Modern Europe and Law
Popularization blog about legal and political aspects of modern technologies
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Workshop: Modern technologies in teaching and EU legal practice – new approaches and challenges in the times of a war in Ukraine
On the 3rd of November 2020 Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in EU Law (JMCE), part of the Jean Monnet Network entitled “European Union and the Challenges of Modern Society (Legal Issues of Digitalization, Robotization, Cyber Security and Prevention of Hybrid Threats)” hosted a special workshop. The workshop “Modern...
Spreading Disinformation in the Cyberspace and Mass Media as the Tools of Russian Propaganda and Defence Against it
Disclaimer: The debate has been freely translated by the redaction with the aim to catch the main ideas of the speakers. For the citation, please ask redaction for the authentic Czech version. On 26th April 2022 the Faculty of Law, Palacký University in Olomouc hosted a round table entitled „Spreading Disinformation in the...
Russian Invasion on Ukraine and Its Security and Legal Context
Disclaimer: The debate has been freely translated by the redaction with the aim to catch the main ideas of the speakers. For the citation, please ask redaction for the authentic Czech version. On 15th March 2022 the Faculty of Law, Palacký University in Olomouc hosted a very special round table entitled „Russian Invasion on...
European Digital Single Market: The Current And Future Challenges In The European Union Law (Report From The Conference)
On 21 and 22 June 2021 a special event took place on-line. Jean Monnet Network: European Union and the Challenges of Modern Society (Legal Issues of Digitalization, Robotization, Cyber Security and Prevention of Hybrid Threats) organized two-day long conference dedicated to the cutting edge research in the area of European...
Competition Law and Digital Technologies: Jean Monnet Workshop for Young Researchers (Part III)
Competition Law and Digital Technologies: Jean Monnet Workshop for Young Researchers (Part III) First speaker of the afternoon was Ondřej Dostál (former director of international department at ÚOHS, employee of the European Commission and currently working for ČEZ) who dedicated his speech to the digital aspects of ad locum...
About the blog
The main purpose of this blog is to provide insight into newest research results in the areas that shape our society: robotization, automatization, artificial intelligence, new technologies and related topics including hybrid threats and other issues that are brought by modernization. We are living in a word of rapid development of technologies and new discoveries which are always one step further to legal regulation or political reflection. The main mission of the blog is to provide deeper insight into some of the most problematic aspects of this development and open a space for greater debate about the impacts of legal issues of digitalization, robotization, cyber security and prevention of hybrid threats.
The blog contains articles written by experts from several institutions partnered within the Jean Monnet Network. Their list is availale bellow.
Participating institutions

Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Law
(Czech Republic)

Heidelberg University
(Germany)

Tallin University of Technology
(Estonia)

Comenius University in Bratislava
(Slovakia)

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev
(Ukraine)
Media gallery
Below you can see selected photos from events hosted by our project. More materials are available on the website of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in EU Law in Palacký University Olomouc.