(Jan) Christoph Bublitz
@jcbublitz.bsky.social
Legal Scholar @UHH
Law & Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience
Advocate for the human right to freedom of thought
Currently PI of research projects on legal & ethical issues of Neurotechnology, Psychedelics, & Virtual Reality
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Law & Philosophy, Psychology, Neuroscience
Advocate for the human right to freedom of thought
Currently PI of research projects on legal & ethical issues of Neurotechnology, Psychedelics, & Virtual Reality
Account for digital note taking
Ein paar Sätze hier:
background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisier...
background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisier...
Überwachung der Gehinaktivität: Unesco-Leitlinien zur ethischen Nutzung von Neurotechnologien
Fast alle Staaten dieser Welt haben sich in der Unesco auf Leitlinien zum ethischen Einsatz von Neurotechnologien geeinigt. Damit wird ein globaler Standard gesetzt, auf dem nationale Maßnahmen aufbau...
background.tagesspiegel.de
November 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ein paar Sätze hier:
background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisier...
background.tagesspiegel.de/digitalisier...
Ein Satz zur UNESCO-Empfehlung zu Neurotech
Forschung aktuell | Schutz von Gehirndaten: UNESCO-Empfehlung zur Ethik der Neurotechnologie share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
Forschung aktuell | Schutz von Gehirndaten: UNESCO-Empfehlung zur Ethik der Neurotechnologie share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
Schutz von Gehirndaten: UNESCO-Empfehlung zur Ethik der Neurotechnologie
share.deutschlandradio.de
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Ein Satz zur UNESCO-Empfehlung zu Neurotech
Forschung aktuell | Schutz von Gehirndaten: UNESCO-Empfehlung zur Ethik der Neurotechnologie share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
Forschung aktuell | Schutz von Gehirndaten: UNESCO-Empfehlung zur Ethik der Neurotechnologie share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothe...
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Bublitz on Experimental Jurisprudence and Doctrinal Reasoning, buff.ly/49fp3Ti - Christoph Bublitz (Universität Hamburg) has posted Experimental Jurisprudence and Doctrinal Reasoning A View from German Criminal Law on SSRN.
Bublitz on Experimental Jurisprudence and Doctrinal Reasoning
Christoph Bublitz (Universität Hamburg) has posted Experimental Jurisprudence and Doctrinal Reasoning A View from German Criminal Law on SSRN. Here is the abstract: How may experimental jurisprudence…
buff.ly
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Bublitz on Experimental Jurisprudence and Doctrinal Reasoning, buff.ly/49fp3Ti - Christoph Bublitz (Universität Hamburg) has posted Experimental Jurisprudence and Doctrinal Reasoning A View from German Criminal Law on SSRN.
Letzten Montag bei der DFG: www.deutschlandfunk.de/neurotechnol...
Neurotechnologien: Wo droht Missbrauch durch Computer-Hirn-Schnittstellen und Co
www.deutschlandfunk.de
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Letzten Montag bei der DFG: www.deutschlandfunk.de/neurotechnol...
interesting study calling the effectivess of personalized advertisement in question
"only about 5% of the variance in personality can be
predicted from digital footprints, and personality‐tailored messages show negligible effects on behavior... When design and evaluation flaws are controlled, the combined end‐to‐end effectiveness of psychological targeting approaches zero."
predicted from digital footprints, and personality‐tailored messages show negligible effects on behavior... When design and evaluation flaws are controlled, the combined end‐to‐end effectiveness of psychological targeting approaches zero."
The (In)Effectiveness of Psychological Targeting: A Meta‐Analytic Review
The use of psychological targeting—employing machine learning to predict consumer personality from digital footprints and subsequently tailoring persuasive messages—has emerged as a controversial yet...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
interesting study calling the effectivess of personalized advertisement in question
💭 New paper on the ethics of changing minds through psychedelics, and some implications for psychedelic psychotherapy.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
💭 New paper on the ethics of changing minds through psychedelics, and some implications for psychedelic psychotherapy.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧠 New paper: “A Moratorium on Implantable Non-Medical Neurotech”
As Neuralink, Synchron, and possibly soon MergeLab funded by OpenAI push the frontier, we ask: are we ready for Brain-Computer Interfaces outside medicine?
➡️Our new paper says: not yet.
As Neuralink, Synchron, and possibly soon MergeLab funded by OpenAI push the frontier, we ask: are we ready for Brain-Computer Interfaces outside medicine?
➡️Our new paper says: not yet.
October 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🧠 New paper: “A Moratorium on Implantable Non-Medical Neurotech”
As Neuralink, Synchron, and possibly soon MergeLab funded by OpenAI push the frontier, we ask: are we ready for Brain-Computer Interfaces outside medicine?
➡️Our new paper says: not yet.
As Neuralink, Synchron, and possibly soon MergeLab funded by OpenAI push the frontier, we ask: are we ready for Brain-Computer Interfaces outside medicine?
➡️Our new paper says: not yet.
Freedom of Thought: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has just published a policy report on freedom of thought, AI, and neurotechnology. I am honored to have contributed and like how it describes the right and applies it to social media.../
www.osce.org/odihr/597450
www.osce.org/odihr/597450
Think Again: Freedom of Thought in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
This brief examines the implications for freedom of thought of the new information ecosystem, as well as the potential impacts of AI-based neurotechnologies, which raise fundamental questions about th...
www.osce.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Freedom of Thought: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has just published a policy report on freedom of thought, AI, and neurotechnology. I am honored to have contributed and like how it describes the right and applies it to social media.../
www.osce.org/odihr/597450
www.osce.org/odihr/597450
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We invite scholars from around the world to submit their neuroethics research for presentation at the Neuroethics 2026 conference next April — with opportunities to present virtually or in-person at locations in the U.S., Italy and South Africa.
neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neur...
neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neur...
Research Abstracts
Neuroethics 2026April 15-17, 2026 The convening partners of the Neuroethics 2026 conference invite students, researchers, and professionals from around the world to submit abstracts to be considered f...
neuroethicssociety.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We invite scholars from around the world to submit their neuroethics research for presentation at the Neuroethics 2026 conference next April — with opportunities to present virtually or in-person at locations in the U.S., Italy and South Africa.
neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neur...
neuroethicssociety.org/meeting/neur...
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'10 Regeln für die Digitale Welt' sind nun "in der Welt"! 😊
Ich durfte sie in einer spannenden Gruppe mitdefinieren, u.a. mit @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social und @paulnemitz.bsky.social.
Hier eine der vielen News dazu:
news.vm.uni-freiburg.de/de/newsarchi...
Kommentare sind sehr willkommen!
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Ich durfte sie in einer spannenden Gruppe mitdefinieren, u.a. mit @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social und @paulnemitz.bsky.social.
Hier eine der vielen News dazu:
news.vm.uni-freiburg.de/de/newsarchi...
Kommentare sind sehr willkommen!
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September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
'10 Regeln für die Digitale Welt' sind nun "in der Welt"! 😊
Ich durfte sie in einer spannenden Gruppe mitdefinieren, u.a. mit @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social und @paulnemitz.bsky.social.
Hier eine der vielen News dazu:
news.vm.uni-freiburg.de/de/newsarchi...
Kommentare sind sehr willkommen!
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Ich durfte sie in einer spannenden Gruppe mitdefinieren, u.a. mit @jurgenpfeffer.bsky.social und @paulnemitz.bsky.social.
Hier eine der vielen News dazu:
news.vm.uni-freiburg.de/de/newsarchi...
Kommentare sind sehr willkommen!
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Freue mich, später im Deutschen Theater zu sprechen. Wer vorbeikommen möchte...
www.deutschestheater.de/programm/pro...
www.deutschestheater.de/programm/pro...
Produktionen
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September 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Freue mich, später im Deutschen Theater zu sprechen. Wer vorbeikommen möchte...
www.deutschestheater.de/programm/pro...
www.deutschestheater.de/programm/pro...
Just received my contributor's copy of the CUP handbook on Experimental Jurisprudence by @kevintobia.bsky.social, which may well beome the prime reference for anyone interested in the field, given the many interesting chapters and leading authors.
September 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just received my contributor's copy of the CUP handbook on Experimental Jurisprudence by @kevintobia.bsky.social, which may well beome the prime reference for anyone interested in the field, given the many interesting chapters and leading authors.
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📣 Exciting Call Papers for The Journal of Human Rights/Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte: „New Technologies and Human Rights“. Submissions from various disciplines welcome. Read more here: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/08/08/c...
Call for Papers: New Technologies and Human Rights
for the Journal for Human Rights, edition 1/2026 How are AI, social media, and automated systems changing our society, and what do these developments mean for human rights? The Journal for Human…
www.humanrights.fau.eu
August 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📣 Exciting Call Papers for The Journal of Human Rights/Zeitschrift für Menschenrechte: „New Technologies and Human Rights“. Submissions from various disciplines welcome. Read more here: www.humanrights.fau.eu/2025/08/08/c...
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Number of judicial opinions that cite "A Theory of Law": 9
July 20, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Number of judicial opinions that cite "A Theory of Law": 9
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Rund 300 Rechtswissenschaftler und Ex-Verfassungsrichter melden sich in einem offenen Brief zu Wort. Sie kritisieren darin den Umgang mit Brosius-Gersdorf, eine "unsachliche Debatte" und "mangelnde Vorbereitung" seitens der Politik.
Ex-Verfassungsrichter kritisieren Umgang mit Brosius-Gersdorf
Nach dem Desaster um die Verfassungsrichterwahl kritisieren knapp 300 Rechtswissenschaftler die bisherige Diskussion und das Verfahren als 'unsachlich'.
www.lto.de
July 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Rund 300 Rechtswissenschaftler und Ex-Verfassungsrichter melden sich in einem offenen Brief zu Wort. Sie kritisieren darin den Umgang mit Brosius-Gersdorf, eine "unsachliche Debatte" und "mangelnde Vorbereitung" seitens der Politik.
Honored to give a keynote later at UOC Barcelona on human rights and neurotechnology. Interview with me here:
www.uoc.edu/en/news/2025...
www.uoc.edu/en/news/2025...
Christoph Bublitz
www.uoc.edu
July 3, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Honored to give a keynote later at UOC Barcelona on human rights and neurotechnology. Interview with me here:
www.uoc.edu/en/news/2025...
www.uoc.edu/en/news/2025...
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In a stunning reversal, the Senate voted 99-1 this morning to strip from Trump's big bill a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations.
Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
In dramatic reversal, Senate votes to kill AI-law moratorium
A GOP-led bid to stop states from regulating AI collapsed after a deal to save it fell through.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In a stunning reversal, the Senate voted 99-1 this morning to strip from Trump's big bill a 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulations.
Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
Gift link to my story on how it happened and who's celebrating: wapo.st/3TOyiaG
New Viewpoint: Countries allowing assisted suicide should offer candidates psychedelics and support to change their minds. If we truly value life, shouldn't we explore every therapeutic option - even controversial ones - before accepting that suffering is untreatable?
ja.ma/4l2gdls
ja.ma/4l2gdls
July 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New Viewpoint: Countries allowing assisted suicide should offer candidates psychedelics and support to change their minds. If we truly value life, shouldn't we explore every therapeutic option - even controversial ones - before accepting that suffering is untreatable?
ja.ma/4l2gdls
ja.ma/4l2gdls
1/ UNESCO member states recently concluded negotiations on the first global Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, to be adopted in November. Our comment in Nature Mental Health examines it through a disability rights lens. While people with disabilities are primary neurotechnology users..
June 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1/ UNESCO member states recently concluded negotiations on the first global Recommendation on the Ethics of Neurotechnology, to be adopted in November. Our comment in Nature Mental Health examines it through a disability rights lens. While people with disabilities are primary neurotechnology users..
On the etymology of 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺:
Manly strength (vir) --> inherent powers --> implicit powers --> something not really there, irrealis -> virtual.
(from Heim, The Paradox of Virtuality
academic.oup.com/edited-volum... )
Manly strength (vir) --> inherent powers --> implicit powers --> something not really there, irrealis -> virtual.
(from Heim, The Paradox of Virtuality
academic.oup.com/edited-volum... )
June 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On the etymology of 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺:
Manly strength (vir) --> inherent powers --> implicit powers --> something not really there, irrealis -> virtual.
(from Heim, The Paradox of Virtuality
academic.oup.com/edited-volum... )
Manly strength (vir) --> inherent powers --> implicit powers --> something not really there, irrealis -> virtual.
(from Heim, The Paradox of Virtuality
academic.oup.com/edited-volum... )
The EU AI Act & Neurotech: Guidelines by the EU Commission suggest that brain stimulation methods might be considered "subliminal techniques"and hence fall under the prohibited practices of Art. 5 AIA.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Brain Stimulation May Be a Subliminal Technique Under the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The EU AI Act & Neurotech: Guidelines by the EU Commission suggest that brain stimulation methods might be considered "subliminal techniques"and hence fall under the prohibited practices of Art. 5 AIA.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
UK gov researching AI homicide prediction tool. Problems are clear and many. However, lets not forget that risk assessment is somewhat unavoidable standard practice in criminal law and forensic psychiatry. Much depends on which data used and for what precisely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
UK gov researching AI homicide prediction tool. Problems are clear and many. However, lets not forget that risk assessment is somewhat unavoidable standard practice in criminal law and forensic psychiatry. Much depends on which data used and for what precisely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Doramad, 1940
April 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Doramad, 1940