Karen Yeung

The University of Birmingham

Interdisciplinary Professorial Fellow in Law, Ethics & Informatics

Law School and School of Computer Science

Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT

United Kingdom

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How the EU Can Achieve Legally Trustworthy AI: A Response to the European Commission’s Proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 31 Aug 2021
Nathalie A. Smuha, Emma Ahmed-Rengers, Adam Harkens, Wenlong Li, James MacLaren, Riccardo Piselli and Karen Yeung
KU Leuven - Faculty of Law, London Interdisciplinary School, University of Strathclyde, School of Law, Aston University, University of Birmingham - Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham - Birmingham Law School and The University of Birmingham
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artificial intelligence, fundamental rights, democracy, rule of law, Lawful AI, Legally Trustworthy AI, regulation

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Algorithmic Regulation: A Critical Interrogation

TLI Think! Paper 62/2017, Regulation & Governance, Forthcoming, King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2017-27
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 May 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2017
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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big data, algorithms, surveillance, enforcement, automation

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‘Hypernudge’: Big Data as a Mode of Regulation by Design’

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‘Hypernudge’: Big Data as a Mode of Regulation by Design’

Information, Communication & Society (2016) 1,19, TLI Think! Paper 28/2016
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jul 2016
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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Big Data, law, regulation, surveillance/privacy, social theory, communication studies

‘Hypernudge’: Big Data as a Mode of Regulation by Design’

Information, Communication & Society (2016) , King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2016-28
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2016
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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AI Governance by Human Rights-Centred Design, Deliberation and Oversight: An End to Ethics Washing

Forthcoming in M Dubber and F Pasquale (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of AI Ethics, Oxford University Press (2019)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Aug 2019
Karen Yeung, Andrew Howes and Ganna Pogrebna
The University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham and The Alan Turing Institute
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AI, human rights, ethics washing, governance

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The European Union's AI Act: beyond motherhood and apple pie?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Jun 2024
Nathalie A. Smuha and Karen Yeung
KU Leuven - Faculty of Law and The University of Birmingham
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artificial intelligence, AI Act, technical standardization, enforcement, AI regulation, data, risk-based approach, high-risk systems, general-purpose AI, meta-regulation

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Big Data and Personalised Price Discrimination in EU Competition Law

King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2017-38
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2019
Christopher Townley, Eric Morrison and Karen Yeung
King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London and The University of Birmingham
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Fairness, Consumer Surplus, Consumer Welfare, Competition Law, European Union, Article 102, Price Discrimination, Big Data, Algorithm

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Are Design-Based Regulatory Instruments Legitimate?

King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2015-27
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2015
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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human enhancement, public policy instruments, regulatory governance, neuroethics, design

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A Study of the Implications of Advanced Digital Technologies (Including AI Systems) for the Concept of Responsibility Within a Human Rights Framework

MSI-AUT (2018) 05
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 10 Dec 2018
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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Human Rights, AI, Rule of Law, Democracy, Autonomy, Human Dignity

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Algorithmic Regulation: An Introduction

Karen Yeung and Martin Lodge (eds) Algorithmic Regulation, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2019
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Nov 2019
Karen Yeung and Martin Lodge
The University of Birmingham and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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algorithmic regulation, big data, predictive analytics, regulation and governance

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An Introduction to Law and Regulation: Text and Materials

AN INTRODUCTION TO LAW AND REGULATION: TEXT AND MATERIALS, Bronwen Morgan, Karen Yeung, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 21 Jun 2007
Bronwen Morgan and Karen Yeung
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice and The University of Birmingham
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regulation, law, governance

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Regulation by Blockchain: The Emerging Battle for Supremacy between the Code of Law and Code as Law

Modern Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 24 Jul 2018
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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blockchain, governance, forms of social ordering, regulation, rule of law, transactional security, public-private divide

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Five Fears About Mass Predictive Personalisation in an Age of Surveillance Capitalism

International Data Privacy Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Nov 2018
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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distributive justice, fairness, predictive analytics, profiling, mass personalisation, social solidarity

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Blockchain, Transactional Security and the Promise of Automated Law Enforcement: The Withering of Freedom Under Law?

TLI Think! Paper 58/2017, Forthcoming, iRights.Media (ed) 3TH1CS - The reinvention of ethics in the digital age (2017), iRights.Media, Berlin., King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2017-20
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2022
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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blockchain, distributed ledgers, rule of law, individual liberty, automation, law enforcement, governance

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“The Smartest, Healthiest, Safest and Happiest Place:” A Response to the UK’s “Pro-Innovation” AI White Paper

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Jun 2023
Karen Yeung and Emma Ahmed-Rengers
The University of Birmingham and London Interdisciplinary School
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Artificial Intelligence, Regulation, Democracy, Human Rights, Rule of Law, AI White Paper

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Design for Regulation

This is the unedited manuscript for a chapter that is due to appear in Jeroen van den Hoven, Ibo van de Poel and Pieter E Vermaas (eds) Handbook of Ethics, Values and Technological Design, Springer 2014, Forthcoming, King's College London Law School Research Paper No. 2014-2
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2014
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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regulatory instruments, architecture, code as control, accountability, responsibility, nudge

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Constitutional Principles in a Networked Digital Society

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 08 Mar 2022
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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digitisation, constitutional principles, datafication, facial recognition technology; automated surveillance

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Why Do Public Blockchains Need Formal and Effective Internal Governance Mechanisms?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 31 Jul 2019
Karen Yeung and David Galindo
The University of Birmingham and University of Birmingham - School of Computer Science
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The New Public Analytics as an Emerging Paradigm in Public Sector Administration

Karen Yeung, ‘The New Public Analytics as an Emerging Paradigm in Public Sector Administration’ (2022) 27(2) Tilburg Law Review pp. 1–32.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tilr.303
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Mar 2023
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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public sector digitisation, datafication, automation, digital government, New Public Analytics

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How Do ‘Technical’ Design-Choices Made When Building Algorithmic Decisionmaking Tools for Criminal Justice Authorities Create Constitutional Dangers? (Part 1)

Public Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Jan 2023
Karen Yeung and Adam Harkens
The University of Birmingham and University of Strathclyde, School of Law
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algorithms, risk assessment, constitutional principles, administrative law, human rights

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Response to European Commission White Paper on Artificial Intelligence

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Jul 2020
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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artificial intelligence, regulation, risk management, fundamental rights, impact assessment

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How Do ‘Technical’ Design-Choices Made When Building Algorithmic Decision-Making Tools for Criminal Justice Authorities Create Constitutional Dangers? (Part II)

Public Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Jan 2023
Karen Yeung and Adam Harkens
The University of Birmingham and University of Strathclyde, School of Law
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algorithms, risk assessment, constitutional principles, administrative law, human rights

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Design-Based Regulation and Patient Safety: A Regulatory Studies Perspective

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Oct 2010
Karen Yeung and Mary Dixon-Woods
The University of Birmingham and University of Leicester
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regulation, governance, policy studies, regulatory instruments, patient safety, design, architecture

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Explaining the Algorithm Does Not Explain the Decision: Unpacking Accountabilities in Organisational Decision Making

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Oct 2024
Paul Waller, Karen Yeung and Madeleine Waller
University of Bradford, The University of Birmingham and King’s College London
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decision architecture, organisational decision making, decision policy, algorithmic decision making, artificial intelligence, decision model, explanability, explanation, justification, XAI, automated decision making, accountability.

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Use of AI in Government: Written Evidence to the Public Accounts Committee

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 May 2024
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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Lost in translation: the troubling logics underpinning the embrace of governmental machine-learning based prediction tools for ‘citizen scoring’

Karen Yeung, 'Lost in translation: the troubling logics underpinning the embrace of governmental machine-learning based prediction tools for ‘citizen scoring’' (2023) to be published in Dimitri Van Den Meerssche, Gavin Sullivan and Fleur Johns (eds.) Global Governance by Data: Infrastructures of Alg
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
Karen Yeung
The University of Birmingham
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machine learning, artificial intelligence, public sector, digital transformation, new public analytics, constitutional principles

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Algorithmic regulation: A maturing concept for investigating regulation of and through algorithms

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Jun 2024
Lena Ulbricht and Karen Yeung
Technische Universität München (TUM) - School of Governance - Hochschule für Politik and The University of Birmingham
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accountability, data protection, ethics, platform capitalism, surveillance