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.
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.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Regulation has continued to be at the forefront of policy discussions over the past decade. The final decade of the 20th century was largely about exploring regulation as a policy mode that was receiving increased govern...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
The project discusses the challenges and complexities of regulation, which is relevant to understanding the effectiveness of the regulatory regime.
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
Lead research organisation: THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY
The project proposes a regulatory sandbox, which partially addresses the question by discussing a controlled environment for testing innovative propositions.
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
Lead research organisation: Queen Mary University of London
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.