Lecture: The EU AI Act, Ethics, and Healthcare

Tuesday, 26 May 2026, 2pm to 5pm

Tomasz Braun and Dominika Harasimiuk (University of Warsaw) will present their recent monograph, Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Non-binary Choices of the AI Act (Routledge, 2025). The book offers a critical examination of the EU AI Act, situating it within broader questions about human agency, trust, risk, and the governance of rapidly evolving technologies.

In this talk, the authors, who are also currently examining the regulation of AI as a medical device as part of the EU REALM project, will introduce the central arguments of the book and explore how key tensions in the Act—such as risk-based versus principle-based regulation, the role of soft law, and the challenges of ensuring accountability—play out in the context of AI use in healthcare. By drawing on examples from medical settings and their work on REALM, the session will speak to ongoing debates across law, philosophy, computer science, and clinical practice.

The event is jointly hosted by the Faculty of Law and the Oxford Network for Sustainable and Trustworthy AI in Health and Care (OxSTAI), and is intended for a broad interdisciplinary audience, including legal scholars and students, as well as researchers and practitioners working on AI in health.

The presentation will be followed by discussion and an opportunity for informal exchange over tea and coffee, with drinks to conclude.

Speaker(s): Tomasz Braun (University of Warsaw), Dominika Harasimiuk (University of Warsaw)

Series: michael.morrison@law.ox.ac.uk

Venue: St Cross Building - St Cross Building St Cross Road Oxford OX1 3UR United Kingdom

Department: Law (Department)

Organiser: Faculty of Law

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