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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Submission: Foreign Interference Through Social Media

Partnering with QUT and the IEEE’s Society for the Social Implications of Technology, The Allens Hub made a submission for the Parliamentary Select...

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Submission: Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Act

The Allens Hub recently made a submission to the Independent Review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act)...

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Hub releases annual report for 2019

Want to know more about what the hub achieved during 2019?.  Take a look at the hub's Annual Report for 2019 which includes research, submissions...

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Submission: Human Rights and Technology

Allens Hub Director, Lyria Bennett Moses and Hub member Genna Churches along with Andrew Ray and Bridie Adams law students from the ANU College of Law...

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A Window for Change: Why the Australian Metadata Retention Scheme lags Behind the EU and USA

2020 marks the timeframe for the mandatory review of the metadata retention regime by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. ...

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Allens Hub gives evidence before parliament on the data retention regime

Hub members Dr Monika Zalnierute and Genna Churches were invited to give evidence before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and...

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Hub co-hosts event where online legal startup pitches onto global stage

A dispute resolution software startup has won an entrepreneur shark tank competition promoting tech innovation within the legal industry
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Leaders Speak

Hub Director Lyria Bennett Moses contributes to Leaders Speak Smart insights on innovation from around the world