By Associate Professor Rob Nicholls

Conference Presentations

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Capital punishment: regulatory reforms in commercial television broadcasting', presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2009

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Competing for attention: The role of the state in broadband network deployment', presented at International Telecommunications Society Regional Conference

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Digital Dividend: International issues and implications for Australia', presented at The digital dividend: reaping the benefits of analogue switch off

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Merely Players: Using Evolutionary Concepts in Regulatory Analysis', presented at Law and Society 2009

Nicholls R; Rowland M, 2009, 'O Canada: telecommunications interception policy as embedded liberalism', presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2009

Nicholls R, 2006, 'Interconnection of next generation networks: A regulatory perspective', presented at International Telecommunications Society Conference 2006

Nicholls R, 2005, 'Bypass and Transit: Arbitrage Issues in International Interconnection and Revenue Reporting in Developing Countries', presented at Pacific Telecommunications Conference 2005

Nicholls R, 2005, 'Telecommunications Regulation and the Global Digital Divide', presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2005

Nicholls R, 2003, 'SMS: Today’s Interactive Television', presented at International Telecommunications Society Regional Conference

Jew B; Nicholls R, 2002, 'Bandwidth Trading', presented at Communications Research Forum 2002

Nicholls R, 2001, '3G auctions in Hong Kong', presented at Network Insight Spectrum Seminar

Nicholls R; Henderson A, 2000, 'Options for Broadband Access and the Identification of Competitive Outcomes', presented at Communications Research Forum 2002

Jew B, 2000, 'Peering – Competition and Regulatory Issues', presented at Internet Carriage – Charging Peering and Chaos

Jew B; Nicholls R, 1999, 'Internet connectivity: Open competition in the face of commercial expansion', presented at Pacific Telecommunications Conference 1999

Conference Abstracts

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Application Programming Interfaces: A new regulatory tool?', in ComplianceNet Conference 2021, University College, London, presented at ComplianceNet 2021, University College, London, 29 June 2021 - 01 July 2021, https://www.compliancenet.org/2021

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Regulatory design for Regtech compliance and enforcement', in Regulatory Governance: Who carries the conversation?, University of Exeter, presented at 8th Biennial ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, University of Exeter, 23 June 2021 - 25 June 2021, http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/research/centres/ceg/ecpr_2021/

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Shaming a Sector: Regulatory responses to the Hayne Royal Commission', in Regulatory Governance: Who carries the conversation?, University of Exeter, presented at 8th Biennial ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, University of Exeter, 23 June 2021 - 25 June 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28087

Nicholls R, 2021, 'When the Price is Right: AI in Final Offer Arbitration', in Pricing Technologies and their Economic and Social Consequences, Florence, presented at Pricing Technologies and their Economic and Social Consequences 2021, Florence, 24 March 2021 - 25 March 2021, https://www.pritechworkshop.online/MWP_Pricing_Technologies_programme.pdf

Reports

Bennett Moses L; Kemp K; Lee A; Manwaring K; Nicholls R, 2023, UNSW Allens Hub Submission into Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence (AI) in New South Wales, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28656

Bennett Moses L; Kemp K; Lee A; Manwaring K; Nicholls R, 2023, Submission to Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (Parliament of South Australia), http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28655

Bennett Moses L; Lloyd-Jones S; Nicholls R, 2023, Submission for 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy Discussion Paper, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28704, https://allenshub.unsw.edu.au/news/submission-expert-advisory-board-re-cyber-security-strategy

Lloyd-Jones S; Manwaring K; Berger T; Nicholls R; Bennett Moses L, 2022, Complex Regimes: Mapping Australia's Cyber Security Regulatory Landscape for Cloud Services, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28540

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2022, Balancing the Competition, Consumer Protection and Privacy Regulation of Digital Platforms: Submission in response to the ACCC Digital Platform Services Inquiry Discussion Paper on Updating Competition and Consumer Law for Digital Platform Services, Submission in response to the ACCC Digital Platform Services Inquiry Discussion Paper on Updating Competition and Consumer Law for Digital Platform Services, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28278

Manwaring K; Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2021, (mis)Informed Consent in Australia (Report for iappANZ, 31 March 2021), UNSWorks, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/7sk3-0w49, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/unsworks_75600

Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Nicholls R; Yastreboff M; Di Marco B; Whitty M, 2021, Submission to Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules, https://www.academia.edu/48960008/Submission_to_Inquiry_into_Draft_Critical_Infrastructure_Asset_Definition_Rules

Asher A; Asher R; Nicholls R; Hsu G, 2021, Submission on Strategies for developing the Digital Economy, https://digitaleconomy.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-05/submission-clmr-unsw.pdf

Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Hartstein D; Nicholls R, 2020, Submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Ad Tech Inquiry, https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Allens%20Hub%20for%20Technology%2C%20Law%20and%20Innovation%20%2820%20April%202020%29.pdf

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2019, Submission in response to ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry Draft Report

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2018, Submission to the Australian Treasury on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2018 - Exposure Draft, https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-03/t329531-Kemp-and-Nicholls.docx

Evans C; Healey DJ; Nehme M; Nicholls R; Penel C, 2015, Competition in Financial Services, Centre for International Finance and Regulation, https://apo.org.au/node/57607

Mitchell B; Paterson P; Dodd M; Reynolds P; Jung A; Waters P; Nicholls R; Ball E, 2007, Economic study on IP interworking, GSM Association, London

Waters P; Nicholls R; Ball E, 2007, Spectrum allocation processes: A review of global experience, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney

Working Papers

Nicholls R; Evans C, 2015, The Nature of Competition in Australian Retail Banking, Centre for International Finance and Regulation, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org10.4225/50/583dffeead273, https://apo.org.au/node/67360

Nicholls R; Donald S; Liu K, 2015, It's a Small World after All: Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Systemic Risk in the Australian Superannuation Sector, http://dx.doi.org

Vezzoso S; Nicholls R, Decentralised Digital Ecosystems and Competition Law: A Conceptual Framework, Elsevier BV, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.3484479, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484479

Media

Nicholls R, 2023, Do you trust AI to write the news? It already is – and not without issues, https://theconversation.com/do-you-trust-ai-to-write-the-news-it-already-is-and-not-without-issues-216909

Nicholls R, 2023, The $500 million ATO fraud highlights flaws in the myGov ID system. Here’s how to keep your data safe, https://theconversation.com/the-500-million-ato-fraud-highlights-flaws-in-the-mygov-id-system-heres-how-to-keep-your-data-safe-210459

Nicholls R; Swan P, 2023, The great construction company collapse: when your builder goes bust, https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/construction-company-collapse

Nicholls R, 2023, Associate Professor Rob Nicholls Warns About Giving Away Work Secrets On ChatGPT, https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/associate-professor-rob-nicholls-warns-about-giving-away-work-secrets-on-chatgpt/

Nicholls R, 2023, Have you given away secrets on ChatGPT?, https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/have-you-given-away-secrets-chatgpt

Nicholls R, 2022, The rise of regulatory co-design and the law, https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/newlaw/34043-the-rise-of-regulatory-co-design-and-the-law

Nicholls R, 2022, The power of tech giants has made them as influential as nations. Here’s how they’re sanctioning Russia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28190

Nicholls R, 2021, Has the News Media Bargaining Code struck the right balance?, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27993

Nicholls R, 2021, Commentary: Facebook, Google and Australia win some and lose some over new media laws, https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/australia-facebook-google-news-media-code-law-publisher-murdoch-14270006

Nicholls R, 2021, This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?, https://theconversation.com/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865

Nicholls R, 2020, In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out), https://theconversation.com/in-a-world-first-australia-plans-to-force-facebook-and-google-to-pay-for-news-but-abc-and-sbs-miss-out-143740

Nicholls R; Kemp K, 2020, No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news, https://theconversation.com/no-more-negotiating-new-rules-could-finally-force-google-and-facebook-to-pay-for-news-136718

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2020, No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news, https://theconversation.com/no-more-negotiating-new-rules-could-finally-force-google-and-facebook-to-pay-for-news-136718

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2019, The federal government’s response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down, https://theconversation.com/the-federal-governments-response-to-the-acccs-digital-platforms-inquiry-is-a-let-down-128775

Nicholls R; Kemp K, 2019, The Conversation: Oz plan to rein in digital giants, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12253515

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