Welcome to the website of the interdisciplinary Research Group on DIgitalization and aCCEss to justice (DIKE) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). DIKE focuses upon the possible tools in improving access to justice, digitalization of procedures, automatization – algorithmizing – of decision-making, and the further development of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and online dispute resolution (ODR).
Recent news
Prof. Marco Giacalone announces the forthcoming ‘Cambridge Handbook of AI in Civil Dispute Resolution’, co-edited with Prof. Amy J. Schmitz and Prof. Pietro Ortolani, in a blog post published on Cambridge University Press.
The blog post serves as an introduction to the volume, outlining its scope, key themes, and relevance within the ongoing debate on artificial intelligence and civil justice.
Watch the DEUCE Final Conference: Full Recording Now Online
The full recording of the DEUCE Final Conference, held on 19–20 February 2026, is now available online.
Upcoming events
Practical info07/10/2022 - 13:30 - 08/10/2022 - 13:00INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ‘DIGITALIZATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL DECISIONS WITHIN THE EU’
DIgitalization and aCCEss to justice (DIKE) research group is pleased to announce the organisation of the International Conference on ‘Digitalization and Enforcement of Civil Decisions within the EU’ that will ta
Practical info02/01/2023 - 00:00 -DIKE team has just published the ROADMAP on SCAN2 website
DIKE team has just published on SCAN II website https://scan2.vub.be a roadmap, intended as an user-friendly way to show the national enforcement rules of the ESCP judgements in the 26 EU Member States.
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Practical info01/12/2023 - 13:15 - 21/01/2024 - 23:59
SCAN2 Call for Papers - for the Final Conference regarding Small Claims Dispute Resolution
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the entire SCAN2 Consortium are pleased to announce the opening of a call for papers to be presented at the final conference of the Small Claims Analysis Net
