News (index) - Knowledge Centre Data & Society

Aina Errando

AI Sandboxes: Between Promises and Perils

In this guestblog, a critical but constructive look is taken at AI regulatory sandboxes under the EU AI Act. The authors explore both their promises and their perils, arguing for careful, transparent and well-resourced designs.

19.12.2025

AI Act and law

Julie Mannekens

Digital Omnibus & GDPR: a practical take on the changes

There has been a lot of fuzz around the Digital Omnibus and its proposed amendments to the GDPR. The package introduces multiple changes, but what do they actually mean in practice for companies?

03.12.2025

AI Act and law

Een persoon waakt over een gezin dat AI consumeert. Het tafereel in de woonkamer wordt omlijst door beelden van elektrisch gereedschap.

A person watches over a family consuming AI. The living room vignette is framed by power tool imagery.

Wim Casteels

(NL) Summer Blog: The Seven Prompt Commandments for Responsible Use of AI Chatbots

Are you increasingly using AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, but not yet getting the results you want? With the seven prompts in this guest article, you can increase your chances of achieving a good result.

19.08.2025

Ethics in practice

Quickscan AI in de Vlaamse overheid Editie 2026 blog figuur1

Hans C. Arents

(NL) Summer Blog: Flemish government firmly committed to AI

How often, for what purposes, and by whom is AI used within the Flemish government? In this guest contribution, Hans C. Arents of Digitaal Vlaanderen explains how AI is currently being used within the Flemish government services.

05.08.2025

AI in Flanders

A person in a white lab coat is holding an iPad. The picture shows a medical setting in which the person with the lab coat is making a scan of a patient.

Anouk Verhellen

(NL) Summer Blog: Discussing data-driven innovation in healthcare

In this guest contribution, researcher Anouk Verhellen discusses DataKlap®, a method that encourages collaboration and dialogue between various stakeholders and supports the analysis and optimisation of data-driven systems.

29.07.2025

Workfloor
Ethics in practice

Een paarse kegelvormige figuur (die een typisch snoepje van de stad Gent voorstelt: de Cuberdon) houdt een foto van zichzelf vast in de buurt van een gebarsten weg, met een potlood, gum, een kasteel en AI-gerelateerde grafieken op de achtergrond.

A purple cone-shaped figure (which represents a typical sweet of the city of Ghent: the Cuberdon) holds a picture of itself near a cracked road, with a pencil, eraser, a castle, and AI-related graphs in the background.

(NL) Summer Blog: The city of Ghent explores the potential of AI for human-centred public services

More and more cities are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can contribute to better public services. In this blog, you will read about several AI use cases from the City of Ghent.

25.07.2025

AI in Flanders

A bird's eye view photo of a river or lake interspersed with trees and clouds. However, the image is slightly distorted with digital artefacts.

Alexandra Papageorgiou

Guestblog: In the pursuit of a greener GenAI

Is Generative AI (GenAI) an ally or an enemy in the fight against climate change? In this guest blog, Alexandra Papageourgiou delves into how GenAI impacts our environment and explores how the EU AI Act addresses sustainability.

31.07.2024

Ethics in practice
AI Act and law

Man op conferentie klapt met zijn handen. Andere personen in de achtergrond applaudisseren ook.
Man at conference claps his hands. Other people in the background also applaud.

5 trends in AI Governance from the 2024 CPDP conference

Guest author Ine van Zeeland summarises 5 key trends from the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) conference 2024, which took place in Brussels.

18.06.2024

Ethics in practice

Adults and children around a table. They are drawing something on a big piece of paper

(NL) How do you involve stakeholders in the development of a policy or strategy around data and AI?

How do you set up a participatory process with your stakeholders? This article provides some tools for bottom-up policy and/or strategy development around data and AI.

19.10.2020

Workfloor

News

Type