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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.

Hub secures $495,000 grant which will help enhance Cyber Security research

Thu 05 August 2021

The research funding will aim to drive legal & policy adaptation to new and emerging cyber threats.

Submission: Open Justice: Court and tribunal information: access, disclosure and publication

Mon 02 August 2021

The FLIP Stream, along with the Allens Hub and Security Engineering Capability Network (SECedu) have made a joint submission to the NSW Law Reform...

Recording of Introduction to the Law of Nuclear Energy

Fri 23 July 2021

Watch nuclear law expert Helen Cook provide an introduction to nuclear law and how it affects Australia’s decision to go nuclear.

Watch here

Submission: Australian Government Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper

Fri 16 July 2021

Submission to the Australian Government Digital Transformation Agency on its Digital Identity Legislation Position Paper

Recording of The Internet of Things in Australia: Social Impacts and Issues

Thu 08 July 2021

If you missed the Hub's latest event, The Internet Of Things in Australia, don't worry, we recorded it!

Watch the event on youtube

Hub member Fleur Johns delivers the Annual Kirby Lecture on International Law

Wed 30 June 2021

Established to recognise the long passion and service to international law by The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, the Annual Kirby Lecture on International...

Submission: The Rule of Law and Counter-Terrorism

Wed 30 June 2021

The Hub has made a submission to the United Nations Human rights office of the high commissioner. The submission is to the Special Rapporteur on the...

Submission: Inquiry into Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment Bill 2021

Fri 18 June 2021

The Hub has made a joint submission to the Department of Home Affairs regarding the Inquiry into Privacy and Personal Information Protection Amendment...

Submission: Freedom of Expression of Women in the Public Sphere to the UN Special Rapporteur

Mon 14 June 2021

Monika Zalnieriute, Hub stream lead of AI and Law has made a joint submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection...

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