8th May 2025, at 18:00 The Fabrication Lab, Marylebone Campus, University of Westminster
In an age of ecological collapse and proliferating virtual sovereignties, the authority of law is unraveling—not in absence, but through transformation. From GitHub protocols to blockchain-based frontiers, legal concepts are no longer solely authored by states but co-produced by code, climate, and capital. This lecture asks what it means to dwell in such indeterminacy—not to resolve it, but to co-create legal concepts that matter-forth. Introducing the concept of “matterphorics”, Gandorfer proposes a new legal imaginary that reclaims speculative governance from the privatising logics of techno-libertarianism—one breath, one frontier, one decentralised concept at a time.
Dr. Daniela Gandorfer is a legal theorist and co-founder of the award-winning non-profit LoPh+, working at the intersection of technology, governance, and regenerative finance. She is the author of Matterphorics (Duke University Press, 2026). Her work explores legal indeterminacy, emerging technologies, and decentralized governance. She teaches at the University of Westminster, holds a PhD from Princeton, and is completing an Executive MSc in Finance at LSE (2025). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielagandorfer/
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