelligence
Automated Decision Making
Workshop Summary, International Expert Workshop Lavin 2019
Data Ownership
Workshop Summary, International Expert Workshop Schaffhausen 2017
Conference reports
Fabienne Graf / Liliane Obrecht / Soraya Weiner
Preliminary findings on transparency, discrimination and manipulation
The legal framework for artificial intelligence in Switzerland
Conference report on the public event of 8 November 2022 (PNG, 133 KB) (in German)
Fabienne Graf / Liliane Obrecht
The legal framework for artificial intelligence in Switzerland
Report on the conference titled “Legal Framework for Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland”
Conference report on the public event of 10 November 2021 (in German) (PNG, 140 KB)