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Brinkhof Internet Thesis Award 2024/2025: call for theses!

This year, Brinkhof will again be awarding the Internet Thesis Award for the best legal master’s thesis on the intersection of internet/digital technologies and law. The award is intended for master’s students who graduated from a Dutch law school in 2024 or 2025.

The prize of €2,000 aims to encourage students to specialise in important current legal themes, such as the regulation of all kinds of internet platforms, artificial intelligence and other pressing legal questions relating to internet/digital technologies.

Submission details

Theses can be submitted until 15 July 2025 (to: scriptieprijs@brinkhof.com) by the student or their thesis supervisor. The submission should include the following information:

    • Student’s name
    • Correspondence address
    • University, thesis discipline and graduation date
    • Language of the thesis (i.e. Dutch or English)
    • A grade certificate or transcript showing the thesis grade – If the grade has not been determined at the time of submission, we ask the student or thesis supervisor to send it once the thesis has been graded
    • The master’s thesis as a searchable PDF file
    • Optional: a recommendation letter from the thesis supervisor

Award ceremony

The award ceremony will take place on 8 October 2025 (exact date might be subject to change) at a legal symposium in Amsterdam (details to be announced later). During the ceremony, three finalists will be invited to briefly present their thesis before the jury selects the winner and presents the award. In addition to personal presentation, the jury will assess the originality and social relevance of the thesis topic, as well as its overall quality and depth.

For questions, feel free to contact us by sending an e-mail to: scriptieprijs@brinkhof.com

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Invitation: Brinkhof Symposium | Elections in the digital age

Invitation: Brinkhof Symposium | Elections in the digital age

On Wednesday 9 October 2024, the annual Internet Thesis Award Ceremony will take place at Brinkhof’s offices in Amsterdam. The prize will be awarded during a symposium dedicated to online risks for election processes and their legal implications – a hot topic in the big election year of 2024 (e.g. European Parliament elections, US presidential elections and national elections in various countries worldwide). During the symposium, a keynote speaker and expert panelists will give their views on this topic.

Some of the sub topics that will be discussed: disinformation & manipulation, political ads and micro targeting, the role of generative AI, content moderation, and the obligation of large online platforms to mitigate risks to election processes under new European regulations.

If you are interested in attending the event, please register here. The symposium is open to all students, lawyers, academics and other professional enthusiasts. For lawyers, attending the symposium can earn you 2 PO points.

Date: October 9, 2024 | Time: 13:30 – 17:00 | Location: Brinkhof, Amsterdam

Programme outline:*

13.30 – Opening

13.35 – Keynote

14.15 – Interactive workshop about generative AI and misinformation

15.00 – Break

15.30 – Presentations by three finalists for the Thesis Award

16.00 – Panel discussion

17.00 – Jury report, award ceremony and networking reception

* Speakers will be announced soon

Please note that only part of the programme will be held in English (workshop)

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Deadline extended!

The end of the academic year is approaching and most master’s theses are now entering the final phase. To accommodate and parallel the study calendar, we have decided to move the deadline for thesis submissions for the Internet Thesis Award.

Theses can be submitted (to: scriptieprijs@brinkhof.com) by the student or thesis supervisor until 11 August 2023, indicating the following details:
– Student’s name
– Correspondence address
– Name of university, thesis discipline and date of graduation
– A mark sheet or grade list showing the thesis grade
– The master’s thesis as a searchable PDF file
– Optional: a letter of recommendation from the thesis supervisor

The award ceremony will take place 11 October 2023 at a legal symposium in Amsterdam (to be announced later). During the ceremony, three finalists will be invited to briefly present their thesis, after which the jury will determine the winner and award the prize. In the assessment, in addition to the personal presentation, the originality and social relevance of the topic will weigh in, together with the overall quality and depth of the thesis.

For questions, please contact us by sending an e-mail to: scriptieprijs@brinkhof.com

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2021 Edition

Brinkhof is once again presenting the Internet Thesis Award this year for the best legal master’s thesis at the interface of the internet and law. The award is intended for master’s students who will have graduated from a Dutch law school in 2021.

The prize of € 2,000 is intended to encourage students to specialise in important current topics, such as the regulation of all kinds of internet platforms, privacy as a control instrument in the information society, questions concerning artificial intelligence and all other legal questions that are somehow connected to Internet technology.

Theses can be submitted by email until 31 December 2021 by the student or the thesis supervisor, stating the following details:

  • Student name
  • Correspondence address
  • Name of university, graduation discipline and (expected) date of graduation
  • A grade sheet or list showing the thesis grade
  • The master’s thesis as a searchable PDF file
  • Optionally: a letter of recommendation from the thesis supervisor

The award ceremony will take place in the spring of 2022 at a legal symposium in Amsterdam, to be announced later. Three finalists will be invited to briefly explain their thesis, after which the jury will determine the winner and award the prize. In addition to the personal presentation, the originality and social relevance of the subject matter will be taken into account in the assessment, along with the general quality and depth of the thesis.

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