Transformations of the Regulatory State: Regulation, Socio-Economic Rights and the ‘New Economy’ | Research Capability & Technology Portfolio

Research focused on transformations of the regulatory state in both national-comparative and transnational contexts, with a focus on the interaction between the technocratic interstices of regulation and collective commitments to democracy, conviviality and ecological sustainability.

Competitive advantage

A unique multidisciplinary approach across law, regulation, diverse economies, social enterprise, energy, food and water
Global perspectives on regulatory frameworks for food, water resources and climate change policy
World-leading research into social enterprise, cooperatives and commons-based governance

Impact

New legal models for social enterprise and their implications for the legal profession
Exploring the tensions between recent developments in sharing or platform economies and new economies of the kind affiliated with solidarity and the creation of a commons

Successful applications

Knowledge transfer project with the Centre for Policy Studies in India, exploring the lessons from comparing how South Africa and India have responded at the national level to related work
A second project with the Centre for Policy Studies in India on the rise of the regulatory state in the developing world – highly cited in regulation and governance literature
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship on legal and regulatory support structures for social activists and social enterprises responding to climate change in Australia and the UK
Bottom-up participatory approaches to implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Capabilities and resources

Significant expertise and global network across multiple disciplines
Leadership in (and co-founding of) the New Economy Network of Australia