New book: Regulatory Agencies in the Digital Age

7 May 2026

We live in a tumultuous internet policy world. Policymakers inquire whether to retire or reboot laws to address our digital challenges and opportunities. Our new book A new Research Handbook on Digital Regulatory Agencies (Edward Elgar, 2026) edited by Martha Murillo, Ian MacInnes, and Roslyn Layton offers insight to those questions with case studies, caveats, and solutions. See the exciting chapters and their authors.

Cary Coglianese: On the need for digital regulators

Lawrence Spiwak: A poor case for a “digital platform agency”

Mark MacCarthy: Key functions of a digital regulatory agency

Mark Jamison, Ph.D.: Economic challenges for competition policy and regulation in digital markets

Roslyn Layton, PhD: Broadband network cost recovery: a global comparison of models

DaeKeun Cho: Policy landscape: understanding the framework of IP interconnection in South Korea

Patricia Vargas-Leon: IXPs and the telecommunications regulator: comparing approaches from Russia, Brazil, and the US

Silvia Elaluf-Calderwood, PhD: A new frontier for AI use: the case of Latin America and Cloud data

Rob Frieden: Jurisdiction questions and coordination failures in space law and policy

Morten Falch, Anders Henten and Iwona Windekilde: EU and US cybersecurity institutions

Susana Navas Navarro: The European Health Data Space Board: challenges, opportunities, and expectations

Bronwyn Howell: New Zealand’s digital landscape: paving the way for effective AI regulation?

Toshiya Jitsuzumi: Japan’s uniqueness on rulemaking of AI: an alternative for US and EU approaches

Petrus Potgieter: The prospects for a digital regulator in South Africa

Roxana Barrantes and Piero Fernández-Dávila: Building the framework for digital governance in Peru

Joshua P. Meltzer – The impact of US–China competition on AI governance

Kwesi Prescod: Future landscape for digital regulation in the Caribbean

Georg Serentschy: Primary functions of digital agencies in Austria and Europe

Mohamed El-Moghazi and Abdelmohsen Sheha: UN member states and the ITU: challenges and opportunities for digital regulation, spectrum coordination, and space communications

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