Tech Policy Design Centre
Higher Education - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Tech Policy Design Centre Employees
Tech Policy Design Centre Details
The challenge: Digital technologies are interwoven in the fabric of our society, culture, economy and security. Calls for enhanced public and private governance continue to grow. Existing policy structures and frameworks are struggling to address at pace the complexities and interdependencies presented by these technologies. Globally, there is an urgent and increasing demand for new approaches to technology policy.The missionDevelop fit-for-purpose tech governance frameworks to shape technology for the long-term benefit of humanity.The methodFoster mature public debate and conduct world-leading research in collaboration with industry, government, civil society and academia.What makes us different?• We recognise policy and governance as a tool that shapes technology• We collaborate with industry, government, civil society and academia• Our objective is to mature the tech governance eco-system• Our research supports our ambition to evolve the eco-system• Our approach is technology-neutral and discipline agnostic• We are global in perspective, but we specialise in the Indo-Pacific• We build communities, not technology• We are independent: we work with - but not for - industry and government• Our diversity is our strengthWho will be the beneficiaries?• Industry: mature the tech governance eco-system; move beyond retrofitting government recommendations; co-design fit-for-purpose frameworks.• Government: collaborate with experts; develop world-leading frameworks tailored to specific regulatory objectives.• Academia: translate research into impact; develop the evidence base to inform a new generation of tech policy and governance frameworks.• Society: demand fit-for-purpose tech governance frameworks that minimise the harms and maximise technology's economic and social benefits.
