Proceeding of The Future of Life - Legal, Scientific, and Geopolitical Challenges (TFOL2025)
Conference: The Future of Life - Legal, Scientific, and Geopolitical Challenges
Date: 16-17 May 2025
Location: Bolton and Bengaluru, United Kingdom and India (Hybrid)
Website: https://tfol-conference-2025.my.canva.site/tfol2025 The Future of Life: Legal, Scientific, and Geopolitical Challenges International Conference took place on 16–17 May 2025 as a hybrid event, hosted jointly by the Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies (Lausanne), REVA University (Bengaluru), and the Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of Greater Manchester (UK). Bringing together scholars, policymakers, legal practitioners, scientists, and researchers from across the world, the conference aimed to critically explore the rapidly evolving concept of “life” amid transformative technological advances, shifting legal frameworks, and complex geopolitical pressures. Its scope spanned themes including emerging biotechnologies, artificial intelligence governance, human rights in conflict, environmental justice, global security, and the future of legal personhood. Across two days, the conference featured more than sixty academic papers, delivered by contributors representing over ten countries from four continents. This rich international participation underscored both the global nature of the challenges under discussion and the shared commitment of diverse academic communities to addressing them collaboratively. The hybrid format further expanded accessibility and engagement, enabling meaningful dialogue across different regions and time zones. These proceedings present the papers and presentations delivered during the event. They reflect the intellectual breadth, interdisciplinarity, and global reach of the conference, as well as the collective effort to understand and shape the future of life in all its legal, ethical, scientific, and geopolitical dimensions. Alicia Danielsson
Editor-in-Chief, TFoL 2025 January 2026
Date: 16-17 May 2025
Location: Bolton and Bengaluru, United Kingdom and India (Hybrid)
Website: https://tfol-conference-2025.my.canva.site/tfol2025 The Future of Life: Legal, Scientific, and Geopolitical Challenges International Conference took place on 16–17 May 2025 as a hybrid event, hosted jointly by the Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies (Lausanne), REVA University (Bengaluru), and the Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of Greater Manchester (UK). Bringing together scholars, policymakers, legal practitioners, scientists, and researchers from across the world, the conference aimed to critically explore the rapidly evolving concept of “life” amid transformative technological advances, shifting legal frameworks, and complex geopolitical pressures. Its scope spanned themes including emerging biotechnologies, artificial intelligence governance, human rights in conflict, environmental justice, global security, and the future of legal personhood. Across two days, the conference featured more than sixty academic papers, delivered by contributors representing over ten countries from four continents. This rich international participation underscored both the global nature of the challenges under discussion and the shared commitment of diverse academic communities to addressing them collaboratively. The hybrid format further expanded accessibility and engagement, enabling meaningful dialogue across different regions and time zones. These proceedings present the papers and presentations delivered during the event. They reflect the intellectual breadth, interdisciplinarity, and global reach of the conference, as well as the collective effort to understand and shape the future of life in all its legal, ethical, scientific, and geopolitical dimensions. Alicia Danielsson
Editor-in-Chief, TFoL 2025 January 2026