Beyond the Sandbox: Critical Assessment of Regulatory Sandboxes for AI
Considering the conditions under which sandboxes deliver, and when alternative tools achieve comparable outcomes with greater reach and accountability
Journal Articles & Working Papers
These documents are the apex of the Center's academic research. Our working papers are authored with the intention of publishing them in peer-reviewed journals at a later date, and our journal articles are setting the standard in their academic disciplines.
AI-enabled tools are increasingly applied in precision agriculture, autonomous machinery, climate forecasting, and digital traceability systems
Adaptive Regulation of Emerging Technologies, Risks and Reactions: From Climate to AI
Emerging technologies and risk regulation
Regulatory Capacity: Governing in an Era of Rapid Technological Change
Comparing the regulatory regimes around gene therapies, including CRISPR/Cas-9 gene editing, and autonomous vehicle technology
Evidence-First Regulation: A Procedural Architecture for Governance Under Deep Uncertainty
A framework that integrates that capacity into rule-level analytic design and opens the resulting learning agenda to researchers, industry, and the public
Algorithmic Pricing and Regulation: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Fairness and Competition Tradeoffs
Use of artificial intelligence in pricing has renewed policy concerns about price discrimination and consumer harm
Enabling Regulation and the Alignment of Regulatory Mechanisms to Accommodate Technological Change
An analysis of test cases shows how reforms to the operational features of a safety regime perform across different technological settings
Analysis finds that rules proposed early in presidential terms during midnight periods are characterized by expansive opportunities for public participation
Transparency, Participation, and Responsiveness in Hong Kong Consultative Policymaking
Does public consultation in practice facilitate transparency, participation, and responsiveness in policymaking?
Issues in Fairness and Transparency in Regulation by Adjudication
A review of the process and fairness considerations that arise when agencies make policy through precedential adjudications