Research

CISR has commissioned new research on emerging use cases for soft law on the following topics. As papers are completed, they will be made available below. The following research projects are in progress:

• Governance Challenges in AI-Enabled Blockchain Technologies and Intelligent NFTs (iNFTs): The Role of Industry Self-Regulation
  By Tolulope J. Falokun, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  
  
  
• Cybersecurity Governance in the Water Sector: Voluntary Frameworks and Industry-Led Approaches Following the Rescission of Federal Mandates
  By Christopher A. Ramezan, Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems and Cybersecurity and Executive Director of the Cyber-Resilience Resource Center, West Virginia University
  
  
  
• The Effectiveness of Industry Self-Regulation in Online Advertising: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
  By Cristobal Cheyre, Assistant Professor of Information Science, Cornell University; Li Jiang, Associate Professor of Marketing, The George Washington University; Florian Schaub, Associate Professor of Information, University of Michigan; and Alessandro Acquisti, T. Wilson (1953) Professor in Management and Professor of Information Technology, MIT Sloan School of Management
  
  
  
• Recognition and Self-Regulation: Can Awards Strengthen Firms’ Commitment to Voluntary Standards?
  By David S. Lucas, Assistant Professor of Management, Costello College of Business, George Mason University
  
  
  
• Professional Identity and the Promise of Soft Law in Occupational Licensing Reform
  By Cassandra Burke Robertson, John Deaver Drinko–BakerHostetler Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  
  
  
• 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