6. INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
» Intelligence systems
» Cyber security
7. SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES
» Ethic Research
» Legal Sciences
Core competencies
Paul De Hert is an international fundamental rights expert with regard to e-justice, viz. issues related
to justice and home affairs at the European level with a technological component: biometrics,
interoperability, international criminal records, Schengen, Prüm, availability, human rights and
evidence and intelligence sharing. He is involved in national and international legal or
multidisciplinary projects about issues such as ambient intelligence, identity, service platforms,
profiling, data protection etc. He is interested both in legal practice and more fundamental
reflections about law.
Paul De Hert has written extensively on human rights issues concerning data protection and the right
to privacy and the right to a fair trial. Currently his research also includes non discrimination law,
ethnic monitoring, diversity and religion and gross violations of human rights by states and firms.
He is a recognised and very experienced research & programme manager, with excellent and most
pleasant and sociable personal skills and is involved in national and international legal or
multidisciplinary projects.
