Hořeňovský, Jan

JUDr. Jan Hořeňovský

The current area of professional interest

  • Interdisciplinary research of the law 
  • Law and modern technologies 
  • Law and Artificial Intelligence  
  • AI safety 
  • Freedom of expression 
  • Regulation of social media networks 
  • The role of myth in a constitutional democracy
  • Systems theories in law 
  • Law and politics 
  • Digitization of the justice 

Education

University 

Faculty

Field of study 

Year of graduation

Charles University

Faculty of Law

Law and Legal Science (Master)

2019

Charles University Faculty of Law Rigorous Procedure (JUDr.) 2020

Employment

Year to date

Instituce

Position

 

2023-present 

Department of Civil Law, Faculty of Law, Charles University

Research Fellow 

 

2019-present

Institute H21, z. ú. 

In-house lawyer/researcher

 

Academic stays at foreign institutions

Year

Institution or university

Length of stay   

Purpose of stay

2018/2019

Cardiff University, School of Law and Politics, Wales, United Kingdom 

2 semesters 

study (Erasmus+) 

2021/2022 Tel Aviv University, Buchmann Faculty of Law, The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law, Israel  1 semester  research (Cegla Visiting Research Fellow) 
2022/2023 Universität Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Germany  1 month research (Visiting scholar) 

Participation in international conferences

Year Conference  Topic of contribution Place Organiser
2022 Multidisciplinary Forum on
Longtermism and the Law
Negative Human Rights as a Framework for
Long-term AI Safety and Regulation
Hamburg, Germany  Legal Priorities Project + Universität Hamburg
2023 Thinking AI workshop on the societal impact of AI Negative Human Rights as a Basis for Long-term AI Safety and Regulation Paris, France Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), Sorbonne Université

Organisation of conferences

2023: Law and Artificial Intelligence - Challenges and Opportunities, International Conference at Charles University, 24 March 

Membership in expert groups

Year Group Organization    
2020-present Member of the Political and Civil Rights Working Group Network for the Protection of Democracy (CZ)     

Language skills 

Language

Level 

English

active 

Spanish

passive