I perform policy research on issues like broadband internet, internet economics, internet regulation, cost recovery, radio spectrum, telecom policy, mobile cellular wireless technologies, 5G, regulation, network security, digital business models, rural broadband, universal service, universal connectivity, net neutrality, technology software platforms, and antitrust and competition.
Different policy audiences have different requirements for policy research, for example peer-review academic journals, policymakers, and business professionals. I publish for each of these audiences per their requirements and in their preferred channels.
You can find my academic and other papers organized in the section Publications, including the papers I have published with Aalborg University
In a new article for PolicyTracker, “Pricing the Airwaves: Why Market-Based Spectrum Allocation Matters”, Roslyn Layton explains why the radio spectrum, one of the most valuable natural resources of the…
It’s time to align who profits from the fund with who pays for it. Roslyn Layton, PhD was featured in The Washington Post on August 18, 2025 in an article…
Roslyn Layton has made a series of influential contributions to The Regulatory Review (formerly RegBlog) published by the University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation, focusing on the intersection of technology,…
Europe’s Protectionist Privacy Advocates. Washington Post, March 9, 2016 In this op-ed, Roslyn Layton critiques the European legal activism that dismantled the U.S.–EU Safe Harbor agreement, arguing that such actions…
Kudos to Congress for a bi-partisan proposal for transparent information to keep Americans safe. U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, introduced the Foreign Adversary…
Politics can help or hinder the development of evidence-based policy and regulation. Regulators are subject to tight timeframes and expectation to deliver “results”. As such, a policymaker may deliver the…
In Fall 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet” (SSOI), to classify broadband as a common carrier service under…
Testimony of Roslyn Layton Before the The Surface Transportation Board. Hearing on reciprocal switching, an “open access” policy for various privately-owned freight railroads. February 11, 2022 Safety culture is a…
Research is the systematic investigation into and study of questions to uncover facts and gather information. Policy research attempts to understand, assess, and compare how policies, regulations, and practices may…
The first hearing of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee kicked off today for the 118th Congress. The hearing, The State of Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain Challenges, featured new…
There is discussion now in policy circles is the notion of “fair share” and “fair contribution” to broadband networks. Let’s just say what everyone knows: nothing in life is fair….
Testimony of Roslyn Layton. Before Ofcom, United Kingdom Consultation on Net neutrality review January 13, 2023. I applaud Ofcom for its efforts to collect evidence about whether its net neutrality…