Online Dispute Resolution through the Lens of Access to Justice

Amy Schmitz

Datum en tijd:
07 maart 2023 12:30 - 13:30 uur

Locatie:
Radboud University Nijmegen & online

Professor Amy J. Schmitz will discuss how she and others became interested in “online dispute resolution” (ODR) many years ago as means for expanding access to justice (A2J). Although there is no generally accepted definition of ODR, it includes online problem diagnosis and self-help tools, as well as technologies to promote online negotiation, mediation, arbitration, community courts, and variations thereof. Nonetheless, ODR comes with perils and it is necessary to revamp research regarding ODR to promote A2J. As Co-Director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute (TDAI) for Responsible Data Science at The Ohio State University, Professor Schmitz will add concerns not only about process and design, but also the human element. In these times of iterative AI, and mechanisms like ChatGPT, there are reasons to be concerned that we have lost perspective on what it means to promote “responsible data science.” Furthermore, there is a lack of comparative research to date that compares in-person verses online dispute resolution with a deeper lens beyond outcomes and time. Professor Schmitz hopes to engage discussion on this topic, after sharing her own pre-Covid research, and future research avenues and ideas that she and others hope to pursue in the future.

Cost: Free
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