I've written a lot of things across policy, legal research, and technology governance. Below is a comprehensive list of publications, reports, and articles. You can also find a fledgling attempt at blogging here.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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"The Idea of Access to Justice: Reflections on New Zealand's Accident Compensation (or Personal Injury) System" — Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, (2016) 33(2) 197. Co-authors: Tiho Mijatov, Warren Forster
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"Problems with Access to Law in Personal Injury Disputes" — New Zealand Universities Law Review, (2016) 27 NZULR 365. Co-authors: Tiho Mijatov, Warren Forster. Shortlisted for Best Published Article 2017
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"Deepfakes and Synthetic Media" — In: Emerging Technologies and International Security, Routledge (2020), Chapter 16. Co-authors: Curtis Barnes, Tom Barraclough
Major Research Reports
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"Shadow Report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" (2014) — Acclaim Otago/NZ Law Foundation. Cited by Minister for ACC as basis for policy reform (Direct PDF)
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"Understanding the Problem: An Analysis of ACC Appeals Processes" (2015) — NZ Law Foundation [2015] NZLFRRp 3. Empirical analysis of 500+ appeals
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"Solving the Problem: Causation, Transparency and Access to Justice" (2017) — NZ Law Foundation [2017] NZLFRRp 10
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"Perception Inception: Preparing for Deepfakes and the Synthetic Media of Tomorrow" (2019) — Brainbox Institute/NZ Law Foundation [2019] NZLFRRp 5
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"Legislation as Code in New Zealand" (2021) — Brainbox Institute/NZ Law Foundation. Recognised in OECD policy brief
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"Making New Zealand Accessible: A Design for Effective Accessibility Legislation" (2021) — NZ Law Foundation [2021] NZLFRRp 8. Includes draft accessibility legislation
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"Governing Digital Legal Systems: Insights on AI and Rules as Code" (2024) — Syncopate Lab. Published in MIT Computational Law Report
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"Access to Legislation Data" (2024) — Parliamentary Counsel Office/Syncopate Lab. Report on use cases and recommendations for structuring legislative data
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"Using AI to Draft and Evaluate Regulation" (2024) — Syncopate Lab. Detailed documentation at transparency.syncopatelab.com
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"Deciphering Media Literacy" (2023) — Brainbox Institute. Calls for national media literacy strategy
Policy Commentary & Thought Leadership
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"Platforms Are Testing Self-Regulation in New Zealand. It Needs a Lot of Work" — Lawfare, September 1, 2022
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"Building Common Infrastructure for Meaningful Tech Transparency" — Tech Policy Press, February 22, 2024
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"Opinion: Global Issues Require Global Responses" — Asia New Zealand Foundation, November 22, 2023
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"Wasting time on AI Regulation and Sovereign AI (Series)" — Brainbox Institute, November 2025
Blog Posts & Policy Analysis
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"Brainbox, GNI and DTSP Facilitate Workshops for Risk Assessment Under Europe's Digital Services Act" — Brainbox Institute
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"Workshop Summary: Implementing Risk Assessments Under DSA" — Digital Trust & Safety Partnership
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"Our Perspective on New Zealand's Proposed Platform Regulation" — Brainbox Institute
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"Online Platform Accountability: EU and NZ Perspectives Explored in New Policy Paper" — Brainbox Institute
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"What New Zealand Commentators Are Missing About the Christchurch Call" — Brainbox Institute
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"Sharing Our Submission on New Zealand's Proposed Content Regulation Framework" — Brainbox Institute
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"Global Digital Compact (GDC) Presents Critical Opportunity for NZ" — Brainbox Institute
Wasting Time on AI Regulation (6-Part Series)
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"Wasting Time on AI Regulation and Sovereign AI in New Zealand (1 of 6)" — Brainbox Institute
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"The Information Problem (2 of 6)" — Brainbox Institute
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"The Coordination Problem (3 of 6)" — Brainbox Institute
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"The Economic Problem (4 of 6)" — Brainbox Institute
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"The Policy Problem (5 of 6)" — Brainbox Institute
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"Constructive Suggestions for Time Well Spent (6 of 6)" — Brainbox Institute