The Institute for European Tort Law and the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law cordially invite you to the next ETL Lecture. Jan van Staalduinen presents his research on ‘Bridging policy and tradition: the role of tort law and private law theory in transatlantic regulation of medical AI’ on Monday, 4 May 2026, at 11:00 am.

Jan van Staalduinen is a PhD candidate at Leiden University, where he is writing a dissertation on civil liability for medical AI systems. One project within his dissertation focuses on the interaction between (ex ante) public law regulation and (ex post) private law mechanisms such as (medical) tort law. Whereas policy considerations lie at the heart of public law, certain private law theories resist extra-legal arguments, adhering instead to values such as tradition and coherence.

The goal of this project is to analyse (i) the extent to which the AI regulatory landscape in the EU, UK and US depends on or defers to rules of tort law and, where it does, (ii) how and to what extent it (explicitly or implicitly) relies on concepts influenced by regional differences in private law theory and (iii) what the effects of these are on risk distribution and legal incentives for risk mitigation, specifically for AI used in the healthcare sector. He has previously visited the UK (University of Oxford) to engage with English law. In his presentation, he will discuss the first results.

The lecture is scheduled for 30 minutes, with an opportunity for discussion afterwards. It takes place in the institute's premises. Participation is free of charge. If you would like to attend, please register via etl(at)oeaw.ac.at.