In the fourth episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Professor Anne-Maree Kelly will discuss the deficiencies in health care provision in Australian prisons, and explore how technology could address some of these…
Menstruation tracking apps are widely used, but can we make them better?
Many menstruation-tracking apps are now available, allowing women to log data about their period. The data collected may include cycle dates, moods, symptoms, physical effects, aspects of intimacy, and more. As noted in a recent ABC news article, the level of privacy protections in these apps varies, and…
New Issue | Law, Technology and Humans
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Volume 5(1) includes articles from the symposium Condition Critical. This symposium explores the heuristic and political potential of system breakdowns from empirical, theoretical and policy perspectives. This range of perspectives is also informed by the locations of…
Negotiating the Digital Welfare State: Regulatory Tensions of Surveillance and Localisation
In the third episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, Jenna Imad Harb and Professor Kathryn Henne presented Negotiating the Digital Welfare State: Regulatory Tensions of Surveillance and Localisation. Abstract: In 2019, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights…
Human Technology Law Centre to host 2023 meeting of the Law, Literature And Humanities Association Of Australasia
Save the Dates Deus Ex Machina – Law-Technology-Humanities | 11-14 December 2023 The Human Technology Law Centre will host the 2023 meeting of the Law, Literature And Humanities Association Of Australasia. This meeting is a multidisciplinary coming together to build, dream and work towards better law and technology futures…
The Influence of Technological Advancements on Legal Theory
In the first of our QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, Professor Joseph David discussed the influence of technological advancements on legal theory. Abstract: As society continues to advance technologically, our legal frameworks are faced with an array of multifaceted challenges spanning various dimensions…
Law, Technology and Humans Volume 4 Issue 2
A new issue of Law, Technology and Humans has been published. Volume 4(2) includes articles from the symposium Jurisprudence of the Future. These contributions bring together science fiction, justice and law: Folúkẹ́ Adébísí uses examples of Black science fiction and Afrofuturism to address inequalities of race in the…
This week (October 24-30) is International Open Access Week #OpenForClimateJustice
So, what is open access? Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers. Through licensing via an open license (usually a Creative Commons License), freely available outputs can also…
Gendered impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic
In this fifth seminar of our 2022 series, co-hosted with the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), Professor Sara Davies discussed how gender roles determined women’s risk exposure. These findings demonstrate an urgent need to introduce crisis response measures that differentiate the gendered social and economic impacts…
Law, Technology and Humans – Call for papers Volume 5, Issue 1 May 2023
Law, Technology and Humans (ISSN 2652-4074) is an innovative, open access, double blind reviewed journal that encourages research and scholarship on the human and humanity of law and technology. Sponsored by the School of Law, QUT, Australia, Law, Technology and Humans is advised by a leading International Editorial…