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IViR is pleased to announce that
Prof. Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius
will give a lecture entitled<\/strong>

<\/strong>AI and poverty:
should socio-economic<\/strong><\/mark><\/a> <\/strong><\/a><\/mark>status be a protected ground in non-discrimination law?<\/strong><\/mark><\/a>

on Friday 8 May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Many people worry about inequality in Europe. Artificial intelligence (AI) adds new dimensions to inequality, especially when AI systems are used to make decisions about people. Indeed, AI can have discriminatory effects towards persons with low socio-economic status (SES). For instance, AI-enhanced price differentiation can lead to higher prices for poor people. States that use AI to detect fraud may focus on poor people and welfare fraud, rather than on high-SES people who avoid taxes.

Meanwhile, many non-discrimination statutes protect people against discrimination concerning identity-based protected grounds, such as ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, age, and sexual orientation. But most non-discrimination statutes do not protect against discrimination based on poverty or SES.

This paper explores how non-discrimination law could react to AI-enhanced stratification. Prompted by AI scenarios, our findings more generally apply to non-discrimination law. We explore two policy options: inclusion of SES as a protected category in EU non-discrimination law, and specific accommodation measures going beyond mere non-discrimination rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The presentation is based on a draft paper by Prof. Philipp Hacker (European New School of Digital Studies) and Frederik.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius<\/strong><\/mark><\/a> is professor of ICT and law. He works at the iHub the interdisciplinary research hub on digitalization and society<\/mark><\/a>. The iHub is an institute of the Radboud University<\/mark><\/a> in The Netherlands. Frederik is a law professor but teaches mostly at the computer science department. His research predominantly concerns fundamental rights, such as the right to privacy and non-discrimination rights, in the context of new technologies. He often enriches legal research with insights from other disciplines. He has co-operated with, for instance, economists, computer scientists, and communication scholars. He regularly advises policymakers, and has given expert testimony at the Dutch and the European parliaments, and committees of the Council of Europe and the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Practical details:<\/strong>

Date: <\/strong>Friday 8 May 2026
Time: <\/strong>15:30 \u2013 16:45 CET (Amsterdam)
Place:
<\/strong>\u2013 IViR Room, REC A5.24, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam.
\u2013 Online via Zoom (you will receive the Zoomlink via e-mail before the lecture).
See also the<\/strong> flyer<\/mark><\/a><\/strong>.

Please register below to sign up for this lecture:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n