Agile Regulation: Governance in a Changing World

February 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence. Drones. Self-driving cars. Today’s world of fast-paced innovation seems to cry out for a more agile approach to regulation that can better harness the potential of innovation as well as mitigate its risks.

In this online dialogue organized by the Penn Program on Regulation, leading regulatory experts discuss what agile regulation is, why it is needed, how it already is being implemented in government—and how to make it more effective.

Panelists include Ed DeSeve (National Academy of Public Administration), Michael Fitzpatrick (Brunswick Group), Yael Kariv-Teitelbaum (PPR/Hebrew University), Heidi King (formerly National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), Larry Rosenthal (UC-Berkeley), and Paul Verkuil (Administrative Conference of the United States). PPR Director Cary Coglianese moderates the conversation.

Viewers also might find the following resources about agile regulation to be of interest:

Cary Coglianese, Optimizing Regulation for an Optimizing Economy https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300304

Cary Coglianese, Regulating Machine Learning: The Challenge of Heterogeneity
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4368604

Dylan Desjardins, Unpacking the OECD Recommendation on Agile Regulatory Governance
https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/unpacking-oecd-recommendation-agile-regulatory-governance

GW Regulatory Studies Center, Agile Governance for Our Future
https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/agile-governance

Heidi King, Agile Regulation for Auto Safety and Innovation
https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/agile-regulation-auto-safety-and-innovation

National Academy of Public Administration, Agile Regulation: Gateway to the Future
https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/napa-2021/Agile-Regulation-Gateway-to-the-Future-Report.pdf

OECD, Case Studies on Agile Regulatory Governance to Harness Innovation: Civilian Drones and Bio-solutions
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/case-studies-on-agile-regulatory-governance-to-harness-innovation_0fa5e0e6-en

OECD, Case Studies on the Regulatory Challenges Raised by Innovation and the Regulatory Responses
https://www.oecd.org/gov/regulatory-policy/case-studies-on-the-regulatory-challenges-raised-by-innovation-and-the-regulatory-responses-8fa190b5-en.htm

OECD, G20 Survey on Agile Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Innovation
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/g20-survey-on-agile-approaches-to-the-regulatory-governance-of-innovation_f161916d-en

OECD, Recommendation of the Council for Agile Regulatory Governance to Harness Innovation
https://www.oecd.org/mcm/Recommendation-for-Agile-Regulatory-Governance-to-Harness-Innovation.pdf

TechREG Chronicle, Machine Learning
https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/techreg-chronicle-machine-learning

Tom Temin, How Agencies Can Be More Agile in the Rules-Driven Business of Rule-Making
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2022/07/4161151/

World Economic Forum, Agile Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution: A Toolkit for Regulators
https://www.weforum.org/about/agile-regulation-for-the-fourth-industrial-revolution-a-toolkit-for-regulators