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Cohen, T., & Suzor, N.P. (2024). Contesting the public interest in AI governance. Internet Policy Review, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.14763/2024.3.1794

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Cohen, Tegan and Suzor, Nicolas P.. 2024. "Contesting the public interest in AI governance". Internet Policy Review 13 (3). DOI: 10.14763/2024.3.1794. https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/contesting-public-interest-ai-governance.

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Cohen T, Suzor NP. Contesting the public interest in AI governance. Internet Policy Review [Internet]. 2024 [31 August 2026];13(3). Available from: https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/contesting-public-interest-ai-governance

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Commons

AI as commons: Why we need community-controlled Artificial Intelligence

Vasilis Kostakis, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Aristotle Tympas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

PUBLISHED ON: 8 Dec 2025

AI development is concentrated in corporate hands, but community-controlled alternatives ‒ open, efficient, and democratically governed ‒ are already proving viable.

Volume 14, Issue 4

Troubling translation: Sociotechnical research in AI policy and governance

Serena Oduro, Data & Society Research Institute
Alice E. Marwick, Data & Society Research Institute
Charley Johnson, Data & Society Research Institute
Erie Meyer, Georgetown Institute for Technology & Law
PUBLISHED ON: 18 Nov 2025 DOI: 10.14763/2025.4.2043

The common call for researchers to simply “translate” sociotechnical insights into policy overlooks the complex dynamics of policymaking. Using two case studies, the article shows how meaningful relationships, not just translation, are key to embedding sociotechnical research in AI governance.

KEYWORDS: Policy translation, Artificial intelligence, Sociotechnical research, Knowledge transfer, Evidence-based policy

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