Walter G Johnson

@WaltGJohnson

Postdoc @StanfordCLB | Law, Society & Tech | Regulation and global governance of emerging tech, especially neurotech | he/him | Views are my own

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Walter G Johnson @WaltGJohnson May 6, 2024

Now that the UK has decided not to use regulatory sandboxes for neurotech in the medical devices space, it might be a good time to reconsider whether and why to use sandboxes in different regulatory areas.

My recent comment in Nature Biotech:
go.nature.com/3UNCZDb

Walter G Johnson @WaltGJohnson Jun 7, 2024

I'm honoured my piece was selected as the winner of @LSI_Journal's 2024 Grad Student Paper Competition.

The paper looks at how drawing boundaries around and within "neurotech" has contributed to the emergence of a new space of transnational lawmaking.

Law & Social Inquiry @LSI_Journal Jun 6, 2024

Just announced at #LSA2024 📣 The 2024 winner of the LSI Grad Student Paper Competition is @WaltGJohnson (@ANURegNet)! “It’s (Not) Just Semantics: Neurotechnology as a Novel Space of Transnational Legal Governance" uses a case study to show how spaces of global governance emerge.
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Walter G Johnson @WaltGJohnson Aug 17, 2023

Happy to share my recent piece for @AIIANational calling for more public consultation and civil society voices in conversations about neurotech and neurorights.

internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl…

www.internationalaffairs.org.au Australia’s Potential Role in Global “Neurorights” Conversations - Australian Institute of Intern... In only the last few years, “neurotechnology” has notched a place on the international agenda and prompted substantial expert debate around whether and why we need “neurorights.” With civil society...

Walter G Johnson @WaltGJohnson May 10, 2023

The first birth(s) in the UK from mitochondrial donation have now been reported.

In our new edited volume, our contributing authors explore the science, ethics, and law of these techniques from a variety of perspectives:
tinyurl.com/3em8j56a

BBC News (World) Verified account @BBCWorld May 9, 2023

Baby born from three people's DNA in UK first bbc.in/3LPgJ6e
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Walter G Johnson @WaltGJohnson Mar 7, 2023

Just received a copy of our edited volume exploring mitochondrial replacement. I'm beyond grateful to my co-editors Diana Bowman and Karinne Ludlow and to all of our contributing authors.