Pompeu Casanovas

Dr. Pompeu Casanovas is Director of Advanced Research, professor of Philosophy and Sociology of Law at the UAB Law School, founder of the IDT-UAB, and at present its Head. He has 20 years of experience conducting research on legal sociology and philosophy, pragmatics, and AI and law. He has been Principal Investigator of over 50 national, European, and international projects. He has published over 10 books and more than 150 scientific articles in the areas of legal philosophy, legal sociology, intellectual history, and AI & Law. His recent publications concern the development of legal ontologies to implement Semantic Web technologies; models of governace to implement security and data protection in the Web; and mediation, Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) and crowdsourcing to foster citizens’ democratic participation.