The 91É«ÇéƬ Public Interest Law and Tech Initiative (PILATI) is an independent community of scholars focused on the interaction of law and technology to advance the public interest. The Initiative aims to provide an inclusive forum for discussion, deliberation, and debate, informing policy and building multisector networks and understanding in areas related to the interaction of law and technology from diverse expertise, disciplines, and perspectives. The focus is also on the next generation, learning with and mentoring students, higher degree research candidates and early career researchers.
Established in 2024, PILATI is an inclusive collaboration consisting of established and early career academics, as well as higher degree research students. Research interests across the group coalesce around the interaction of law and technology, including regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), data privacy, cybersecurity, digital platforms, Internet of Things (IoT), nuclear and space technologies and quantum technologies.
Pathways to impact:
- Informed government and organisational policy and priorities
- Increased public awareness and understanding
- Generation of new knowledge
- Convened multisector networks mobilised to address societal issues
- Empowering and transformative education
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Upcoming
Regulation of Emerging Quantum Technologies Roundtable – October 2026
Past
Deepfake Image-Based Sexual Abuse Regulation Workshop – August 2026
Regulation of Non-Personal Data Workshop – November 2025
Privacy & Security Regulation for Connected Cars Workshop – May 2025
Competition & Consumer Regulation for Artificial Intelligence Workshop - 2024
Regulation for Deepfake Image-Based Sexual Abuse Workshop -
Academic Lead
Academics
Researchers and Students
Associate Members
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- May Cheong and Mimi Zou, ‘Resolving Errors in Algorithmic Contracting: Applications of the Doctrines of Unconscionability’ (2025) 48(4) 91É«ÇéƬ Law Journal 1399-1426
- Anton Didenko, ‘Blockchain and Crypto-assets’ in Evrim Tan (ed), Handbook of Blockchain in Public Governance (Edward Elgar, 2026). Link: .
- Anton Didenko, ‘A Regulatory Sandbox for Financial Market Infrastructures in Australia: Key Considerations’ (2025) 99 Australian Law Journal 238-253. Links: , .
- Lyria Bennett Moses (with Michael Guihot), Artificial Intelligence, Robots and the Law (LexisNexis, 2nd ed, 2025)
- Katharine Kemp, Driving Blind: The Unexamined Privacy Risks of Connected Cars (Report, 2024)
- Katharine Kemp, ‘Regulating Digital Platform Payments for News Content: The Australian Experiment’ in Ganesh Sitaraman et al (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Networks, Platforms and Utilities (2026)
- Peter Leonard, ‘‘The Challenges of Big Tech and Digital Markets in Australian Competition Law’ in Julie Clarke et al, 50 Years of Australian Competition Law, Vol. II (Routledge, 2025)
- Susanne Lloyd-Jones and Kayleen Manwaring, ‘First steps to quantum resilience: identifying ‘broken concepts’ in Australia’s national security laws’ (2025) ANU Journal of Law and Technology (JOLT), 5, pp. 52 – 95
- Sussan Lloyd-Jones and Kayleen Manwaring,  'Gauging Australia's preparedness for quantum computing' (2025) Journal for the Australian and New Zealand Societies for Computers and the Law
- Shohini Sengupta, Pluralising Law and Technology in India (Springer International, 2026)
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- Submission on Unfair Trading Practices Prohibition - Senate Economics Legislation Committee (2026)
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- Submission in Response to Discussion Paper for the Data Retention Review (2025)
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Select media appearances and short videos
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Select op-eds authored or co-authored by PILATI members
- Art Cotterell, , The Conversation (online, 28 June 2026)Â
- Art Cotterell, 'As Artemis II Is Celebrated, the World Faces Hard Questions About US Leadership in Space', The Conversation (online, 13 April 2026)Â
- Oliver Bown and Kathy Bowrey, , The Conversation (online, 6 November 2025)
- Katharine Kemp, , The Conversation (online, 19 November 2024)Â
- Susanne Lloyd-Jones and Kayleen Manwaring, , The Conversation (online, 26 August 2024)Â
- Rob Nicholls, , The Conversation (online, 26 August 2026)Â
- Mimi Zou, , The Conversation(online, 26 February 2025)Â Â
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