Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape: towards breadth and coherence: Project report

Abbe Brown

Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape: towards breadth and coherence: Project report

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Abstract

My research focuses on the laws relevant to innovation and creativity (particularly intellectual property and information control) and their impact on societal challenges such as health, communications and climate change. Other laws and policy activities tend to exist in respect of these challenges: for example, regarding climate change, there is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1992 (including most recently the Paris Agreement), Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009, an EU focus on smart grids and (varying) approaches to encouraging the developing of renewable technologies through incentives and subsidies.

My project proceeded from the premise that legislation and policy which are relevant to one goal may not take into account other goals – say, patent legislation does not refer to climate change. Can this lead to decision making within a scenario from the perspective of one law, which does not take into account other laws which have been passed? Is this indeed true? If so is it a problem? Are some fields properly not relevant or a distraction, as some might argue for IP in respect of climate change? Trade offs are perhaps unavoidable but does this (perhaps unwittingly?) render irrelevant (some) activism and policy making? A second premise is not all laws have the same enforcement framework so this may lead to a hierarchy of laws.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2016
Event	Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape: towards breadth and coherence - London, London, United Kingdom Duration: 13 Apr 2016 → 13 Apr 2016

Workshop

Workshop	Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	13/04/16 → 13/04/16

Bibliographical note

To move forward the project, I received funding support from the British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) and the generous offer of a room from the London office of international law firm Arnold Porter, to meet with a group of scholars with a diverse range of relevant expertise. This led to challenging and stimulating discussions and ultimately a meeting. Many thanks to Dr Orla Lynskey (London School of Economics), Rt Hon Professor Sir Robin Jacob (University College London), TJ McIntyre (University College Dublin), Dr Rónán Kennedy (National University of Ireland Galway), and Dr Annalisa Savaresi (University of Edinburgh) who were involved in the meeting (some via technology, which actually worked rather well); and also thanks to a network of colleagues throughout the world who supported the development of this project and helped in preparing the meeting.

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Brown, A. (2016). Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape: towards breadth and coherence: Project report. Paper presented at Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape, London, United Kingdom. https://aberdeenunilaw.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/decision-making-across-the-information-technology-and-sustainability-landscape-towards-breadth-and-coherence-project-report/

Brown, A 2016, 'Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape: towards breadth and coherence: Project report', Paper presented at Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape, London, United Kingdom, 13/04/16 - 13/04/16. <https://aberdeenunilaw.wordpress.com/2016/05/02/decision-making-across-the-information-technology-and-sustainability-landscape-towards-breadth-and-coherence-project-report/>

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Decision making across the information, technology and sustainability landscape: towards breadth and coherence: Project report

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