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How should we measure the overall effectiveness of the regulatory regime? What evidence is there to show what an effective regulatory body looks like? How is the impact of regulatory interventions best evaluated, and what factors are key to it succeeding?

Background

Key areas here are developing our understanding of the drivers of behaviour across the industry, and the benefits and potential risks that technological change may bring.

Next steps

The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DLUHC Areas of research interest GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects


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    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The ARIES project aims to develop an AI-based platform to enhance regulatory collaboration and alignment with industry practices, addressing the effectiveness of regulatory regimes.

  • Regulation in Crisis

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    Funded by: ESRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project discusses the challenges and complexities of regulation, which is relevant to understanding the effectiveness of the regulatory regime.

  • Cross-sector regulatory sandbox

    The cross sector regulatory sandbox is a proposal to create a single point of entry sandbox where firms are able to test innovative propositions, in a controlled environment, overseen by multiple domestic regulatory agen...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The cross-sector regulatory sandbox proposal focuses on creating a controlled environment for firms to test innovative propositions, which partially addresses the question on evaluating regulatory interventions.

  • Defra / EA Fellowship: Professor Frances Bowen

    This project will fund a fellowship placement for a mid-career researcher to work for 9 months with the better regulation teams at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on environmental regulation and the researcher's expertise can provide guidance on better regulation for a sustainable economy, but does not directly address the overall effectiveness of the regulatory regime.

  • Advanced Regulatory Innovation EcoSystem (ARIES)

    The Advanced Regulatory Innovation EcoSystem (ARIES) project will explore the potential for the development of an AI based digital platform to support regulators to collaborate more effectively within their own organisat...

    Funded by: Innovate UK