AI policy, law and regulation

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Within AI Policy, Law and Regulation, we investigate how to improve governance responses to predictive and generative AI. Our work is interdisciplinary, drawing on law, ethics, social sciences, and computer science. It covers a diverse landscape of governance issues for AI, including its effects on human rights, civil society, criminal justice, and legal values. The common thread across these projects is the potential of AI to transform the boundaries of regulation, the foundations of the economy, and the structure of society.

As AI races forward, governance is needed to foster responsible innovation, mitigate new harms, facilitate sustainability, and protect human rights. This involves frameworks that address both current and future challenges brought by AI.

Working in this research area

Professor Ignacio Cofone | Professor of Law and Regulation of AI

Ignacio Cofone is Professor of Law and Regulation of AI at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Ethics in AI. His work examines how the law can and should adapt to AI-driven social and economic changes. His current research projects focus on how to address nonmaterial AI harm and on regulatory design that fosters human-centered AI innovation.

Dr Carissa Véliz | Associate Professor of Philosophy

Carissa Véliz is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI and a Fellow at Hertford College. Author of Privacy Is Power (an Economist Book of the Year, 2020), she researches privacy, AI ethics, and how technology shapes society.

Dr Federica Fedorczyk | Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Federica Fedorczyk is an Early Career Research Fellow at the Institute and a Research Fellow at Reuben College. Federica’s research lies at the intersection of criminal law, tech law and human rights. She examines how the use and regulation of AI are transforming contemporary criminal justice systems and reshaping the balance between public security and individual rights.

Dr Keri Grieman | Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Keri Grieman is an Early Career Research Fellow in Ethics in AI and Law at the Institute and a Research Fellow at Oriel College. Dr Grieman works in law, regulation, and policy for AI. She is the author of Law, Death, and Robots: The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in High-Risk Civil Applications, published by Hart. Her research aims to bridge the gaps between law, technology, and responsible innovation.