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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Workshop discusses if Australia's public law institutions are fit for purpose in an age of government automation

The Hub's 'Technologies and the Rule of Law Stream' and the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law's 'Administrative Law and Justice Project' recently...

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FLIP Stream and Hub contribute to new book 'The impact of Technology and Innovation on the Wellbeing of the Legal Profession'

Members of the FLIPstream (Dr Felicity Bell, Dr Justine Rogers and Professor Michael Legg) and Data Justice co-stream lead Professor Janet Chan...

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Hub supports launch of Australian Society for Computers and Law

The Hub recently supported the launch of the newly formed Australian Society for Computers and Law (AUSCL).  The AUSCL brings together the former...

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Victoria Won’t Release COVIDSafe Access Figures

The Hub's Monika Zalnieriute explains knowing the number of times the COVIDSafe app has been accessed for tracing is crucial to the scheme's integrity

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Submission: Cyber and Critical Technology International Engagement Strategy

The hub has made a submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in response to a call for input into Australia's Cyber and...

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Predictive policing: will you do time before the crime?

The limitations of software that predicts future crimes before they occur needs to be recognised, says hub director Lyria Bennett Moses
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Platform cooperativism stream responds to rise in youth unemployment in the wake of COVID-19

Platform Cooperativism stream lead Bronwen Morgan is involved with an exciting initiative that harnesses the potential of platform cooperativism to...

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App Data Is Protected But US Laws Put That Into Question'

Hub research fellow Monika Zalnieriute comments on the security of data on the COVIDsafe app via Gizmodo