Digital Justice Center

Kamil Sobański has been awarded a START scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) as one of the 100 researchers. The program is Poland’s longest‑running scholarship initiative for the best young scientists across all fields, aimed at supporting outstanding young researchers and fostering their further scientific development.

Kamil Sobański is a PhD candidate at our Center. He specializes in criminal (procedural) law and international criminal law, and his current research focuses on the impact of digitalization on individual rights in criminal proceedings.

Since 2023, he has been working on his PhD dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Karolina Kremens as part of "Virtual Justice. Remote Proceedings before the International Criminal Court – Threat or Opportunity?" project, funded by the Polish National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM BIS, 2022/47/O/HS5/01229).

Preliminary results of Kamil Sobański’s PhD research have been published in leading journals, including the Journal of International Criminal Justice (Oxford University Press) and the European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (Brill | Nijhoff).

More information on Kamil’s PhD project: https://digitaljustice.uwr.edu.pl/en/projects/virtual-justice-remote-proceedings-before-the-international-criminal-court-threat-or-opportunity-2023-2027/

Last month, on the 8th of April, we had the pleasure of hosting a full day of lectures on international law and EU law for high school students from Liceum Ogólnokształcące [high school] No. 5 in Wrocław — and what a day it was! 🎓

Our speakers brought current, thought-provoking topics straight to the classroom:

📚 Katarzyna Parchimowicz — EU Law: facts and myths
📚 Dominika Kuźnicka- Błaszkowska — Deepfakes in EU Law (research funded by Digital Democracy Centre (SDU) and TrygFonden)
📚 Agata Wnukiewicz-Kozłowska — Bioethical dimensions of EU Law
📚 Maciej Gajos — Public International Law: an overview through the lens of current events

It's always energising to bring law out of the lecture hall and into conversations with the next generation. Thank you to all our speakers and to the students for their engagement and curiosity!

We are happy to share that our Student Research Assistant, Aleksandra Maszyńska, has been part of the Arqus Student Ambassadors programme at the Uniwersytet Wrocławski since December 2025.

The Arqus European University Alliance brings together the universities of Granada, Graz, Leipzig, Lyon 1, Maynooth, Minho, Padua, Vilnius and Wrocław - nine broad‑profile research universities with strong regional roots in medium‑sized European cities.

As a Student Ambassador, Aleksandra regularly takes part in meetings where she collaborates with international students from European universities and works to promote Arqus values, support students, and break down barriers. Aleksandra is a member of the Student Services Group, where she contributes to initiatives supporting career development, promoting equity, strengthening student engagement and personal development, and fostering physical, mental, and emotional well‑being.

See more about the programme: https://uwr.edu.pl/en/arqus-ambassadors-at-the-university-of-wroclaw/

New paper out! Can a single synthetic video trigger real financial losses?

A research article by Dominika Kuźnicka‑Błaszkowska, published in the Capital Markets Law Journal (Oxford University Press), examines how deepfakes are creating systemic risks for financial markets.

Check out the paper in open access: https://academic.oup.com/cmlj/article/21/2/kmag008/8644171 #560281057

The study shows that synthetic media can manipulate markets by impersonating trusted actors or fabricating events—operating at a speed that outpaces verification, regulation, and institutional response. This challenges core assumptions underpinning market integrity and price formation. Current EU frameworks remain fragmented and reactive, leaving critical gaps in detection, attribution, and enforcement. The paper proposes concrete reforms to better align financial regulation with the realities of AI‑driven information environments. As digital technologies evolve, protecting financial stability increasingly depends on treating synthetic media as a structural risk—not an edge case.

This research is funded by the Narodowe Centrum Nauki within the project Beware Financial Stability (2023/51/D/HS5/00077), led by Katarzyna Parchimowicz. Read more about the project: https://digitaljustice.uwr.edu.pl/en/projects/beware-financial-stability-reverse-engineering-of-legal-threats-in-the-areas-of-technology-climate-and-anti-money-laundering-2024-2027.