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The North Sea Group

The North Sea Group brings together scholars who study the practice and rationality of legal evidence & proof. The group was founded in 2015 by Christian Dahlman (christian.dahlman@jur.lu.se) and Anne Ruth Mackor (a.r.mackor@rug.nl) at the ‘Models of Rational Proof in Criminal Law’ workshop in Bielefeld. Since then, the group has organized various other workshops, conferences and online talks. The Bielefeld workshop has resulted in a special issue of Topics in Cognitive Science (2020) titled ‘Models of Rational Proof in Criminal Law’. In this special issue, scholars analyze one single case – the Dutch Simonshaven case – using different models of rational proof.

You can find programmes of  upcoming events below. To attend these events, please contact Christian Dahlman or Anne Ruth Mackor. See past events for programmes of previous workshops, conferences and talks.

Fall program 2025

September 16, 17:00 CET
Simon Cole (University of California at Irvine)
“How can a Forensic Result be a Decision?”

September 30, 17:00 CET
Ludi van Leeuwen (University of Groningen)
“Evaluating Bayesian Network Idioms of Eyewitness Testimony with Agent-Based Models”

October 14, 17:00 CET
Marcello Di Bello (University of Arizona) & Giulia Lasagni (University of Bologna)
“On Classifying the Causes of Wrongful Convictions”

October 28, 17:00 CET
Henry Prakken (Utrecht University)
“Bayesian Argument Strength and Logics of Argumentation”

NSG program spring 2025

March 11, 17:00 CET
Sarah Summers (University of Zürich)
“Criminal Proof and the Right to a Defence”

March 25, 17:00 CET
Julia Mortera (Roma Tre University) & William Thompson (University of Californa at Irvine)
“The Epistemic Value of Novel Predictive Success in Scientific and Criminal Investigations”

April 8, 17:00 CET
Silja Renooij (Utrecht University)
“Quantifying Robustness in Bayesian Networks”

April 22, 17:00 CET
Lewis Ross (London School of Economics)
“When is dissent about a criminal conviction permissible?”

Fall program 2024

October 1, 17:00-18:00 CEST
Jan de Koeijer (Netherlands Forensic Institute)
“Combining Evidence in Complex Cases”

October 15, 17:00-18:00 CEST
Chris Slobogin (Vanderbilt University)
“Proving the Future in Criminal Cases”

October 29, 17:00-18:00 CET (note change to wintertime)
Mario Guenther (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy)
“Legal Proof and Probability”

November 12, 17:00-18:00 CET
Sabine Gless (University of Basel)
“Could Robot Judges Believe?”