Research
CISR focuses on research that addresses industry-wide challenges to develop fair, future-proof best practices.
Call for Papers
CISR has opened a call for papers addressing the past, present, and/or future of industry self-regulation. We welcome proposals from scholars in law, public policy, business (MBA and undergraduate), marketing (graduate and undergraduate), economics, and related fields or interdisciplinary proposals. Proposals will be accepted and reviewed for any topic relating to industry self-regulation. Scholars need not have conducted prior research or writing in the field.
Download the full call for papers for more detailed information about research areas, funding, the process, the timeline, and more.
Questions? - papersubmissions@industryselfregulation.org
Research in Progress
CISR has commissioned new research on emerging use cases for soft law on the following topics. Research will be published in 2025. As papers are completed, they will be made available below. The following papers are in progress:
- CAITE: A Soft-Law Framework for Governing AI in Translational Medicine
By Cason Schmit, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University - Expanding the Information Function of Government in AI Regulation
By Jane Bambauer, Professor of Law, University of Florida - The New Normal for Administrative Law and Technology
By Aram Gavoor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The George Washington University Law School - The Dynamics of Self-Regulation: Formation, Maintenance, and Breakdown
By Young Hou, Assistant Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - Navigating AI in Advertising: The Role of Industry Self-Regulation in Ensuring Ethical and Transparent Practices
By Aimee Alleman, Assistant Professor of Advertising, Loyola University - The Impact of Privacy-Enhanced Ad Technologies on Publisher Revenue: Evidence from an Industry-Wide Field Experiment
By Garrett Johnson, Zhengrong Gu and Shunto Kobayashi, Associate Professors, Boston University Questrom School of Business
- Self-regulation in an Industry Facing Technological Disruption: The Case of Insurance
By Jeffrey Atik, Professor of Law and Jacob Becker Fellow, Loyola Law School - Dynamic Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
By Julian Morris and Kristian Stout, Director of Innovation Policy – International Center for Law & Economics - Risk as a Catalyst for Effective Self-Regulation
By Felix Mormann, Professor of Law and Chancellor EDGES Fellow, Texas A&M University School of Law - Artificial Intelligence Governance: How Voluntary Standards Organizations and Technical Standards Can Meet the Challenge
By: Emile Loza de Siles, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law
Latest Research
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