Tag Archives: Regulation

How Intelligent is Artificial Intelligence?

Today’s moral panic is about AI and machine learning. Governments around the world are hastening to adopt positions and regulate what they are told is a potentially existential threat to humanity – and certainly to a lot of middle class voters in service occupations. However, it is notable that most of the hype is coming… Read More »

The Coffin Cure: Why Vaccine Regulation Matters

Sociologists of Science and Technology take science fiction very seriously. Although it is often dismissed as a cheap literary form, it represents an important way in which contemporary societies try to think about and shape their futures. In this respect, it stands alongside more ‘respectable’ literary forms like modelling or scenario planning. Science fiction emerges… Read More »

Understanding “corruption” in regulatory agencies

Now Published – Understanding “corruption” in regulatory agencies: The case of food inspection in Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Mutairi Public Department of Environmental Health, Municipality of Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Ian Connerton Food Microbiology and Safety Section, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK Robert Dingwall Dingwall Enterprises Ltd/Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK Corruption is… Read More »