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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Unleash Your Creativity

Traditionally critical and creative thinking are thought of as distinct and oppositional activities, but in fact they are interconnected and closer...

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Right or privilege? Privacy of communications on the internet

Watch the recording of the event Privacy in the Digital Age, co-hosted by the Hub, Australian Society for Computers & Law, & the Cyber Security CRC  ...

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The Instrumentality of Metadata Access Regime for Suppressing Political Protests in Australia

Australians, just like many other people around the world, are taking to the streets. What started as a few small sparks earlier in a year — Greta...

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A Groundhog Day in Brussels: Schrems II and International Data Transfers

The much anticipated Schrems II decision, delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 16 July 2020, is almost a ‘reliving’ of...

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Guidance systems: from autonomous directives to legal sensor-bilities

The design of collaborative robotics, such as driver-assisted operations, engineer a potential automation of decision-making predicated on unobtrusive...

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Build My Will: A free DIY will creation service launches

Former hub intern Shavin Wijeyaratne who worked with stream leads Bronwen Morgan and David Vaile has launched Build My Will, a service aiming to...

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Hub member Fleur Johns awarded Future Fellowship

Professor Johns has been awarded AUD $951,471.00 to work on a project entitled ‘Diplomatic Knowledge, Disasters and the Future of International Legal...

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If artificial intelligence is analysing everything we do, who is watching AI?

From facial recognition to predictive policing to approving a loan, AI is touted as a solution that is faster, cheaper and more effective. But it also...