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2026

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D-Index
36
Citations
5971
World Ranking
150
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Law in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Paul De Hert is affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands and works primarily within the social sciences. Their research spans a range of interdisciplinary fields, including political science and international relations, law, sociology and political science, safety research, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's most frequent areas of study include:

  • Social Sciences

More specifically, their work branches into the following subfields:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Law
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Safety Research
  • Artificial Intelligence

Paul De Hert's research touches on several major topics notable for their legal and ethical considerations with technology and society:

  • European Criminal Justice and Data Protection
  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Digitalization, Law, and Regulation
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Legal and Policy Issues
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Criminal Law and Evidence

This scientist has contributed scholarly articles to various well-regarded publication venues, with the most frequent being:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (13 publications)
  • Computer Law & Security Review (5 publications)
  • European Data Protection Law Review (3 publications)
  • Information Polity (2 publications)
  • New Journal of European Criminal Law (2 publications)

Among recent academic papers authored or co-authored by Paul De Hert are:

  • "Transparency of AI in Healthcare as a Multilayered System of Accountabilities: Between Legal Requirements and Technical Limitations", 2022, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence
  • "Privacy, Data Protection and Law Enforcement. Opacity of the Individual and Transparency of Power", 2022, Direito Público
  • "Bridging the Gap Between AI and Explainability in the GDPR: Towards Trustworthiness-by-Design in Automated Decision-Making", 2022, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine
  • "Fatigue and the prediction of negative health outcomes: A systematic review with meta-analysis", 2021, Ageing Research Reviews
  • "Humans in the GDPR and AIA governance of automated and algorithmic systems. Essential pre-requisites against abdicating responsibilities", 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal

Paul De Hert has collaborated extensively with a core group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Bart Jansen
  • Aldo Scafoglieri
  • Ivan Bautmans
  • Júlia Zomignani Barboza
  • Aziz Debain

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has authored books published by reputable publishers. These include:

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Facial Recognition in the Modern State, published by Cambridge University Press in 2024
  • Data Protection and Privacy: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence, published by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2021

Best Publications

  • Frailty and the Prediction of Negative Health Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

    Sofie Vermeiren;Roberta Vella-Azzopardi;David Beckwée;Ann-Katrin Habbig

  • The right to data portability in the GDPR: Towards user-centric interoperability of digital services

    Paul De Hert;Paul De Hert;Vagelis Papakonstantinou;Gianclaudio Malgieri;Laurent Beslay

  • The new general data protection regulation : Still a sound system for the protection of individuals

    Paul de Hert;Paul de Hert;Vagelis Papakonstantinou

  • Privacy, data protection and law enforcement : Opacity of the individual and transparency of power

    P.J.A. de Hert;S. Gutwirth

  • The proposed data protection Regulation replacing Directive 95/46/EC : A sound system for the protection of individuals

    Paul De Hert;Paul De Hert;Vagelis Papakonstantinou;Vagelis Papakonstantinou

  • Introduction to Privacy Impact Assessment

    David Wright;Paul De Hert;Paul De Hert

  • Data Protection in the Case Law of Strasbourg and Luxemburg: Constitutionalisation in Action

    P.J.A. de Hert;S. Gutwirth

  • FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

    David Wright;Paul De Hert;Paul De Hert

  • Policing, surveillance and law in a pre-crime society: Understanding the consequences of technology based strategies.

    Rosamunde van Brakel;Paul De Hert

  • Regulating Profiling in a Democratic Constitutional State

    Serge Gutwirth;Paul De Hert

  • Fatigue and the prediction of negative health outcomes: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

    V. Knoop;B. Cloots;A. Costenoble;A. Debain

  • Senior citizens and the ethics of e-inclusion

    Emilio Mordini;David Wright;Kush Wadhwa;Paul Hert

  • Privacy, trust and policy-making : Challenges and responses

    David Wright;Serge Gutwirth;Michael Friedewald;Paul De Hert

  • Sorting out smart surveillance

    David Wright;Michael Friedewald;Serge Gutwirth;Marc Langheinrich

  • European Data Protection: Coming of Age

    Serge Gutwirth;Ronald Leenes;Paul de Hert;Yves Poullet

  • Legal safeguards for privacy and data protection in ambient intelligence

    Paul Hert;Serge Gutwirth;Anna Moscibroda;David Wright

  • The new EU cybersecurity framework: The NIS Directive, ENISA's role and the General Data Protection Regulation

    Dimitra Markopoulou;Vagelis Papakonstantinou;Paul de Hert;Paul de Hert

  • Linking Frailty Instruments to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health: A Systematic Review.

    Roberta Vella Azzopardi;Sofie Vermeiren;Ellen Gorus;Ann-Katrin Habbig

  • Reforming European Data Protection Law

    Serge Gutwirth;Ronald Leenes;Paul de Hert

  • Three scenarios for international governance of data privacy : Towards an international data privacy organization, preferably a UN agency

    Paul De Hert;Evangelos Papakonstantinou

  • Understanding the legal provisions that allow processing and profiling of personal data—an analysis of GDPR provisions and principles

    Elena Gil González;Paul de Hert;Paul de Hert

  • Expanding the European data protection scope beyond territory: Article 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation in its wider context

    Paul de Hert;Michal Czerniawski

  • Balancing security and liberty within the European human rights framework. A critical reading of the Court’s case law in the light of surveillance and criminal law enforcement strategies after 9/11

    Paul J.A. de Hert

  • A Human Rights Perspective on Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessments

    Paul De Hert;Paul De Hert

  • European data protection: in good health ?

    Serge Gutwirth;Ronald Leenes;Paul De Hert;Yves Poullet

  • Safeguards in a world of ambient intelligence

    loannis Maghiros;Yves Punie;Sabine Delaitre;Paul de Hert

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Langheinrich
Marc Langheinrich Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Stéphane Grumbach
Stéphane Grumbach French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Elspeth Guild
Elspeth Guild University of Liverpool
Mireille Hildebrandt
Mireille Hildebrandt Radboud University
Olivier De Schutter
Olivier De Schutter Université Catholique de Louvain
Yvo Desmedt
Yvo Desmedt The University of Texas at Dallas
Bart Jacobs
Bart Jacobs Radboud University
Bart Preneel
Bart Preneel KU Leuven

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