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The environmental damage of rare earth mining: Regulatory challenges in China

Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney, Camperdown Level 4, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown

In-person event Rare earth elements (REE) are critical raw materials essential for manufacturing wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles. As nations strive to meet net-zero emission targets under the Paris Agreement, the global demand for REE is expected to surge in the green energy transition. However, rare earth mining and processing often result in […]

Does compliance with the global anticorruption regime require the use of artificial intelligence?: The case of managing global critical raw material value chains

The University of Sydney Law School, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building F10

Hybrid event Business firms constantly hear that artificial intelligence has changed the world and that they must either utilize artificial intelligence or fall behind. By extension, this would be true of regulatory compliance as well as operations. This article challenges the mantra of artificial intelligence as a ubiquitous agent of change. It does so through […]

A new explanation of China’s patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledge

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

A new explanation of China’s patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledgeIn-person event This seminar will present how Dr Ben Hopper’s thesis explains why people are getting patents over traditional medical knowledge in a way that differs from (and adds to) the usual explanations for China’s “patent boom”. These “usual […]