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The Future of Workplace Regulation Colloquium Series
August 31 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join leading legal scholars, policymakers, and practitioners as they explore the future of workplace regulation in an era of rapid technological change. The Future of Workplace Regulation Colloquium examines how artificial intelligence, algorithmic management, employee data collection, digital surveillance, and other emerging technologies are reshaping employment law and the future of work, and the resounding impacts on workers.
Each session will feature a nationally recognized legal scholar or panel of experts presenting their cutting-edge research. Following the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in an interactive discussion with the speaker(s), Seminar/Colloquium students, and other attendees.
Series Schedule
| Date | Colloquium Presentations | Website |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, August 31, 2026 | Colloquium #1 – Data Rights for Workers
Featured By – Professor Pauline Kim |
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| Monday, September 14, 2026 | Colloquium #2 – Data & Democracy
Featured By – Professor Brishen Rogers |
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| Monday, September 28, 2026 | Colloquium #3 – Liability, Property, and Inalienability Rules in Employee Data Regulation
Featured By – Professor Matthew Bodie |
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| Monday, October 12, 2026 | Colloquium Panel #4 – Data, Power, Policy: Regulating the Datafield Workplace
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| Monday, October 26, 2026 | Colloquium #5 – Data Laws at Work
Featured By – Professor Veena Dubal |
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Speaker Biographies
Pauline Kim
Daniel Noyes Kirby Professor of Law
Pauline Kim is a leading scholar of workplace law at Washington University School of Law, with foundational research on employee privacy, discrimination, and the risks automated decision systems and AI pose to workers.
Brishen Rogers
University of Virginia Professor of Law
Matthew Bodie
Robins Kaplan Professor
Matthew Bodie is the Robins Kaplan Professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, writing on labor and employment law, corporate governance, and data privacy, and co-authoring a leading text on corporate governance reform.
Samantha Gordon
Chief Advocacy Officer
Samantha Gordon is Chief Advocacy Officer at TechEquity Collaborative, leading advocacy campaigns on AI and technology policy after twelve years organizing with SEIU.
Mishal Khan
Senior Researcher, Technology and Work Program
Mishal Khan is a senior researcher in the Technology and Work Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center, studying how digital surveillance and algorithmic management affect low-wage workers.
Wilneida Negrón
Director of Worker Innovation and Impact
Wilneida Negrón leads worker innovation and impact work at Coworker.org, researching how emerging technologies affect labor markets, worker surveillance, and algorithmic wage practices. She is also founder of the Future of Workers Initiative.
Aiha Nguyen
Program Director, Labor Futures Initiative
Aiha Nguyen directs the Labor Futures Program at Data & Society, where her research examines workplace surveillance, algorithmic management, and the labor implications of generative AI.
Veena Dubal
Professor of Law
Veena Dubal is a Professor of Law at UC Irvine whose research combines legal and ethnographic methods to study gig work, algorithmic wage-setting, and precarious labor. She also serves as General Counsel of the American Association of University Professors.
Registration
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