Workshop: Governing AI: Scale, Scope and Approach

Members of the committee responsible for the workshop

The workshop will examine the range of legal instruments that have been adopted, proposed, or are currently under development to frame AI systems. These instruments vary in their approach (risk-based, use-based, or sector-specific), their subject matter (market access, use of AI systems by public authorities, liability, etc.), and their scope (from private companies to international organisations), yet they share a common ambition: to govern AI. From the 2024 European AI Regulation to corporate AI charters, these instruments raise important questions not only about the different scales of AI governance, but also about the spaces in which they operate. In the context of an increasingly multi-level governance landscape, the workshop will explore the origins and authors of these initiatives, their normative force, and their individual and combined effects.

Spanning four days, the workshop will bring together multidisciplinary perspectives through academic presentations, roundtables, and plenary discussions. It will aim to identify the key trends shaping this multi-level governance of AI, highlight the instruments on which it relies, and critically examine its underlying drivers and limitations. In this perspective, the first part of the workshop will be devoted to the different levels of governance, while the second part will focus on a cross-cutting analysis of the combined effects of this complex legal landscape.

This activity is part of the Thematic Semester « The Governance of AI », organized under the partnership between IVADO and the centre AI for science, science for AI (AISSAI).

Registration opens on June 14, 2026.