Regulatory Technology (RegTech)

The paradigmatic changes we are witnessing today in how IT is developed and used require new knowledge to understand the broadening range of reciprocal interactions between technology and society. Extant bodies of knowledge on IT design, implementation, and management are rendered obsolete by the advent of intelligent computational systems, novel patterns of human-machine interaction, and ever-increasing interdependencies of technological, human, institutional, and natural factors. RegTech is emerging as a significant umbrella topic for scholarly inquiry into how technologies shape individual lives, businesses, and societies, and how these technologies can be developed and managed to minimize risk and maximize value for users and society at large.