Law, Science and Technology Group
About
The law plays an important role in regulating and shaping many areas of science, technology, engineering, and health. Equally, science and technology have also had a profound and long-standing impact on the law. However, despite such rich opportunities for investigation, the intersections of law with science and technology remains a neglected field of study. The Law, Science and Technology Program was established in 2017 by the School of Law in conjunction with the BEL Faculty and the Faculty of Science to respond to this gap in research.
Aims
By bringing together academics, students and staff from UQ Law, the program aims to:
- Contribute to the university’s research profile by promoting the production of high-end scholarship in an emerging and increasingly important field of inquiry.
- Enrich the learning experience of students at UQ with an interest in law, science and technology through research-led teaching.
- Foster and stimulate public debate on issues pertaining to law, science, and technology.
Areas of research
The Law, Science and Technology Program promotes interdisciplinary research on a wide range of topics including:
- The legal regulations that govern day-to-day scientific practice, including technology transfer agreements, laboratory regulatory policy, and codes of conduct.
- The security, privacy, and surveillance concerns arising from the development of new digital technologies and algorithms.
- The intersection of bioethics and the law, particularly in relation to pharmaceutical practices, medical research, and emerging therapeutic techniques.
- The use of new forensic science techniques as evidence in legal proceedings.
- Evaluating how a legal understanding of science and technology shapes legal issues that arise with the patenting of human genes, nanotechnology and synthetic biology.
Recent news
-
-
Man meets machine in Australian-first
1 March 2019 -
Legal leaders to tackle law and technology
10 January 2019
Pages
UQ Law research
Connect with our researchers
Collaborate with us to solve today's pressing challenges. Find out how we can work together.
Find a researcher by name
Find researchers by research area
Research themes & challenges
Potential HDR projects
Summer/Winter research scholarships
What's on
Research groups
Australian Centre for Private Law
Centre for Public, International and Comparative Law
Food Security and Intellectual Property
Indigenous People and the Law
Law and the Future of War
Law and Religion in the Asia-Pacific
Law, Science and Technology
Marine and Shipping Law Unit
UQ Solomon Islands Partnership