Governance and Regulation of Emerging Technologies

Detailed notes on the discussion surrounding AI and International Space Law. What is the legal impact of humans in space? What has been the development of space technology so far? Who should be liable for damage in space? How can we prevent and reduce the level of space junk? What does the space economy look like in different countries?

Why is the governance of virtual worlds important? Are social networks a virtual world? What legal impact will the Metaverse have? What mechanisms do developers use to govern virtual worlds?

Notes explaining in depth how a blockchain works, including notes on peer-to-peer communication, cryptography, and hashing. How are blockchains created? Why are they used? What legal impact do they have? Includes possible applications of blockchain and the advantages and disadvantages.

What is sharing economy? Explore for detail regarding the consequences of sharing economy, and how this affects the law surrounding emerging technologies. What is gig economy? Are companies such as Airbnb and Uber the way forward?

Summary of lecture 2. Introduces critical questions regarding the governance of emerging technologies. What are the legal concerns? What, Why, and How should emerging technologies be governed? At what level? EU? National? Notes provide insight on these questions.

Summary notes on the introduction of Governance and Regulation of Emerging Technologies. Provides thinking points and objectives of the course.

In this file, I discuss all the relevant information from lecture 2. This lecture is about the basics of regulating an emerging technology. I also added a summary of the according to literature.

In this file, I discuss all the relevant information from lecture 4. This lecture is about the sharing economy. I also added a summary of the according to literature.