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School of Regulation and Global Governance · ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy
Technological innovation has transformed everyday life and disrupted established industries. Artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, machine learning, industry 4.0, the Internet of Things and synthetic biology are not simply buzzwords: they impact agriculture, communications, energy, healthcare, hospitality, infrastructure, social welfare and transportation. While disruptive technologies may contribute to positive social change, they can pose risks and dangers if unchecked. This course cultivates the critical skills necessary for assessing strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of emerging technologies and introduces frameworks for developing regulatory responses that can be tailored for particular contexts. It combines theory with practice through collaborative learning techniques, hands-on assessments and case studies from Australia, Asia, Europe, North America and the Pacific. Designed to accommodate students from different backgrounds and career stages, the course is suitable for recent graduates with an interest in technology and society as well as professionals working in government, the private sector and nongovernment organisations.
The proposed means of assessment for this course will provide students with at least two pieces of assessment, including at least one piece during the teaching period. More information about the means of assessment, including the relationship between the assessment and the learning outcomes of the course, will be available in the class summary and on the course Canvas page.
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
This course will require 30 contact hours and 130 hours workload in total.
N/A Preliminary Reading Winner, L. (1980). Do artifacts have politics? Daedalus, 109(1), 106–123. Bower, J., & Christensen. (1995). Disruptive technologies: Catching the wave. Harvard Business Review, 73(1), 43–53 Danneels, E. (2004). Disruptive technology reconsidered: A critique and research agenda. The Journal of Product Innovation Management, 21(4), 246–258 Latzer, M. (2009). Information and communication technology innovations: Radical and disruptive? New Media & Society, 11(4), 599–619 Kitchen, R. (2014). Big Data, New Epistemologies, Paradigm Shifts. Big Data & Society, 1(1), 1–12 Vaidhyanathan, S. (2018). Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. Oxford University Press Tusikov, N. (2019). Regulation through “bricking”: Private ordering in the “Internet of Things”. Internet Policy Review, 8(2 Gorwa, R. (2019). The platform governance triangle: Conceptualising the informal regulation of online content. Internet Policy Review, 8(2) Braithwaite, V. (2020). Beyond the bubble that is Robodebt: How governments that lose integrity threaten democracy. Australian Journal of Social Issues, doi:10.1002/ajs4.122 Vallee, M. (2020). Doing nothing does something: Embodiment and data in the COVID-19 pandemic. Big Data & Society, 7(1)