Smart Regulation

The Field of Excellence Smart Regulation focusses on innovative approaches to regulation. Always with the good of society in mind.

21 departments. Four faculties. One Field of Excellence.

The Field of Excellence Smart Regulation stands for innovative approaches to regulation. A team of more than 60 researchers from the fields of law, economics, psychology, philosophy, sociology and theology is working together on questions relating to both existing and future models of regulation, behavioural control and the creation of incentives to guide the decisions of individuals, companies and society.

The Field of Excellence consists of three interdisciplinary research clusters:

Human, Society and State in the Digital Transformation

Shaping the AI Transformation

Sustainability

SYMPOSIUM 7 November 2025

Rethinking Regulation for Sociotechnical Futures

SMART REGULATION WINTER SCHOOL

Addressing Digitization and AI from different perspectives

NEWS

Best Paper Award 2024: Jürgen Fleiß, Elisabeth Bäck, Stefan Thalmann

These are the questions we are dealing with:

The Field of Excellence Smart Regulation explores topics related to social and technological innovation: Rapid technological developments are generating disruptions in the existing legal, economic and social environment. This gives rise to new questions.

Research areas

In order to develop new and innovative solutions the Field of Excellence Smart Regulation was established at the University of Graz on 1 January 2019.

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