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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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.

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Anton Didenko

New Fordham International Law Journal article by Hub researchers offers a complete taxonomy of currencies

Tue 20 August 2019

Hub researchers Anton Didenko & Ross Buckley propose in their new article a comprehensive taxonomy of existing currency types used in different types...

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Ross Buckley

How to regulate the new Facebook cryptocurrency?

Tue 20 August 2019

Allens Hub Fintech stream lead, Ross Buckley co-authors an article examining the regulatory implications of Libra – a new private cryptocurrency...

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New report on distributed ledger technology in Asia by Hub researchers

Tue 20 August 2019

Allens Hub researchers Ross Buckley and Anton Didenko have co-authored a report of the Asian Development Bank on regulatory practices and challenges...

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Hub produces report exploring legal frameworks and law reform ideas for emerging technologies around the world.

Mon 19 August 2019

Experts recently convened for the Allens Hub world legal summit event.  Australia kicked-off the event which comprised a series of local events in...

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Allens Hub represents Sydney in World Legal Summit

Mon 19 August 2019

An international legal summit co-sponsored by The Allens Hub recently brought together legal practitioners and technology experts to better understand...

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Want to know what's been happening at the Allens Hub?

Sun 18 August 2019
Check out our latest newsletter, released for August 2019
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Bronwen Morgan

How can we have a more inclusive and ecologically sustainable vision of a shared future?

Thu 15 August 2019

Allens Hub member Professor Bronwen Morgan was recently invited to help launch the recent publication of The Politics of the Common Good by Jane...

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Felicity and Justine speaking at FLIP conf

Change leadership for a dynamic profession

Tue 13 August 2019

We often hear that lawyers are not well-equipped to manage change, a sentiment supported to some extent by research findings. Yet the profession faces...

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Stream lead Rob Nicholls is appointed chair of meetings on interoperability of eConveyancing platforms

Tue 13 August 2019

Dr Rob Nicholls, co-lead of the Hub's stream data as a source of market power, was appointed by the New South Wales Registrar General to chair a...

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