About Gus

My work draws on my background in law, economics, and computer science to study how technology orders economic and social institutions. In summer 2023 I joined the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School as a Senior Fellow and Academic Director of the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition, where I am helping to expand the law & engineering program. I was previously a full professor at the University of Nebraska, where I was the founding director of the Governance & Technology Center.

The most interesting work today is at the intersection of engineering, business, and law. My passion is introducing students to foundational concepts needed to work across these disciplines. I am currently developing two classes and working on a book designed to equip engineering and other STEM students to engage productively in public policy discussions and, generally, to provide them a grounding in civics and regulatory theory.

My research focuses on the regulation of technology, including administrative and regulatory law, antitrust law, torts and products liability, and media law - alongside cognate fields. I am currently working on an AI standardization initiative with Seoul National University, a UNICEF-organized study of broadband deployment to public schools in Rwanda, and a book on conglomerate and ecosystems theories of antitrust.

I have published over 30 articles and book chapters, two books (one on cybersecurity law & policy, one on media regulation in the digital era) and have two more in process, over 100 shorter writings (op-eds, shorter analyses, blog posts, &c), hosted over 100 podcast episodes, and regularly appear or am quoted in popular media (including the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Associated Press). This work has been cited by legislators, federal courts of appeals, and federal regulatory agencies.