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I.M. (Isabella) Banks

Faculty of Law
Information Law
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
  • Room number: A5.10
Postal address
  • Postbus 15514
    1001 NA Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Publications

    2026

    • Banks, I. M. (2026). Judges-in-the-loop? Judicial involvement in human oversight of high-risk decision support systems under the EU AI Act. International Journal of Law and Information Technology, 34, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/eaag001

    2022

    • Banks, I. M. (2022). Facilitating #dialogue or #buildingsupport? An Exploration of the International Criminal Court’s Use of 280 Characters. Journal of International Criminal Justice, 20(1), 55–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqac005

    2025

    2025

    • Banks, I. M. (2025). Judges-in-the-loop: Unpacking human oversight of AI-supported judicial decision-making. Poster session presented at The Future of Public Values in the Algorithmic Society, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

    Prize / grant

    • Banks, I. (2025). PhD Travel Grant.

    Talk / presentation

    • Banks, I. (speaker) (16-3-2026). Limits-of-the-loop: How far can human-in-the-loop oversight take us towards the just governance of AI?.
    • van Domselaar, I. (speaker) & Banks, I. (speaker) (30-1-2026). Loss of judicial sight? The impact of supportive AI technologies on judicial perception – beyond the question of discretion, VSR Annual Conference, Rotterdam.
    • Banks, I. (speaker) (10-10-2025). Humans-around-the-loop: A relational approach to human oversight of AI-supported judicial decision-making, 6th Annual Conference of SAFI: ‘Reimagining Justice’, Amsterdam.
    • Banks, I. (speaker) (26-9-2025). Empirical Legal Studies in the Netherlands Kick-off Event 2025, Empirical Legal Studies in the Netherlands Kick-off Event 2025, Amsterdam.
    • Banks, I. (speaker) (4-9-2025). Limits of the Loop: How Far Can Human Oversight Take Us Towards the Just Governance of AI?, Digital Public Law and Governance Symposium for International Young Researchers, Basel.
    • Banks, I. (speaker) & Kernahan, J. (speaker) (2-7-2025). Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, Eindhoven. https://2025.ewaf.org/program/interactive-sessions
    • Banks, I. (invited speaker) (9-4-2025). AI in the Courtroom: Challenges Regarding Judicial Oversight of AI-Supported Decisions, ERA European Law Academy - Trier - Germany. https://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=c4b0152176083899fb473e01378b03dad77aa77901181557527837&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idar…
    • Banks, I. (speaker) (28-11-2024). Judges-in-the-loop: Unpacking human oversight of AI-supported judicial decision-making, Digital Legal Talks 2024, Utrecht.
    • Banks, I. (speaker) (12-11-2024). Conferentie Digitale Rechtsstaat 2024, Conferentie Digitale Rechtsstaat 2024, Utrecht.
    • Banks, I. (invited speaker) (11-10-2024). Who are the “humans-in-the-loop”? Operationalizing human oversight of AI-supported judicial decision-making, Raad voor de Rechtspraak. https://www.aanmelder.nl/157626/home
    • Banks, I. (invited speaker) (27-9-2024). Judges-in-the-loop: Unpacking human oversight of AI-supported judicial decision-making, Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights
      , Trier. https://irdt.uni-trier.de/events/artificial-intelligence-and-fundamental-rights/?lang=en
    • Banks, I. (speaker) (18-7-2024). International Legal Ethics Conference 2024, International Legal Ethics Conference 2024, Amsterdam.
    • Banks, I. (invited speaker) (4-4-2024). Broodje AI: Human Oversight of AI, Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid.
    • Banks, I. (invited speaker) & Helberger, N. (invited speaker) (14-11-2023). Judges-in-the-loop: Conceptualizing, organizing, and governing human oversight in the judicial context, Nederlandse AI Coalitie (Werkgroep Veiligheid, Vrede en Recht).

    Others

    • Banks, I. (organiser) & Kernahan, J. (organiser) (2-7-2025). Fourth European Workshop on Algorithmic Fairness, Eindhoven. Co-organized an interactive workshop that discussed what constitutes a ‘fair’ and ‘effective’ automated decision support system (ADSS) – and the role (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://2025.ewaf.org/program/interactive-sessions
    • Banks, I. (participant) (10-4-2025). AlgoSoc/International Scientific Conference 2025, Amsterdam. Presented my research in the form of a poster entitled, "Judges-in-the-Loop: Unpacking Human Oversight of AI-Supported Judicial Decision-Making." (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://conference.algosoc.org/home
    • Banks, I. (organiser) (12-11-2024). Conferentie Digitale Rechtsstaat 2024, Utrecht. Facilitated a workshop for roughly forty Ministry of Justice staff that brought together insights from research and practice about how human (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Metikoš, L. (organiser), Banks, I. (organiser), van der Graaf, E. (organiser), van Domselaar, I. (participant) & Helberger, N. (participant) (16-7-2024). ILEC 2024 Pre-Conference: The AI Act and its Implications for Legal Practice, Amsterdam. This day-long pre-conference set the stage for ILEC 2024 by introducing participants to AI regulation in the European context and inviting them to (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
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