Research projects, publications and talks
2026
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten’s monograph Beyond Safe Harbours: A Duty of Care in Platform Liability is forthcoming with Oxford University Press.
September 2026
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten helped launch the new Center for Law and Tech (CLT) at the University of St. Gallen, which brings together research, teaching and collaboration at the interesection of law and technology.
24 August 2026
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten appeared as an expert on CNBC Squawk Box Europe, where she discussed current issues in platform regulation.
15 July 2026
At the Annual conference of the German Law and Economics Association in Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten gave a presentation on “How to Regulate Technology?”.
9 April 2026
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten spoke at the European Legal Studies Center at Columbia Law School on "From Free Speech to Platform Responsbility".
April to June 2026
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School in New York.
27 March 2026
Together with the Law & Tech Lab at the University of St.Gallen, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten once again co-organised the annual conference “Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland” at Technopark Zurich.
3 March 2026
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten delivered her inaugural lecture at the University of St.Gallen entitled “If Law Shapes the Digital World, Who Shapes the Law?.
4 February 2026
For Euractiv, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten commented on current issues relating to disinformation. Further information is available here.
26 January 2026
At WAVE 2026 in Geneva, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten spoke on “The People’s Voice: Democracy, Law and Influence”.
16 April 2025
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten participated in the Uncertainty Symposium at the University of Zurich and spoke about regulatory uncertainty in the context of technology-driven transformations.Watch the full session here.
27 March 2025
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten moderated a panel at the Digital Platforms Summit on the implementation of the Digital Services Act in the area of child protection.
25 March 2025
Miriam Buiten co-authored CERRE papers on the protection of minors under the DSA.
21 March 2025
Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten spoke at the Law & Tech Lab Conference at Technopark Zurich on the need for legal action in the field of artificial intelligence.
18 March 2025
Together with Prof. Dr. Peter Hettich, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten commented in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on the planned revision of Swiss competition law.
7 November 2024
At the European Legal Studies Institute at Osnabrück University, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten was invited to speak on “Can Platforms’ Complaint Systems Guarantee Effective Private Enforcement?.
17 October 2024
Miriam Buiten’s research on the regulation of digital platforms and new technologies was recognised with the Latsis Prize of the Fondation Latsis Internationale.
20 June 2024
At the International Board Circle of the Swiss Board School, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten spoke on “The EU AI Act”.
24 April 2024
As part of the Science Spring at Leibniz-Fachhochschule Hannover, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten gave an invited presentation on “Plattformverantwortung: Zwischen Regulierung und Haftung”.
22 March 2024
At the conference “Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland” organised by the Law & Tech Lab at the University of St.Gallen, Prof. Dr. Miriam Buiten spoke on “AI Act(s) – Experiences from the EU and Brazil”.
23 November 2023
Miriam Buiten participated in a panel discussion on “Disinformation on Social Platforms” as part of the University of St.Gallen’s 125th anniversary celebrations. Parts of the event are available in the SRF Podcast Echo der Zeit.
26 and 27 January 2023
Miriam Buiten was invited to participate in Paris, at the OECD ITF Roundtable on "Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Regulation".
29 November 2022
Miriam Buiten was invited to speak at the 10th Annual Transatlantic Digital Economy Conference of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) about EU digital policy, digital sovereignty and the transatlantic relationship today.
15 November 2022
Miriam Buiten spoke at the EURACTIV conference about the impact of the AI Act on SMEs. For more information, click here.
October 2022
In October, the European Commission published its proposals for EU liability rules for AI and for product liability:
It incorporates many of the suggestions she made in her report EU liability rules for the age of Artificial Intelligence with Martin Peitz and Alexandre de Streel last year.
15 May 2022
Miriam Buiten was able to talk about platform liability and the Digital Services Act as part of the ELS Digital Series.
March 2022
In there paper on AI regulation, published in the TechREG Chronicle of Competition Policy International, Jennifer Pullen and Miriam Buiten lay out the various EU policy initiatives on liability for AI.
18 November 2021
Miriam Buiten had the opportunity to speak about misinformation and regulating Big Tech during the #FRIAS Lunch Lecture Series on "#Trust in Sciences and Technologies".
1 October 2021
Miriam Buiten will participate in a panel discussion on data transparency at the Alpsforum 2021. You can find the program on Law and Economics Foundations St.Gallen.
27 August 2021
Miriam Buiten presented at the Swiss IT Lawyers Day on the topic of liability gaps in the use of artificial intelligence. For more information about the event, please visit the Swiss IT Lawyers Day website.
20 May 2021
Miriam Buiten presented at the Weblaw Forum LegalTech on the regulation of artificial intelligence in Europe. The podcast of the conference is available at weblaw.ch.
9 May 2021
Miriam Buiten presented at the conference "Market Enabling through Law in the Digital Age" on the topic of ensuring diversity on interaction platforms.
25 March 2021
Miriam Buiten publishes the Topic Brief "Reigning in Big Tech With New Platform Laws" on St.Gallen Symposium.
18 March 2021
Miriam Buiten presents the Report "EU liability rules for the age of Artificial Intelligence" she wrote with Martin Peitz and Alexandre de Streel for the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). The panel discussion of the report is available here.
3 December 2020
Miriam Buiten was invited to speak about the impact of the Bundeskartellamt investigation into Facebook in the speaker series "Taking on Big Tech: The Fight for Digital Rights" by the Digital Freedom Fund. A recording of the session is available here.
27 November 2020
Miriam Buiten was invited to speak about interdisciplinarity in the legal education during the cognitio conference about the future of the legal education.
31 October 2020
Miriam Buiten was interviewed about reigning in the power of big tech in an interview for Al Jazeera. The interview is available here.
24 September 2020
Miriam Buiten was invited to speak about AI liability at the Alps Forum organised by the Law and Economics Foundation St.Gallen.
8 September 2020
Miriam Buiten was invited to speak about creating an effective legal framework for AI at the Swiss Smart Government Day.
7 September 2020
Miriam Buiten was invited to speak about transparency requirements for artificial intelligence in the context of liability at the conference "Regulierung für Algorithmen" of the University of Bonn.