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.

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Hub joins forces with a plethora of organisations to explore pathways to build wealth for the common good

The platform cooperativism stream continues to help support an exciting trajectory of work with the Sydney Commons Lab.  The Lab brings together...

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FLIP surveys courts on the experience of remote proceedings during COVID

In March and April 2020 Australia’s federal courts quickly moved to hearing matters ‘remotely’ – usually via either Microsoft Teams or by phone – to...

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Submission: Data Availability and Transparency Bill

The Allens Hub has made a submission to the Office of the National Data Commissioner on the exposure draft of the Data Availability and Transparency...

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Hub contributions influences recommendations to the review of the mandatory data retention regime

On 28 October 2020, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released its Review of the mandatory data retention regime. 

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Metadata the key to finding out who authorised the use of private security in Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine Inquiry.

Hub Members Monika Zalnieriute and Genna Churches were asked by The Guardian Australia to make comments on Victoria Police claims that they could not...

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Personhood in the age of biolegality - Brave new law

Complex issues are emerging at the intersection of law and the biosciences, an area that is quickly expanding and presenting challenges for existing...

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AI and the Legal Profession Becoming the AI-Enhanced Lawyer

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have given rise to concerns about its impact on the labour market, including professional occupations...

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How AI Can Promote Inclusive Prosperity

A large crowd recently gathered online to watch Professor Frank Pasquale discuss rethinking the political economy and his book 'New Laws of Robotics...

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How can artificial intelligence promote inclusive prosperity for all?

Allens hub guest speaker Frank Pasquale explains when AI can be entrusted to assume tasks currently performed by humans, and when it should complement...