Admission requirements
None
Description
This course introduces students to the European and international public policies that affect data-science and AI. During the course, core concepts of regulatory governance in the EU will be introduced. The developments are looked at in a historic and comparative perspective. We consider how the European regulatory model differs from other models and how regulatory governance models relate to ethical and cultural notions. We will compare different digital governance models and look at their convergence and divergence. During the course, the students will engage with the topic of regulatory governance, by implementing a literature review that serves to develop a research proposal on a governance problem in data science.
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students are able to:
list core concepts of regulatory governance in the EU;
analyse regulary requirements in a historic, prospective and comparative ways at global level;
list basic mechanisms of changes in regulatory settings;
link the analysis of regulatory goverance to ethical considerations;
implement a literature review on an issue of regulatory compliance;
present a literature review in academic format.
Timetable
The schedule can be found on the Leiden University student website
You will find the timetables for all courses and degree programmes of Leiden University in the tool MyTimetable (login). Any teaching activities that you have sucessfully registered for in MyStudyMap will automatically be displayed in MyTimeTable. Any timetables that you add manually, will be saved and automatically displayed the next time you sign in.
MyTimetable allows you to integrate your timetable with your calendar apps such as Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar and other calendar apps on your smartphone. Any timetable changes will be automatically synced with your calendar. If you wish, you can also receive an email notification of the change. You can turn notifications on in ‘Settings’ (after login).
For more information, watch the video or go the the 'help-page' in MyTimetable. Please note: Joint Degree students Leiden/Delft have to merge their two different timetables into one. This video explains how to do this.
Mode of instruction
Individual research and group work methods as well as instruction on general concepts.
Assessment method
Group assignments (30%): presentations in class reflecting on the literature
Individual presentation (10%): presentation of own research
Individual paper (final exam) (60%)- presentation of own research
The grade is calculated as the weighted average.
The individual paper has the possibility of a resit.
The individual paper is graded on the basis of:
use of concepts of regulatory governance in the digital domain (data science and AI) (10%);
use of comparative methods of inquiry (10%);
inclusion of relevant ethical notions (10%);
clarity of the methodology followed (particularly concerning an implementation of a literature review) (10%);
academic and professional style (10%);
relevance (10%).
Reading list
provided by the teacher
Registration
Every student has to register for courses with the new enrollment tool MyStudyMap. Please see this page for more information.
Please note that it is compulsory to register your participation for every exam and retake.
Extensive FAQ's on MyStudymap can be found here.
Contact
Programme Co-ordinator: ms. Esme Caubo
Remarks
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