APPLY NOW: Andre Hoffmann Fellow Position
The World Economic Forum and Arizona State University are seeking a Hoffmann Fellow for a two-year joint appointment. The Fellow will be jointly appointed between the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (“C4IR”) in San Francisco, California, which is dedicated to addressing the possibilities and challenges posed by the explosion of technological innovation–from AI […]
NEW REPORT: Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy Report Released
The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine recently released the Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy report for the 2025-2035 time period. LSI Faculty Director Gary Marchant, chairman of the report’s committee, led a public briefing on Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles recently to discuss some of the […]
Bowman Discusses Vaccinations in Nature Nanotechnology Special Issue
The new Nature Nanotechnology issue features Dr. Diana Bowman and Dr. Steffi Friedrichs’ in the Comment of the April 2021 issue. This issue is focused on global health, following the COVID-19 pandemic. Nano technology played a key role in providing the Moderna/National Institutes of Health (NIH) and then the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines. These new vaccines in […]
LSI Faculty Director Marchant to Speak at The New Role of Government in the Automotive Industry Conference
The Center for Law Science and Innovation’s Faculty Director Gary Marchant will be speaking at The New Role of Government in the Automotive Industry Conference on Wednesday, April 14th. Dr. Marchant will be speaking about the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s recent report on “Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles” and […]
HIRING: Andre Hoffmann Fellow Position Open
The World Economic Forum and Arizona State University are seeking a Hoffmann Fellow for a two-year joint appointment. The Fellow will be jointly appointed between the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (“C4IR”) in San Francisco, California, which is dedicated to addressing the possibilities and challenges posed by the explosion of technological innovation–from AI […]
Use of Video Games & Virtual Reality in Healthcare
The video game industry–a multibillion-dollar industry in the United States–has long been a cause of concern for many. However, in recent years, gaming has been used to improve health outcomes and transform how the healthcare field operates. The video game industry was estimated to be worth $159.3 billion in 2020 and is predicted to increase […]
Public Briefing: Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles
Faculty Director Gary Marchant will be leading the public briefing on Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles today on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Marchant is the chair for the report being presented at the briefing session, and will discuss the key findings and recommendations from the report at 3:30-4:30pm ET. The National Academies […]
LISTEN: LSI Director Josh Abbott Discusses Deepfakes on Regulatory Transparency Project’s Fourth Branch Podcast
Listen here The Center for Law Science and Innovation’s Executive Director Josh Abbott recently sat down for a discussion on The Federalist Society’s Fourth Branch Podcast for the Regulatory Transparency Project. Abbott discussed the potential harms deepfakes could bring with leading industry experts. The discussion was moderated by Kathryn Ciano Mauler, Product Counsel at Google. […]
Forever Chemicals in the Biden Administration: Inevitable PFAS Regulation and Water Utilities
Growing Trend of PFAS litigation Last month the Pennsylvania-American Water Company (PAWC) sued manufacturers of Per and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Compounds, commonly known as PFAS. The lawsuit alleges the manufacturers either knowingly or negligently allowed contamination into public drinking water supplies. PAWC joins an increasing trend of water utility companies suing over PFAS contamination in public […]
LSI HIGHLIGHT: Bowman Article on City Digitalization & Innovation Agendas Beyond COVID-19
Joshua Sortino Unsplash Dr. Diana Bowman recently published an article in The Smart City Association Italy, discussing the digitalizations of cities and the future of innovation beyond COVID-19. Bowman published the article alongside Bas Boorsma, professor of practice, Thunderbird School of Global Management and Dr. Sanjeev Khagram, Foundation Professor of Global Leadership, Director-General and Dean, […]