Professor Anna Huggins from the QUT School of Law has been awarded an ARC Discovery Project grant for the project Next Generation Environmental Regulation: Integrating Regulatory Technology.
The project aims to develop new approaches for effectively integrating regulatory technology into environmental regulation to enhance efficiency, effectiveness and legitimacy.
Professor Huggins said rapid technological advances offer major opportunities to improve environmental regulation but can also create legal and societal risks if used inappropriately.
“This project will identify strategies for the safe, effective and context-sensitive adoption of regulatory technology, helping environmental agencies to better target risks, monitor compliance and respond to breaches,” she said.
“By strengthening regulatory innovation and capacity, the research will deliver public resource savings, improve environmental outcomes and support Australia’s transition to more effective, technology-enabled regulation.”
Co-investigators include Professor Cameron Holley from UNSW, Professor Darren Sinclair from the University of Canberra, and partner investigator Professor Robert Glicksman from George Washington University.
We congratulate Anna and the project team and look forward to the outcomes of this significant research project.