Principal Investigator Nicholas Ashford
Project Website http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/c/ctpid/www/tl/
The Technology and Law Program offers a cluster of graduate-level subjects and research opportunities at the interface of law and technology. The Program presents a two-semester sequence in Environmental Law and Policy; Technology, Law and the Working Environment; Law, Technology and Public Policy; and Sustainability, Trade and Environment. Students from MIT, Harvard School of Public Health, and Harvard Law School participate in these interactive, Socratic teaching offerings. Research activities include the design and evaluation of policies for: (1) encouraging technological change for preventing chemical accidents and pollution through regulation, liability and economic incentives; (2) promoting environmental justice by involving communities in governmental and corporate decisions that affect their health, safety, and environmental concerns; and (3) investigating sustainability, trade and the environment.