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The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, was an independent community of scholars based at UNSW Sydney that operated from 1 November 2017 until 1 June 2024. It sought to add breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice. It had influence over academic and policy debates through its engagement with the legal profession, the judiciary, industry, government and the broader community and its many submissions to policy processes.

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation to close in 2024

Wed 22 November 2023

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation will cease operations on Saturday, 1 June 2024.

Allens Hub members contribute to Sydney Commons Transition Plan

Thu 01 August 2019

Stream lead Bronwen Morgan has been working with the Sydney Commons Lab to develop a commons transition plan which has now been formally submitted to...

Stream lead Rob Nicholls sits on innovation summit panel

Sat 27 July 2019

Co-lead of the Hub's stream data as a source of market power, Dr Rob Nicholls, was on a panel at the AFR innovation summit, alongside Google Australia...

Allens Hub leads AI Roundtables

Tue 23 July 2019

The pace of technological advancement, particularly in the AI space, presents enormous opportunities for organisations. It also raises significant new...

New report raises questions over push to teach coding in schools

Tue 23 July 2019

Hub Director Lyria Bennett Moses speaks to the SMH about a paper she authored which was commissioned by the NSW Department of Education.

Will cryptocurrencies issued by central banks become a reality and how will Facebook’s Libra impact existing projects?

Fri 28 June 2019

Allens Hub researcher Anton Didenko joins an international group of experts in Oxford to discuss the legal and regulatory implications of cryptoassets...

Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession - A Primer

Mon 24 June 2019

FLIP Stream have released a primer for its 2018 annual topic - Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession. FLIP Stream director Michael Legg...

Submission - Artificial Intelligence: Australia’s Ethics Framework

Mon 17 June 2019

Hub research fellow Monika Zalnieriute, together with Olivia Gould-Fensom put together a submission in response to the Data 61 report on Artificial...

Submission - Extreme Poverty and Human Rights

Mon 17 June 2019

On 4 June 2019, Allens Hub researchers, together with researchers from the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, joined to write a submission in...

FLIP Stream guest edit special issue on Technology and Civil Dispute Resolution

Thu 13 June 2019

FLIP Stream Director, Professor Michael Legg, and research fellow Dr Felicity Bell, have guest edited and contributed to a special issue of the Macqua...

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